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

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING: Green groups meet with White House on BLM rule

0
0
Environmentalists met Thursday with White House officials to discuss a Bureau of Land Management final rule to strengthen regulation of hydraulic fracturing at thousands of oil and gas wells on public lands.

POLITICS: For Senate GOP, the majority is one thing -- a wave is another

0
0
With just eight days before the votes are counted, Republicans are widely anticipated to flip the six seats they need to control the Senate. But what, exactly, will it take for the GOP to ride a wave -- and claim a mandate -- on Election Day?

NATIONAL PARKS: Get naked, but fish carefully, in Miami's water playground

0
0
HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- When boaters are caught poaching lobster in Biscayne National Park, they often ask: What park? South Floridians see the area as a marine playground where they can fish, snorkel, sunbathe and sail. Encompassing 270 square miles of mostly open water, Biscayne is punctuated by small islands where boaters anchor, drink beer and even -- during infamous Columbus Day celebrations -- get naked. For 30 years, the park's watery boundaries have seemed to shift with the tides and lenient policies allowing commercial and recreational fishing. The National Park Service wants to change that.

OIL: Quartz correspondent LeVine talks pricing forecasts, geopolitics of production

0
0
How are declining oil prices affecting U.S. industry's production plans? During today's OnPoint, Steve LeVine, Washington correspondent for Quartz and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, discusses the impacts of oil price instability and gives his perspective on the role Saudi Arabia is playing in the current pricing climate.

SWEDEN: Oil spills after ship crashes near Stockholm

0
0
A ship carrying 52 tons of oil ran aground near Stockholm this morning.

CHINA: Ports act as major but hidden contributor to smog -- study

0
0
China is forgetting an important factor in its fight to curb deadly air pollution, according to a Natural Resources Defense Council report.

MINNESOTA: State mulls ban on bee-killing pesticide

0
0
Minnesota is considering a ban on an insecticide that is suspected of killing bees, said the state Department of Agriculture in a study outline of the chemical.

CALIFORNIA: Earthquake victims can now apply for federal help

0
0
Homeowners and renters who suffered losses in the magnitude-6.0 earthquake that hit California's Napa and Solano counties Aug. 24 can now apply for federal help.

HAWAII: Lava destroys building, threatens dozens more

0
0
A lava flow near the town of Pahoa, Hawaii, destroyed one uninhabited building yesterday and is threatening dozens of homes and businesses in the area, said Darryl Oliveira, director of Hawaii County Civil Defense.

WATER POLLUTION: N.Y. residents find unexpected Sandy reward -- cleaner bay

0
0
Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on the East Coast, but in one Long Island community, it had an added benefit: clean water in a long-polluted bay.

MINING: S.C. gold project gets key permit

0
0
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has given Toronto-based Romarco Minerals Inc. the green light to build an open-pit gold mine in northern South Carolina, the company announced this week.

CSB: Board putting $1.9M at risk by not following purchasing rules -- IG

0
0
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board isn't following the rules when it comes to agency purchases, putting more than $1.9 million at risk, according to a new watchdog report.

AGRICULTURE: Drought cuts rice production in Calif.

0
0
California farmers are likely to harvest less rice this year because of the state's ongoing drought, and that could spell trouble for restaurants and consumers who use the grain.

AGRICULTURE: USDA provides $4M to help honeybees in 5 states

0
0
The Agriculture Department's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will offer more than $4 million to help Midwestern farmers promote the health of bees that help growers boost crop productivity.

HYDROPOWER: Tidal power plant proposed off U.K. coast

0
0
A new project that would harvest energy from ocean tides and produce up to 10 percent of Britain's energy is under government review.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY: Cree unveils new incandescent-replacement LED

0
0
Cree Inc. this week introduced a lighter, longer-lasting light bulb that looks like a standard incandescent bulb.

BUSINESS: Wells Fargo gives $10M to accelerate clean-tech adoption

0
0
Wells Fargo & Co. yesterday announced a $10 million grant to be overseen by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to help clean-technology startups jump from the lab to the market.

NUCLEAR POWER: Group asks for court review of Diablo Canyon plant

0
0
The environmental group Friends of the Earth has asked a federal court to review whether California's Diablo Canyon nuclear plant is operating illegally and should be shut down.

ARMY CORPS: La. sues agency over wetlands restoration funding

0
0
Louisiana officials said negotiations with the Army Corps of Engineers have reached an "impasse" and sued the federal agency to ensure it covers the entire $3 billion price tag of restoring wetlands destroyed during maintenance and operation of the shuttered Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet navigation channel.

NUCLEAR WASTE: Lawyers win big in long-running Yucca Mountain turmoil -- documents

0
0
Attorneys representing plaintiffs in a long-running case over the federal government's failure to open a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev., have made more than $350,000 in fees and expenses, court records show.
Viewing all 49850 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images