Quantcast
Channel: Greenwire
Viewing all 49850 articles
Browse latest View live

OBITUARY: 'The undisputed leader on energy issues in the Senate'

0
0
New Mexico Republican Pete Domenici, his state's longest-serving U.S. senator and a powerhouse lawmaker on energy issues, died today. He was 85.

CHINA: World's oldest panda dies at 37

0
0
The world's oldest panda, whose hobbies included basketball, weightlifting and bicycle riding, died yesterday at age 37 in China.

JAPAN: Key report calls for more nuclear power despite backlash

0
0
Japan's nuclear policy officials today said nuclear power should stay a major part of the country's energy mix, despite public backlash against the technology.

GREECE: Oil spill coats popular Athens beach

0
0
Oil from a sunken tanker off the Greek coast covered parts of the Athens Riviera yesterday.

MINNESOTA: Park honors victims of 1924 mining tragedy

0
0
A new park in Crosby, Minn., honors the miners who died in the 1924 Milford Mine collapse.

CALIFORNIA: Ban on smoking at state beaches, parks clears Legislature

0
0
Legislation to ban smoking tobacco, marijuana and electronic cigarettes in California parks and beaches is headed to the governor's desk.

PESTICIDES: High exposure linked to premature babies — study

0
0
New research has found that pregnant women exposed to the highest levels of pesticides were at a greater risk of delivering premature or low-weight babies.

HURRICANE IRMA: 8 nursing home deaths raise concern for elderly amid outages

0
0
At least eight people died in a hot South Florida nursing home after the building lost air conditioning as power outages continue across the region due to Hurricane Irma.

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES: In Ford experiment, researchers pretend to be car seats

0
0
Ford Motor Co.'s effort to develop self-driving cars involves a strange spectacle: researchers pretending to be car seats.

EPA: Houston regional lab slated to close

0
0
A U.S. EPA regional lab in Houston is slated to close in 2020.

PEOPLE: NPS public affairs chief leaves for Pentagon

0
0
After a year on the job, Tom Crosson has left his post as public affairs chief of the National Park Service.

COAL: Mont. mine could lay off dozens after judge halts expansion

0
0
A central Montana coal mine warned it could lay off more than 80 miners in the coming months after environmental groups won a lawsuit to halt the Signal Peak Energy mine's expansion.

WIND POWER: World's largest brewer to buy wind farm's electricity

0
0
Anheuser-Busch InBev, the parent company of Budweiser and the world's largest brewer, has agreed to purchase electricity from a wind farm in Oklahoma.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY: NYC mayor's plan would slash emissions from aging buildings

0
0
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) will announce a plan today to make the city's buildings, a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, more energy efficient.

AGRICULTURE: Organic industry sues USDA over chicken welfare

0
0
A battle has broken out over what "access to the outdoors" means in the organic agriculture world.

FISHERIES: Crabbers use phones to track gear before it kills whales

0
0
California fishermen south of San Francisco are part of a new effort to combat accidental whale killings by using their cellphones' GPS and other software to track lost or abandoned crabbing gear.

WILDLIFE: Scientists hope to revive long-extinct Galapagos tortoise

0
0
Scientists are hoping to revive a species of tortoise that vanished from Ecuador's Galapagos Islands in the 19th century.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Native ash trees on brink of extinction — scientists

0
0
Ash trees are on the brink of extinction due to invasive beetles ravaging North American forests, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

PEOPLE: Green group hires governor's top aide

0
0
The National Wildlife Federation announced today that Tracy Stone-Manning, former chief of staff to Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D), will serve as its new associate vice president for public lands.

GRAND CANYON: House panel wants to speed culling of bison

0
0
The National Park Service says it is moving quickly to cull its bison herd at the Grand Canyon, preparing for a late fall or winter roundup of the animals.
Viewing all 49850 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images