The switch to refrigerants that do not damage the ozone layer brought in a generation of chemicals with a greenhouse effect thousands of times stronger than CO2Greenhouse gases used in supermarket fridges and freezers pose as great a threat to the environment as plastic bags, according to a study by campaigning group the Environmental Investigation [...]
Davos: The World Economic Forum has much to ponder, so chef Dan Barber served up a good course of intelligent thinkingGood and bad Davos. Good – inviting Dan Barber, the chef and owner of Blue Hill restaurant in Greenwich Village, New York. I’ve never eaten there, but if he cooks as well as he talks [...]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Pew Charitable Trusts today announced that effective February 1, 2010, the Campaign for America’s Wilderness (CAW) will become part of the Pew Environment Group, expanding Pew’s work to protect public …
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…
In his state of the union address, Obama seemed willing to trade nuclear power and offshore drilling for climate bill votesA guest blog by Suzanne Goldenberg, the Guardian’s US environment correspondentGreens probably didn’t reckon the “change you can believe in” would mean building more nuclear power plants when Barack Obama was first elected. But that [...]
HERNDON, Va., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ – Audi announced that it has created a series of social media programs in support of its third Super Bowl ad.
Both the ad and the social media elements will introduce the Green Police, an enforcement team creat…
NORTHBROOK, Ill., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ — UL Environment, Inc. (ULE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Underwriters Laboratories (UL), announces Renee Hartsook, Ph.D., DABT as the organization’s new senior toxicologist. Hartsook will lead health haza…
A 112-foot-high biodome coming soon to Chester zoo will simulate the rainforest habitats of the African Congo. From Inhabitat, part of the Guardian Environment NetworkEngland’s weather is about as far from tropical as possible — except within the bubble of this amazing “Heart of Africa” biodome coming soon to Chester zoo. The 112-foot-high zoological attraction [...]
Melting Arctic ice is stranding – and starving – polar bears. According to some researchers, the health of polar bears is an indicator of the health of the environment
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A group of shareholders who focus on the environment said on Tuesday they are targeting companies operating in the Marcellus Shale to ensure development of natural gas does not pollute or endanger human health.