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Urban farming is being taken to new heights in an abandoned Chicago pork processing plant where environmentalists hope to "get off the grid" by using the waste from one crop to feed and power another. http://phys.org/news260590240.html Biology Wed, 04 Jul 2012 03:12:15 EST news260590240 Thirty years have passed since Japan's Mitsubishi Chemicals opened a rare-earths refinery in the Malaysian village of Bukit Merah, but although the plant is gone, its toxic legacy persists. http://phys.org/news259913210.html Space & Earth Tue, 26 Jun 2012 07:20:01 EST news259913210 Romania will review its stand on shale gas when a drilling moratorium expires in December and align itself with a future joint EU position on the controversial issue, Prime Minister Victor Ponta said Friday. http://phys.org/news259594356.html Space & Earth Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:32:41 EST news259594356 After 20 hours of talks into the early hours Wednesday, Europe's fisheries ministers finally struck a compromise deal to save the oceans from overfishing -- but failed to satisfy environmentalists. http://phys.org/news258793569.html Biology Wed, 13 Jun 2012 08:06:14 EST news258793569 An "unprecedented" surge in debris from last year's Japanese tsunami is washing up on Alaska's coastline, environmentalists about to embark on a major cleanup operation said. http://phys.org/news256966193.html Space & Earth Wed, 23 May 2012 04:40:01 EST news256966193 Laos has postponed construction of a controversial dam on the Mekong, an official said Thursday, dismissing fears that the work was going ahead despite growing regional opposition. http://phys.org/news255892353.html Space & Earth Thu, 10 May 2012 19:10:01 EST news255892353 Researchers in Argentina have isolated a drought-resistant sunflower gene and spliced it into soy, bolstering hopes for improved yields as the South American agricultural powerhouse grapples with global warming. http://phys.org/news254720110.html Biology Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:50:01 EST news254720110 The tiny Miami blue butterfly, reduced to a few hundred survivors on isolated islands off Key West, will be formally declared a federally endangered species on Friday. http://phys.org/news252866114.html Biology Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:50:01 EST news252866114 Chile's Supreme Court Wednesday removed the last legal obstacle to building a giant $2.9 billion hydroelectric complex in the Patagonian wilderness, rejecting a bid by environmentalists to block it. http://phys.org/news252774995.html Space & Earth Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:16:41 EST news252774995 Green groups around the world are turning to social networking to drive their campaign for Earth Hour on Saturday, when lights are turned off for an hour to signal concern about global warming. http://phys.org/news252214474.html Space & Earth Thu, 29 Mar 2012 05:10:01 EST news252214474 Authorities in Beijing plan to pass a rule this year aimed at curbing water usage by the capital's many golf courses and ski resorts, an official said Monday, as the city battles severe shortages. http://phys.org/news251968515.html Space & Earth Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:15:25 EST news251968515 Cyber-environmentalists said Friday 80 countries have joined the World Cleanup 2012 campaign which will see volunteers across the globe use the Internet to target illegal trash dumps for cleanup. http://phys.org/news251744339.html Space & Earth Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:59:09 EST news251744339 (AP) -- The St. Joseph Peninsula is picture-perfect Florida: 17 miles of sugar sand beach interrupted by a few clusters of homes, each with a million-dollar view of the Gulf of Mexico. http://phys.org/news251006544.html Space & Earth Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:02:38 EST news251006544 (AP) -- A scientific study in Poland has found that shale gas extraction at one site produced some toxic refuse but that the waste was reused and didn't harm the environment. http://phys.org/news249899964.html Space & Earth Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:39:31 EST news249899964 Looking for oil outside your front door may sound exciting, but in the idyllic Arctic archipelago of Lofoten, one of Norway's best fishing areas, the prospect of the black gold has sparked heated debate. http://phys.org/news249895673.html Space & Earth Fri, 02 Mar 2012 07:28:15 EST news249895673 The endangered Everglades snail kite is making a surprising rebound, and an invading bird delicacy that's the size of a baseball may get the credit. http://phys.org/news248962394.html Biology Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:50:01 EST news248962394 Latin America is experiencing a mining boom as prices rise fuelled by a hike in global demand, but the region is also being hit by a wave of violent protests, strikes and rallies by environmentalists. http://phys.org/news248246114.html Space & Earth Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:15:23 EST news248246114 The Sumatran elephant could be extinct in the wild within three decades unless immediate steps are taken to slow the breakneck pace of deforestation, environmentalists warned Tuesday. http://phys.org/news246596995.html Biology Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:10:06 EST news246596995 Norwegian authorities called Wednesday on the country's whaling industry to counter the dramatic drop over the past decade in the number of boats partaking in the annual whale hunts. http://phys.org/news246104078.html Biology Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:40:01 EST news246104078 Cyber-environmentalists said Thursday they aim to mobilise millions of people around the world for a mass waste clean-up, saying they had to step in because governments had failed to do so. http://phys.org/news245595920.html Space & Earth Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:05:34 EST news245595920 Environmentalists Wednesday welcomed plans for Hong Kong to introduce a "pay-as-you-throw" tax on rubbish disposal as the city moves to tackle a growing waste problem. http://phys.org/news245481026.html Space & Earth Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:10:34 EST news245481026 (AP) -- In Ohio, geographically and politically positioned to become a leading importer of wastewater from gas drilling, environmentalists and lawmakers opposed to the technique known as fracking are seizing on a series of small earthquakes as a signal to proceed with caution. http://phys.org/news244834662.html Space & Earth Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:37:52 EST news244834662 (AP) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday for the first time that fracking - a controversial method of improving the productivity of oil and gas wells - may be to blame for causing groundwater pollution. http://phys.org/news242620723.html Space & Earth Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:38:54 EST news242620723 Energy-starved Laos sought the green light from Southeast Asian neighbours on Thursday for a proposed hydropower dam on the Mekong River that faces fierce opposition from conservationists. http://phys.org/news242541260.html Space & Earth Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:50:01 EST news242541260 Foreign companies are spending billions of dollars to plant forests in Mozambique, but conservationists fear the investments aren't as good for the environment as they might initially seem. http://phys.org/news242274689.html Space & Earth Mon, 05 Dec 2011 03:10:01 EST news242274689 Major retailers and manufacturers are not doing enough to honour commitments to use sustainable palm oil to help protect virgin rainforests from destruction, WWF said on Tuesday. http://phys.org/news241158127.html Space & Earth Tue, 22 Nov 2011 04:22:13 EST news241158127 Environmentalists have warned that an effort to encourage the sustainable production of palm oil launched several years ago has not kept pace with expanding cultivation driven by rising demand. http://phys.org/news241034228.html Space & Earth Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:57:16 EST news241034228 The Czech Republic is poised to build on its position as central Europe's nuclear hub, seeking greater energy security and shrugging off the concerns of environmentalists and other opponents. http://phys.org/news239241726.html Technology Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:02:14 EST news239241726 The world remains far away from meeting UN-backed goals on holding back climate change, setting the stage for major damage without more ambitious efforts to cut emissions, a study said Tuesday. http://phys.org/news236968260.html Space & Earth Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:31:14 EST news236968260 South Africa's preparations to host the next major round of climate talks have met with scepticism from activists critical of what they say is the country's lack of leadership on environmental issues. http://phys.org/news231943809.html Space & Earth Sun, 07 Aug 2011 16:50:01 EST news231943809