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Huge tyre fire causes Kuwait 'catastrophe'

Apr 17, 2012 (AFP)

Hundreds of Kuwaiti firemen on Tuesday fought to contain a massive fire in a dump for used tyres, with some members of parliament calling the blaze an environme...

Black carbon ranked number two climate pollutant by US EPA

Apr 10, 2012 (SPX)

The US Environmental Protection Agency concluded in a report to Congress that targeted strategies to reduce black carbon "can be expected to provide climate ben...

35,000 gallons of prevention

Apr 03, 2012 (SPX)

Twenty years ago in Chicago, a small leak in an unused freight tunnel expanded beneath the Windy City and started a flood which eventually gushed through the en...

State of the planet

Mar 28, 2012 (SPX)

Time is running out to minimize the risk of setting in motion irreversible and long-term climate change and other dramatic changes to Earth's life support syste...

Oil from Deepwater Horizon disaster entered food chain in the Gulf of Mexico

Mar 27, 2012 (SPX)

Since the explosion on the BP Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, scientists have been working to understand the impact that...

Researchers describe method for cleaning up nuclear waste

Mar 23, 2012 (SPX)

While the costs associated with storing nuclear waste and the possibility of it leaching into the environment remain legitimate concerns, they may no longer be ...

Study shows air emissions near fracking sites may impact health

Mar 23, 2012 (SPX)

In a new study, researchers from the Colorado School of Public Health have shown that air pollution caused by hydraulic fracturing or fracking may contribute to...

UNH research adds to mounting evidence against popular pavement sealcoat

Mar 21, 2012 (SPX)

A parking lot at the edge of the University of New Hampshire campus has contributed important research to an emerging concern for the environment and human heal...

Illegal toxic waste dump sparks anger in Russia

Mar 21, 2012 (AFP)

Russian authorities on Wednesday announced plans to clean up more than 160 tonnes of highly toxic waste that was illegally dumped close to a town after outraged...

Philippines' Aquino says miners will have to pay

Mar 20, 2012 (AFP)

The Philippine government intends to impose far heavier taxes and tougher environmental restrictions on the mining industry, President Benigno Aquino said Tuesd...

Chevron accused of graft in Indonesian green project

Mar 17, 2012 (AFP)

Indonesia on Saturday accused five Chevron employees of being involved in a scam to set up a fictitious green project that lost the state some $270 million, a c...

Environmentally-friendly cleaning and washing

Mar 16, 2012 (SPX)

More and more everyday products are based on renewable resources, with household cleaners now containing active cleaning substances (surfactants) made from plan...

Indonesia sends illegal waste back to Britain

Mar 16, 2012 (AFP)

Indonesia has asked Britain to take back 1,800 tonnes of waste after inspectors found liquid and illegal mixed waste in containers marked as "scrap metal," Brit...

Variety of toxicants can harm subsequent generations

Mar 15, 2012 (SPX)

A Washington State University researcher has demonstrated that a variety of environmental toxicants can have negative effects on not just an exposed animal but ...

Environmental crunch worse than thought: OECD 2050 report

Mar 15, 2012 (AFP)

Pressures on Earth's ecosystem are now so great that future generations could be doomed to falling living standards, the OECD said on Thursday in a report looki...

Africa to generate more e-waste than Europe by 2017

Mar 15, 2012 (AFP)

Better known as a dumping ground for used electronic goods from developed countries, Africa is set to outstrip Europe in the volumes of e-waste it generates wit...

Dutch 'Repair Cafe' give trash a new lease of life

Mar 15, 2012 (AFP)

A broken-down vacuum cleaner, an old bicycle, a torn shirt ... almost nothing is impossible to fix for a group of crafty Dutch volunteers dedicated to giving po...

EC: Poland veto won't stop 'road map'

Mar 14, 2012 (UPI)

Poland's move to block the adoption of the EU's low-carbon "road map" for 2050 won't derail the goal, European Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard says. Polis...

Manganese concentrations higher in residential neighborhoods than industrial sites, varies by region

Mar 14, 2012 (SPX)

In residential neighborhoods near manufacturing industries, a breath of air may be more hazardous than refreshing depending on the location, finds a recent stud...

Gorbachev calls for global court for environmental crimes

Mar 13, 2012 (AFP)

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev called on Tuesday for the creation of an international court to try environmental crimes, in an interview published in Fr...