Environment

Overdue Standards Better Protect People from Human Pesticide Tests

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issues new rules more protective of people

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today strengthened federal standards to make it harder for the chemical industry to use people as test subjects in pesticide research that is sent to EPA to help set health protection standards.

Scientists Explore How Zinc Fights Off Infection

Mineral may play role in preventing common cold, ICU sepsis

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Blizzard Shuts Down US Northeast

The northeastern U.S., including the cities of New York and Boston, is all but shut down as a ferocious blizzard blankets the region.

Earthjustice Files Lawsuit To Stop Further Pollution in the Everglades

Florida governor and cabinet improperly granted new, 30-year Everglades farming leases to Big Sugar and vegetable plantations while taxpayers pay to clean up mess

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The Everglades. For decades, polluted stormwater from huge sugar and vegetable operations has fueled nuisance vegetation growth.

U. S. House Representatives Introduce Bill To Protect Public Health in Appalachia

ACHE Act calls for scientific studies on health impacts of mountaintop removal mining

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In mountaintop removal mining, explosives are used to blast apart mountaintops and extract coal, and the remaining rubble and waste is dumped into the streams and valleys below.

Star Lawless slams oil giant Shell outside court

Film and TV star Lucy Lawless and seven activists were today convicted and sentenced to 120 hours community service each for attempting to stop an Arctic-bound oil drilling ship last year.

Poachers kill over 11,000 elephants in Gabon

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Over 10,000 elephants like this one have been killed by poachers in Gabon since 2004.

Japan utilities at risk unless they adapt to changed market forces - Greenpeace

The value of Japan's energy utilities, which slumped in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, will fall further if the companies continue to ignore major changes in market forces and regulations, a new Greenpeace report warns.

The report 'Beyond Nuclear: The triple challenge facing Japanese utilities', identifies three main issues the industry faces: a new wave of market deregulation, the devaluation of nuclear assets and breakthroughs in the deployment of renewables — and recommends changes that could boost the fortunes of Japan's utilities.

Stop bankrupting our oceans: citizens, fishermen and industry call on Europe to make the right decision for the future of fish

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Spanish MEP Raul Romeva, Mauricio, artisanal fisherman from MedArtNet and WWF`s Raul Garcia choose more fish!

Major breakthrough in protection for Indonesia’s remaining rainforests

Greenpeace hailed Tuesday’s commitment from Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) to end deforestation as a major breakthrough in efforts to save Indonesia’s rainforests, after a decade of public pressure and recent negotiations with Greenpeace.

APP, one of the world’s largest producers of paper and packaging, has published a new ‘Forest Conservation Policy’ which, if implemented, could spell the end of its long and controversial history of rainforest destruction.