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Nevada Officials Call for Halt to Work at Yucca MountainNevada elected officials of both parties told the House Government Reform Subcommittee today that the apparent falsification of data used to support licensing the Yucca Mountain Project in Nevada is reason enough to stop development of the nuclear waste repository. |
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Japanese loan to fund clean-up of GangesJapan will extend a 10 million-dollar loan to India to help clean up the holy but heavily polluted Ganges river by building drains and toilets, an official said Thursday. |
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Fewer fish discarded after individual transferable quotas offeredContradicting previous assumptions, new fisheries research shows that allocating catch among vessels reduces the amount of fish discarded at sea. |
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Could Microbes Solve Russia’s Chemical Weapons Conundrum?One of nature's most versatile microorganisms – a bacterium called Pseudomonas putida – could help mop up the toxic by-products caused by the destruction of the chemical weapon mustard, write Russian researchers in Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology this month. |
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Satellites See Ocean Plants Increase, Coasts GreeningWhy is this important? Well, the tiny ocean plants help regulate our atmosphere and the health of our oceans. Phytoplankton produce half of the oxygen generated by plants on Earth. |
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UN environmental agency steps up battle against marine pollutionCoastal pollution, including plastic waste, discarded lead-acid batteries and used oils and lubricants, will come under renewed attack under a new agreement signed by the United Nations environmental agency and an international treaty body controlling hazardous wastes. |
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Eritrea bans plastic bagsParts of Eritrea once littered by a sea of flimsy shopping bags are being cleaned up thanks to a new law that entered into force in January to help the Horn of Africa country protect nature. |
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Texas Geologist Helps Fix Water Problem in NepalLinda Smith, a research scientist at the University of Texas at Dallas, and Tai-chyi Shei a UTD doctoral student, shows off a simple solution to arsenic found in groundwater in Nepalese villages: a filter made of gravel, sand, iron nails and shards of brick. |
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China starts trial calculation of green GDPChina has launched a trial calculation of its gross domestic product (GDP) that takes into account of environmental factors, as a way to check environmental deterioration and put its roaring economy on the track of sustainable development. |
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EU crack down on ship pollutionThe European Parliament has backed new laws to crack down on illegal ship source pollution, plans designed to stamp out environmental disasters like the Prestige oil spill. |
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Part of marsh legendary as Garden of Eden has been restored, experts sayWater and new life are returning to an ancient Iraqi marsh considered by many as the cradle of Western civilization. |
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Israelis and Palestinians Clean up Rivers to Save Endangered Turtles, Improve Drinking WaterIn an area of olive and avocado groves northeast of Tel Aviv, a river of sewage snakes from the Palestinian city of Tulkarem, under Israel's separation barrier and into a river where an endangered species of soft-shelled turtle once thrived. |
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Reef Expert Gives Back to AsiaThe horrific images of tsunami-battered shores in Southeast Asia recalled to Deborah Brosnan her own personal disaster in that part of the world. |
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Pollution Can Convert Airborne Iron Into Soluble Form Required for Phytoplankton GrowthA surprising link may exist between ocean fertility and air pollution over land, according to Georgia Institute of Technology research reported in the Feb. 16 issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres. The work provides new insight into the role that ocean fertility plays in the complex cycle involving carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in global warming. |
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Environmental news headlines
- EU to ban pesticides in bee scare
- New law to protect Puerto Rico leatherback turtles
- China, world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gasses, will tax carbon
- New wind power cheaper than coal or gas in Australia
- Gorillas to Be Protected with New Congo National Park
- From the brink of extinction: elephant seals stage remarkable comeback
- Nations agree on legally binding mercury rules
- Six million turn out for global garbage clean-up
- Obama triples area of protected California coastline
- Swiss Parliament Passes Plastic Bag Ban
- This week, a shark sanctuary the size of Australia has been established
- French move boosts shark sanctuaries
- Canada introduces new rules to curb future vehicle emissions
- Brazil says Amazon deforestation at record low
- Australia outlaws illegally-logged wood from abroad
- Tokelau islands shift to 100% solar energy
- Another city in BC bans shark fins
- EU on track to exceed Kyoto emissions goal
- Victory for Forests: Disney Stands Up for Endangered Forests and Animals
- new mammal menagerie uncovered in remote Peruvian cloud forest
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