• Global deal at next summit in Mexico impossible, says Prescott• ‘Disarray’ cited over UN organisation assessing pledgesA global deal to tackle climate change is all but impossible in 2010, leaving the scale and pace of action to slow global warming in coming decades uncertain, according to senior figures across the world involved in the [...]
Directs DEP to Hire 68 Additional Staff to Bolster Inspections, Environmental Compliance; New Regulations Planned to Improve Well Safety Standards
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In order to protect Pennsylvania’s residents and envi…
• Too late to take action, says deputy commissioner• University of East Anglia ‘will act as appropriate’The University of East Anglia flouted Freedom of Information regulations in its handling of requests for data from climate sceptics, according to the government body that administers the act.In a statement, the deputy information commissioner Graham Smith said emails [...]
LONDON, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — According to an Acclimatise report, backed by IBM (NYSE: IBM), over 80% of global mining companies surveyed claim their physical assets would be affected by extreme weather events, yet only 13% report taking ac…
CONCORD, Mass., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Hydraulic engineers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, were busy on Jan. 25-26 as heavy rains and snowmelt combined for a potential flood situation in New England. Engineers m…
Protesters hold up 11 coal trucks and a freight train in the latest action against opencast mining in South LanarkshireClimate protesters claim they have closed down one of Scotland’s main coal terminals, halting 11 coal trucks and a freight train, as activists extended their campaign against opencast mining in South Lanarkshire.Lucy, a camp spokesperson (she [...]
Britain controls pesticide use to protect animals, wildlife and the environment, but not for people. This has to changeFor nine years I’ve been campaigning to get the government to take action to protect public health from pesticide spraying. Last July, the court of appeal overturned my case, making it only one of six court decisions [...]
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Four nations led by China pledged on Sunday to meet an end-month deadline to submit action plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions and challenged rich countries to come up with funding to help fight global warming.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A meeting of four of the world’s fastest-growing carbon emitters on Sunday ahead of a January 31 deadline for countries to submit their action plans to fight climate change may discuss a climate fund for poorer nations.
WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Department of Environmental Protection has joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a settlement with Lafarge of North America for air quality violations at its cement manufacturing pl…