News tagged with environmental rules

A novel strategy to reduce farm runoff will be tested starting in Minnesota

Minnesota will be the nation's first test site for a novel federal program designed to stem the flow of agricultural pollution that is strangling some of the country's great waterways, including the Chesapeake Bay, the Gulf ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Living, and coughing, downwind of Texas smoke stacks

When the black smoke pours out of the Texan oil refinery across the road in yet another unplanned discharge, Erma Lee Ellas has just one way to try to keep the cloud of chemicals from reaching her asthmatic ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

India denies nod to $31 billion hill station project

India's environment ministry has refused to clear the first phase of construction of a $31-billion "planned city" in the newest development row to flare in the fast-expanding economy.

Technology / Business

created Oct 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Florida lawmakers seek to streamline environmental, growth regulations

Two lobbying heavyweights will square off over the Florida's controversial Big Sugar land buy, but another battle in the legislative session opening Tuesday could have broader impacts. Call it jobs vs. environment.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1




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Mystery of monarch migration takes new turn

During the fall, hundreds of millions of monarch butterflies living in eastern North America fly up to 1,500 miles to the volcanic forests of Mexico to spend the winter, while monarchs west of the Rocky Mountains fly to the ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

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New study reports rise in community land rights in tropical forests; most laws unenforced

New research released today by the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) shows that hundreds of millions of forest peoples in tropical nations have, in the last 20 years, quietly gained unprecedented legal rights to the land ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Recovering water from tailings ponds

(Phys.org) -- As Alberta faces increasing pressure to make the oil industry more sustainable, one University of Alberta researcher may have found a natural solution to a problem that has been plaguing oil companies for years.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

China hits back at claims it is blocking climate talks

China hit back Thursday at claims it was holding up global climate talks in Germany, saying the United States, Europe and other rich states were the ones applying the brakes.

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created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Natural causes' at fault for Peru dolphin deaths: officials

Nearly 900 dolphins that washed up along Peru's northern coast since the start of the year died of natural causes, a top official said Tuesday, citing a government report that failed to convince environmental ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Bird vocalization research could improve poultry production, lower costs

Chickens can’t speak, but they can definitely make themselves heard. Most people who have visited a poultry farm will recall chicken vocalization – the technical term for clucking and squawking – ...

Biology / Other

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

AP IMPACT: Evacs and drills pared near nuke plants

(AP) -- Without fanfare, the nation's nuclear power regulators have overhauled community emergency planning for the first time in more than three decades, requiring fewer exercises for major accidents and recommending that ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

EV battery swaps intended for long hauls

Ever driven through a car wash? Going through a Better Place battery-switching station is like that - minus the soap suds, of course.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Chile supreme court halts Patagonia dam project

Chile's supreme court has halted construction on the Rio Cuervo hydroelectric project in the country's remote and pristine Patagonia region, after accepting an appeal from environmental groups.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 13, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Brazil shelves plans to build new nuclear plants

Brazil said Wednesday it has shelved plans to build new nuclear power stations in the coming years in the wake of last year's Fukushima disaster in Japan.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 7


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