Archive for ‘pollution’
At least 20 turtles die in Bangladesh
January 16th, 2008
At least 20 endangered sea turtles have washed up dead along the southern Bangladesh coast over the last week, an official said Wednesday.
Popularity: 3%
French oil giant Total fined in Erika oil spill disaster
January 16th, 2008
A Paris court Wednesday fined France’s largest company, the oil giant Total, 375,000 euros (556,000 dollars) for negligence in the country’s worst-ever ecological disaster, the 1999 sinking of the tanker Erika, French radio reported.
Popularity: 4%
Mine fire burns since 1962
January 15th, 2008
It was in 1962 that a fire at a waste dump spread to natural fuel that lies beneath this town. The fire burns in an underground area 350 acres wide.
Popularity: 3%
US’s big trucks under scrutiny
January 15th, 2008
The latest big trucks are being showcased at the Detroit motor show, but they are now under scrutiny.
Popularity: 4%
Sarkozy proposes carbon tax for EU
January 15th, 2008
In a letter to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, made public Tuesday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has proposed the establishment of a so-called carbon import tax to punish countries who do not conform to greenhouse gas emission limits.
Popularity: 4%
Wash. state governor to launch greenhouse gas bill
January 15th, 2008
Washington state Gov. Christine Gregoire said Monday she plans to introduce legislation to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent in 2050 from 1990 levels.
Popularity: 4%
Toyota battle turns electric
January 14th, 2008
Toyota Motor Corp likely to claim the title of world’s biggest automaker later this month from General Motors Corp Monday threw down the gauntlet to GM in a race for the next “green” car.
Popularity: 7%
Are Sports Cars’ Days Numbered?
January 14th, 2008
WSJ’s car critic Jeffrey Sabatini discusses Nissan’s new GTR, a classic sports car that bucks the growing trend among automakers to go green.
Popularity: 5%
High Court declines air safeguards case
January 14th, 2008
The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear industry complaints that the Environmental Protection Agency should have dropped some old clean air safeguards when it imposed a more stringent air quality standard for ozone.
Popularity: 2%
Harmarville Co. Gets Grant For Alternative Fuel
January 14th, 2008
A company in Harmarville received a grant to develop a more efficient way to develop fuel from alternative sources;
Popularity: 5%
China eyes energy, environment ministries in March
January 14th, 2008
China will likely get an energy ministry in March and upgrade its environment watchdog to ministry status, sources said on Monday, as it aims to boost fuel security with oil at $100 a barrel and cut back on pollution.
Popularity: 6%
State Faces Showdown With EPA Over Emissions
January 14th, 2008
Conservation groups are backing the state in their quest for tighter emissions standards.
Popularity: 5%
EU to call for strict sustainability rules on biofuels
January 14th, 2008
The European Union is to call for strict rules on the types of biofuels that can be used across the bloc in order to avoid damaging the environment, officials in Brussels said Monday.
Popularity: 5%
Address to the DEC Pt.1
January 13th, 2008
Senator Obama addresses the Detroit Economic Club and sets fourth some of his plans for America’s economy.( Part 2 of 2)
Popularity: 7%
Address to the DEC Pt.1
January 13th, 2008
Senator Obama addresses the Detroid Economic Club and sets fourth some of his plans for America’s energy policy. (Part 1of 2)
Popularity: 6%
