Sequester To Hit The Environment
The federal budget sequester took effect on March 1 with a number of likely environmental impacts. With $1.2 trillion in cuts over the next decade and $85 billion through the end of the fiscal year in...
View ArticleSouth Florida Running Out Of Sand
The state, known for its sunny beaches, is reportedly fast running out of the precious commodity due to erosion from storms and tides, a rising sea level and man-made structures like jetties that have...
View ArticleApp Seeks To Save Whales
Marine scientists looking for new ways to reduce the number of whales struck and killed off California’s coast by massive commercial ships have turned to a familiar tool: mobile devices. An app called...
View ArticleGovernment Shutdown Shutters EPA
Ninety-four percent of Environmental Protection Agency employees will be furloughed tomorrow in the event of a government shutdown, according to the agency’s contingency plan. A very small number of...
View ArticleOceans Outlook Gets Dimmer
Greenhouse gases are making the world’s oceans hot, sour and breathless, and the way those changes work together is creating a grimmer outlook for global waters, according to a new report Wednesday...
View ArticleStates Move To Ban Personal Products That Contain Micro Plastics
States around the country are looking to legislate bans against popular soaps, facial scrubs and even toothpaste that contain micro beads. Commonly found in popular personal health care products, tiny...
View ArticleEarth Day 2014
How committed are you to the environment? Are you a closet environmentalist who hasn’t been outed? Are you a fanatic eco-terrorist waiting for your opportunity to blow up the Keystone XL pipeline?...
View ArticleCA Water Savings Close To Target
Facing acute water shortages in some communities and mandatory restrictions on watering lawns, Californians saved 17 billion gallons of water in July, enough to fill 26,000 Olympic-sized swimming...
View ArticleNYC Bans Plastic Foam Food Containers
Banning plastic foam food containers is gaining momentum. New York City has become the largest U.S. city to ban restaurants from providing plastic foam food containers to their customers. The ban in...
View ArticleG-7 To End Fossil Fuel Use By 2100
German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that the G-7 countries would phase out the use of fossil fuels by 2100, The Guardian reports. U.S. News & World Report noted that leaders agreed to focus...
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