Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:53:00 GMT Germany to explore potential nuclear waste site-paper BERLIN, March 13 (Reuters) - The German environment ministry has given the go ahead for a site in northern Germany to be explored further as a potential final storage site for nuclear waste, German weekly magazine Der Spiegel reported on Saturday. The

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:52:00 GMT Germany to explore potential nuclear waste site-paper BERLIN, March 13 (Reuters) - The German environment ministry has given the go ahead for a site in northern Germany to be explored further as a potential final storage site for nuclear waste, German weekly magazine Der Spiegel reported on Saturday. The

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:50:00 GMT EU To Exceed Green Energy Target The European Union will exceed its target of getting 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources in 2020, the European Commission said. Latest national forecasts suggest that the EU by the end of this decade will reach an overall share of 20.3

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:50:00 GMT US Chef Charged With Serving Whale Meat The Justice Department said on Thursday that a California sushi chef and the restaurant that he worked for have both been charged with illegally serving meat from an endangered Sei whale. According to Reuters, Kiyoshiro Yamamoto and popular restaurant

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:50:00 GMT Climate Change Affecting Avian Life Birds are beginning to feel the effects of climate change, as some species are experiencing physiological changes and others are facing possible extinction, according to a pair of recent studies. On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:45:00 GMT Germany to explore potential nuclear waste site-paper BERLIN, March 13 (Reuters) - The German environment ministry has given the go ahead for a site in northern Germany to be explored further as a potential final storage site for nuclear waste, German weekly magazine Der Spiegel reported on Saturday. The

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:39:00 GMT Increased amount of N2O to exacerbate impact of global warming: U.S. researcher The increased frequency and intensity of oxygen-deprived 'dead zones' along the world's coasts can negatively impact environmental conditions in far more than just local waters, according to University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:29:00 GMT A New Standard for High-Performance Green Buildings Standard 189.1 establishes mandatory criteria in topic areas where few currently exist The world of green building just became more standardized thanks to the recent release of Standard 189.1 – The Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:09:00 GMT Pairing carbon tax with other cuts a fair bargain With cap-and-trade stalled in the aftermath of the Copenhagen summit, and with the Obama administration at least paying lip service to crossing the partisan aisle, it is time for advocates of global-warming policies to look seriously at a 'grand

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:53:00 GMT Imperial Landfill Addressing Odor Complaints FINDLAY TOWNSHIP, Pa., March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The staff and management at Imperial Landfill in Findlay Township today stressed that they continue to work with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and The Alleghany County Health

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:49:00 GMT Imperial Landfill Addressing Odor Complaints FINDLAY TOWNSHIP, Pa., March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The staff and management at Imperial Landfill in Findlay Township today stressed that they continue to work with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and The Alleghany County Health

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:20:00 GMT Japan coastguard inspects whale boat with arrested activist TOKYO- The Japan Coast Guard inspected a Japanese whaling ship Saturday with a New Zealand anti-whaling activist who is under arrest for trespassing on the vessel in the Antarctic Ocean last month. Peter Bethune, a member of the militant Sea Shepherd

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:13:00 GMT A green world, an oil world — both It need not be, and it should not be, a zero sum game, but the way environmentalism is pushed today, it is a zero-sum game. The same is true for 'energy independence.' As such, the goal of energy independence can be achieved only at the expense of

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:12:00 GMT Environmentally Friendly Soil Stabilizer Introduced to the Dominican Republic WINNIPEG, MANITOBA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/12/10 -- Editors Note: A photo is available with this Press Release. Building effective and long lasting roads in the Dominican Republic has proven to be difficult in the past due to high annual rainfall, high

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:12:00 GMT Interior: Climate change threatens migratory birds AUSTIN — Global climate change poses a significant threat to migratory bird populations, which are already stressed by the loss of habitat and environmental pollution, according to a report released Thursday. U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar joined

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:52:00 GMT NOAA director urges better explanations of climate 'We are no longer constrained by talking about some possible future. Climate change is happening now and it's happening in people's back yards,' Jane Lubchenco told reporters at a briefing. 'Scientists have seriously underestimated the importance of

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:51:00 GMT Ocean pollution contaminating China shellfish: report BEIJING (AFP) - – China's coastal waters are increasingly polluted by everything from oil to pesticides, contaminating the nation's marine life including the shellfish supply, state press reported Friday. Most shellfish in offshore areas contained

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:37:00 GMT Czech environmentalists protest at Social Democrats' conference Teplice - Czech environmentalists are disturbing Social Democrats' programme conference by protests against the planned cancellation of coal mining limits in North Bohemia today. Four activists climbed to the Krusnohorske theatre where the conference is

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:14:00 GMT International Network of Groups Call on B.C. Liberals to End the Trophy Hunt of Bears in The Great Rainforest. Extract not available.

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:11:00 GMT EU set to meet its renewable energy targets by 2020 Brussels, March 11 (DPA) The European Union is set to achieve its self-imposed target of deriving at least 20 per cent of its energy consumption from renewable sources by 2020, the bloc's executive said Thursday. The target is part of the EU's so-called