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Apr 26, 2012

US natgas hovers near 10-year low driving chemical industry boom #energy, #jobs

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US natgas hovers near 10-year spot low under $2/mmBtu (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas futures were little changed in early trading Friday, hove...

U.S. House Republicans attack Report on Carcinogens

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Tomorrow (Wed) the U.S. House Committee on Science is hosting a hearing titled, “How the Report on Carcinogens Uses Science to Meet its Stat...

James Lovelock admits he, Al Gore and others over estimated the speed of climate change @nextbigfuture

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MSNBC - James Lovelock, the maverick scientist who became a guru to the environmental movement with his “Gaia” theory of the Earth as a sin...

China talks with Turkey about $20 billion nuclear project @nextbigfuture

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The Turkish government recently signed a $20 billion project with Russia to build nuclear power facilities in Akkuyu, Turkey. Now the Turki...

Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012 could reduce direct spending by $24.7 billion

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CBO estimates that enacting this proposal would reduce direct spending by $24.7 billion over the 2013-2022 period, relative to spending proj...

Geothermal Heat Pump System Taps Sewage Instead of Bedrock

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eutrophication&hypoxia / CC BY 2.0 Capturing heat from unconventional places is becoming more and more popular as we come to realize a...

The Department of Labor is poised to put the finishing touches on a rule that would apply child-labor laws to children working on family farms, prohibiting them from performing a list of jobs on their own families’ land.

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The Department of Labor is poised to put the finishing touches on a rule that would apply child-labor laws to children working on family far...

Have we given our generation intellectual educations that do not translate to job skills? #DontDoubleMyRate

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“The aim (of education) must bet the training of independently acting and thinking individuals who, however, see in the service to the commu...

Destroy 4 hydroelectric dams that provide water and flood protection.. When own scientist questions the science – he gets fired.

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The Department of Interior plans to destroy four dams on the Klamath River in Northern California so salmon can swim further than 180 miles ...

Nanocrystal-coated fibers show promise for harvesting waste heat @TechPurdue

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Researchers at Purdue University in the U.S. have developed a new method of harvesting vast amounts of energy from waste heat. Using glass ...

Dow Solar rolls out Solar Shingles in California and Texas

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Installing photovoltaic panels is certainly the most common method of generating solar power on a rooftop, and in fact many people might th...

Japan fears nuclear plant sits atop active geological fault.

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A nuclear plant in northwestern Japan may be sitting right on top of an active geological fault, the country's nuclear watchdog found on...

Skin cancer cases soar by 60% in a decade.

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The sharp rise of 62.8 per cent in malignant melanoma cases was described as an “epidemic” by senior Scottish Labour MSP Ken Macintosh, who ...

EPA is pressed to ban chemicals that studies link to honeybees' demise.

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Approximately a third of U.S. bees have been dying in each of the last six winters. The cause of the decline remains unclear, but environmen...

Discovery of mad cow in California was stroke of luck.

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The first new case of mad cow disease in the U.S. since 2006 has been discovered in California. The fact that the discovery was made at all ...

Mississippi approves coal-fired power plant pushing aside environmental objections

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State regulators approved on partisan lines Tuesday a $2.4 billion coal-fired power plant in Kemper County, pushing aside environmental obje...

Cheap, stable, printable liquid solar cells developed @gizmag

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Scientists at the University of Southern California (USC) have developed technology to cheaply produce stable liquid solar cells that can be...

NINJA DEER

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Urban Heat Drives Faster Tree Growth, 8 times more biomass than in the country

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In a new study, researchers say native red oak seedlings planted in New York City  grew far faster  than in cooler rural settings. After pla...

Parents angry about Labor Dept. rule banning farm chores @PatrickRichar33

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The Department of Labor is poised to put the finishing touches on a rule that would apply child-labor laws to children working on family far...
Apr 25, 2012

999Bottle tracks your mitigated environmental impact one water bottle at a time

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We all know that using a stainless steel or polycarbonate water bottle is much more eco than using (and tossing) a disposable water bottle. ...

Meat Consumption in China Now Double That in the United States

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China’s annual meat consumption of 71 million tons is more than double that in the United States. http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-agr...

Breadfruit Trees are 'Trees That Feed' and Create Jobs in Jamaica

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©  Ramon Gonzalez Today Mary McLaughlin works and lives in Winnetka, Illinois, but she grew up in Spanish Town the capital of St. Catherine ...

Solar Powered Process Could Finally Make Concrete Greener : @TreeHugger

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Concrete Forms / CC BY 2.0 Concrete is among the most common building materials in the world, and it has a  massive carbon footprint . The 1...
Apr 24, 2012

Fees and anger rise in California water war. @nytimes

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In the nearly 80 years since the Arizona National Guard was called out to defend against dam-building, there has been little to rival the fe...

Can heavy metal in foods, cosmetics spur breast cancer spread?

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Prolonged exposure to low levels of the heavy metal cadmium may fuel the growth of some breast cancer cells and encourage them to spread, pr...

CRS — U.S. Trade Deficit and the Impact of Changing Oil Prices

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Petroleum prices rose sharply between September 2010 and June 2011, at times reaching more than $112 per barrel of crude oil. Although this ...

Massive Methane Release In the Arctic Region - @Slashdot

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" Arctic methane release  is a well recorded phenomenon. Methane stored in both permafrost (which is melting) and methane hydrates (met...

Next-gen cargo ships could use 164-foot sails to lower fuel use by 30% @gizmag

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Of the world's nearly 45,000 cargo ships, many burn a low-grade bunker fuel in their engines and produce pollution equivalent to million...

A clean, green power source that could potentially meet the needs of 520 million people.

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@ecomagination - When people talk about an “all of the above” approach to energy they’re usually referring to the sources we know – gas, h...

It’s time to retire Earth Day...the day has long outlived its usefulness. From @garyglx5 at @GreatLakesEcho

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Commentary on  another Earth Day and you can put me in the camp that believes the day has long outlived its usefulness. Gary Wilson - Oth...

PodCast - New OSHA Initiatives, Mexico's landmark climate legislation and more on EHS This Week @Intelex

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intelexf  -  My colleague JP Nadeau joined me for the latest EHS This Week Podcast, sitting in for our regular co-host, Kristy, who lost her...

Americans want more and better environmental reporting; help us get some

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Advocating for improved reporting on the environment is central to my job at Michigan State University’s Knight Center for Environmental Jou...

CSB Releases New Safety Video on Fatal Hot Work Explosion at DuPont Facility in Buffalo; #HotWork

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CSB Releases New Safety Video on Fatal Hot Work Explosion at DuPont Facility in Buffalo; “Hot Work: Hidden Hazards” Shows Danger of Inadequa...

Long-term Medicare & SS deficit tops $63 trillion

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Medicare  and  Social Security , the nation's two largest programs, have long-term deficits of $63.3 trillion, according to annual repor...