12 hours ago From Environment News Service  View Original Article

Washington, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - The governments of the northern European country of Norway and the South American country of Guyana will cooperate to provide the world with a working example of how partnerships between developed and developing countries can save the world's tropica ...

12 hours ago From Timber Trades Journal  View Original Article

Sidcup, U K - The US has become the first country to pledge money backing the Prince of Wales’s short-term fund to protect the world’s tropical rainforests.

The US$275m pledge, announced by the US Ambassador in London, Louis Susman, would form part ...

12 hours ago From Denver Post  View Original Article

Denver, COLORADO - Neighborhood, university, religious and other group representatives packed a state air-quality regulators' hearing Thursday night — pushing for cleaner energy.

More than 50 delivered comments urging Colorado Air Quality Control commiss ...

30 hours ago From Salt Lake Tribune  View Original Article

Salt Lake City, UTAH - A coalition of environmental groups have filed a petition to stop the state's first coal strip mine on private land near Bryce Canyon National Park, which has already received preliminary approval from the state.

The groups say the pr ...

30 hours ago From Globe and Mail  View Original Article

Toronto, CANADA - If something goes terribly wrong at a nuclear power plant, how much liability should the operator bear?

The federal government is introducing a new limit of $650-million for damages that can be claimed from nuclear companies after an a ...

30 hours ago From SYS-CON Media  View Original Article

Montvale, NEW JERSEY - Greenpeace and Women for Women International are the two newest organizations to benefit from Rebagz' new "Statement Makers" Eco-Chic Handbag line. The company's CEO and Head Designer Marty Stevens-Heebner, who is committed to having the company be a ...

30 hours ago From istockAnalyst.com (press release)  View Original Article

Salem, OREGON - Nov. 17--LAKE GEORGE -- The Department of Environmental Conservation will fine the village $10,000 for spilling what the state agency said was 30,000 gallons of raw sewage into Lake George on July 5 when a pipe burst at a pump station in Shepard Park ...

30 hours ago From PR Newswire (press release)  View Original Article

New York, NEW YORK - NEW YORK, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Environmental Defense Fund applauded the New York State Legislature today for passing historic legislation to save property-owners money by increasing energy efficiency in buildings.

The fed ...

31 hours ago From San Jose Mercury News  View Original Article

San Jose, CALIFORNIA - It's a sure sign that Christmas is coming.

A chill in the air. Bing Crosby music at the mall. And the first blizzard. Not snow, but mail order catalogs — their glossy pages imploring Americans to buy everything from flannel shirts to e ...

31 hours ago From The Nature Conservancy  View Original Article

Arlington, VIRGINIA - It’s long been said that it takes a lot of heart to tackle an Ironman Triathlon. Two years ago Concord resident Jeremy Woodward was in the throes of heart failure, battling for his life after his first heart valve replacement had failed. Now Jeremy i ...

31 hours ago From Petroleumworld.com  View Original Article

Phoenix, ARIZONA - France has for decades been fiercely proud of its world-beating nuclear industry but is now having to import electricity from its neighbours and could face blackouts this winter.
News of the imports prompted the environmental group Greenpeace ...

31 hours ago From Prague Daily Monitor  View Original Article

Praha, CZECH REPUBLIC - Prague, Nov 19 (CTK) - Activists from the international organisation Greenpeace staged a protest against the prepared update of Czech energy policy that counts with lifting coal mining limits in the Most vicinity, north Bohemia, outside the Industry ...

31 hours ago From The Nation.  View Original Article

New York, NEW YORK - It was in Germany that Ed Regan realized Gainesville, Florida, was going about things all wrong. The assistant manager at Gainesville Regional Utility (GRU) was out looking for ways to boost his city's renewable energy capacity. "Germany was a game-c ...

31 hours ago From Reuters  View Original Article

London, U K - The United States pledged $275 million to rainforest protection on Thursday, at an event hosted by Britain's heir to the throne, Prince Charles, in London.

The money would come from $1.2 billion assistance for international programmes, ...

31 hours ago From Brisbane Times  View Original Article

Brisbane, AUSTRALIA - Foreign journalists based in Indonesia condemned on Thursday the deportation of two reporters from Italy and India who had covered a recent Greenpeace demonstration.

Raimundo Bultrini of the Italian l'Espresso weekly and Kumkum Dasgupt ...