By DAVID SASSOON of The Guardian The EPA has slowed down the approval process of a permit for a new Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline that a few months ago looked like a shoo-in for a State Department rubber stamp by the fall. The EPA gave the State department’s draft environmental impact statement for the 2000 mile [...]
Gulf Oil Has Made Its Way Into Lake Pontchartrain
Tip of a very nasty iceberg? Perhaps. With hurricane season underway there is no way of knowing the outcome when a category 3 or 4 storm slams oil as well as seawater onto the gulf coast. If you pray in any form, now would probably be a good time to marshal your troops – Hudson. [...]
Debate Over Climate Risks – Natural or Not
Over on Dot Earth at The New York Times. Andrew C. Revkin hosts an array of climate scientists and policy experts responses to the same loaded question about climate change in view of Andrews recent article on a newly revealed pattern of extreme droughts in sub-Saharan Africa. The question is… One clear-cut lesson [of this [...]
Volcanoes Killed The Dinosaurs, New Evidence Suggests
Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | December 16, 2008 Accepted theory holds that the dinosaurs became extinct after a large asteroid crashed into Earth, rending the environment uninhabitable. However, that theory is facing a serious challenge as evidence mounts that it may have been massive volcanic eruptions in India that ended the species: … Read [...]
Environment, economy weigh on bottled water sector
Wed Oct 29, 2008 | By Emma Thomasson – Analysis ZURICH (Reuters) – The world’s top sellers of bottled water are trying to stop western consumers turning back to the tap by addressing environmental issues and trumpeting health benefits, while expanding aggressively in emerging markets. Nestle, the world’s biggest bottler of water with brands like [...]
Expert calls for cooperation
Nation Multimedia – Bangkok,Thailand | Pongphon Sarnsmak China and other Asian countries must underscore the need for integrated management of the Mekong River basin. They must address accelerated depletion, environmental degradation, threats to biodiversity and tensions among multiple users by installing massive inter river water transfer projects, an environmental expert said. Brahma Chellaney, professor of [...]
Holcim Vietnam involves in sustainable development
VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi,Vietnam VietNamNet Bridge – Holcim Vietnam Ltd. will provide around 1 million USD to preserve and restore the ecological system of the limestone mountain in the Mekong delta province of Kien Giang from now until 2012. … Read article… Visit VietnamNet Bridge Online
