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Eco-alchemy in Alberta.
There's a roaring debate in Canada about whether tailings ponds, and oil mines in general, are ecologically salvageable—specifically, whether they can ever support the same flora and fauna as undisturbed land. Science. 20 November 2009.
Women's carbon print is small but climate change hits them harder.
Women have a lower carbon footprint than men but are more vulnerable to the adverse effects of global warming, according to the United Nations’ State of World Population report. London Times, United Kingdom. 20 November 2009.
Sustainable surfing rides the waves.
Green Foam Blanks, a Ca. company, aims to reduce demand for new surfboards made with the carcinogenic compound, polyurethane. They recycle the considerable amount of waste produced when shaping a surfboard from a slab of foam. New York Times. 20 November 2009.
Taiwan firm uses recycled paper in shoemaking.
Confronted with an ever-growing pile of old newspapers, Taiwanese fashion designer Colin Lin came up with the idea of using them to make shoes and tote bags for her environmentally friendly footwear company. Associated Press. 20 November 2009.
Health Dept fails to install incinerators.
Scientific management of hospital waste seems a far cry as the Punjab Health Department has failed to install 11 out of 19 incinerators sponsored by the federal government after a delay of two years. Karachi News International, Pakistan. 20 November 2009.
'Unfair' levy blows out cost of stream work.
The cost of cleaning up one of New Zealand's most polluted streams has blown out by $250,000 because of a new law. Investigations have shown the contamination is worse than initially thought, with an extra 800 cubic metres of toxic sludge added in the past month. Wellington Dominion Post, New Zealand. 20 November 2009.
Fines paid for air quality lapses.
State environmental regulators have reached a settlement with a New Jersey company that calls for a $355,000 fine and the installation of new monitoring equipment in response to air emissions violations in 2007. New Haven Register, Connecticut. 20 November 2009.
Mercury discharges drastically lower as Onondaga County's trash-to-energy plant owner asks NY to renew permit.
Ten years ago, the Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency’s trash incinerator was a leading source of mercury pollution in Central New York. But the plant has cut mercury emissions 50-fold since then. Syracuse Post-Standard, New York. 20 November 2009.
Statewide tire dump cleanup nears completion.
Five years after the state started a cleanup program funded by a fee on new tires, 102 of New York’s 146 tire dumps are gone, state Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Pete Grannis said Thursday. Associated Press. 20 November 2009.
Berks environment OK but could be better, group says.
Berks County has made strides to improve its environmental profile but needs to do better in some key areas. Reading Eagle, Pennsylvania. 20 November 2009.
Farm family staves off sprawl in Bucks.
When 90-year-old Sam Snipes was a boy in the 1920s, Falls Township was a bucolic place with about 2,500 people. Nearly all the land was occupied by farms. Today, the township population is about 35,000, and only two farms remain. Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania. 20 November 2009.
4 groups threaten to sue over Mirant's P.G. landfill.
Four environmental groups are threatening to sue the owners of a Prince George’s County landfill they say is dumping toxic chemicals into a creek feeding the Patuxent River watershed. Baltimore Daily Record, Maryland. 20 November 2009.
Soil cleanup proposed at 7 Chanute sites.
The Air Force has proposed removing 6 inches or more of soil from seven separate sites on the old Chanute Air Force Base property as a way of cleaning up the property and making it available for redevelopment. Urbana-Champaign News-Gazette, Illinois. 20 November 2009.
EPA removing 'public health threat' in Wiggins.
Some 30,000 tons of contaminated soil are being removed from the site of an old wood preserving plant in Wiggins. The EPA began the clean-up in late September, saying the property was “a threat to public health and the environment." Biloxi WLOX TV, Mississippi. 20 November 2009.
The electronics recycling gap.
Beaumont and Port Arthur - along with most other Texas cities - fail to provide residents with information that could help them properly dispose of old electronics at low or no cost, according to a study released this week by Public Research Works and Texas Campaign for the Environment. Beaumont Enterprise, Texas. 20 November 2009.
Soon, no smoking in public housing?
Property owners can be subject to legal action from tenants who are not being protected from secondhand smoke, according to a local group. North Platte Telegraph, Nebraska. 20 November 2009.
The Atlantic Water Summit …after these messages.
If Monsanto’s presence at a water summit seems a little like a defense contractor at a peace rally, then, you can imagine how many questions reporters had for Hugh Grant, Monsanto's CEO and conference sponsor. Keep imagining because none were asked. DC Bureau. Opinion, 20 November 2009.
Wildfires spreading as temperatures rise.
Even as more people move into fire-prone wildlands around the world, the intense droughts and higher temperatures that come with global warming are likely to make fires more frequent and severe in many areas. Inter Press Service. Opinion, 20 November 2009.
Hydropower and our climate conundrum.
How concerned should we be about dams and their effect on Earth’s climate? Experts say that same methane released by dams, meanwhile, accounts for 4% of total global warming while reservoirs contribute approximately 4% of all carbon dioxide emissions resulting from human activity. Mongabay. Opinion, 20 November 2009.
Big Ag wins big in California.
Depending on who you ask, sweeping water-related legislation recently enacted in California is either a solution to the states water conflicts, a recipe for increased conflict, or a partial step forward that will succeed or fail depending on future legislative and administrative actions. High Country News. Opinion, 20 November 2009.
Portraits of Peru: Why supermodel Helena Christensen returned to her roots.
When I imagine the horrible effects of climate change, I think of icebergs shrinking in Antarctica. But last month, I travelled to tropical Peru to see a hidden side of a global crisis. London Independent, United Kingdom. Opinion, 20 November 2009.
From blood to oil, the curse of a Sudanese village.
The inhabitants of Rier, a festering clutter of tumbledown straw huts and rubbish in southern Sudan, say the peace and progress promised by the White Nile Petroleum Operating Company, has not been realised and that oil exploitation has only poisoned their lives. Agence France-Presse. 19 November 2009.
Welcome to America's first green pro sports team.
The NightHawks minor-league basketball franchise have gone green, changing their name to the Maryland GreenHawks, attracting green-friendly sponsors like CarbonFund.org, and promising a bamboo court, hemp nets, and uniforms from recycled plastic or bamboo. Washington Post. 19 November 2009.
The green green grass of Patoka.
Climate-change scientist Gavin Kenny argues that science can learn a lot from the experiences of farmers. He is running a two-year Sustainable Farming Fund project with Hawke's Bay farmers about how they cope with a changing climate. Wellington Dominion Post, New Zealand. 19 November 2009.
Test project uses algae to recycle emissions.
A new technology using algae to recycle carbon emissions from coal-fired power stations will be given a boost today when Queensland's Premier, Anna Bligh, announces a demonstration project at one of the state's largest power plants, Tarong. Sydney Morning Herald, Australia. 19 November 2009.
Greenwashing the ski industry.
When you’re riding through blower powder, it seems hard to believe that the byproduct would be anything but green. After all, it’s just the residual tracks you’re leaving behind — the symbolic and triumphant trademark of any skier or snowboarder worth their salt. Isn’t it? Calgary Fast Forward Weekly, Alberta. 19 November 2009.
Rothschild heir to cross Pacific on boat made of plastic bottles.
Heir and maverick adventurer David Mayer de Rothschild is planning a voyage across the Pacific Ocean on a boat made of reclaimed plastic bottles. CNN. 19 November 2009.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne takes top spot as Britain's greenest city.
A city once wreathed in smoke and deafened by shipyard steel-hammers, has transformed itself into the greenest in Britain, according to the country's most comprehensive sustainability audit. London Guardian, United Kingdom. 19 November 2009.
Israel water tech thrives in weakened economy.
Israel's water technology sector has prospered despite the global financial crisis, largely due to global stimulus packages and penetration in developing countries, officials said on Wednesday. Reuters. 19 November 2009.
Gov't to buy rice from polluted paddies.
The Council of Agriculture (COA) promised yesterday to purchase rice at guaranteed prices from Tainan County farmers whose paddies were found to be contaminated with heavy metals and are therefore having difficulty selling their crops. Taipei China Post, Taiwan. 19 November 2009.
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