Environment

EPA Announces Cleanup Plan for Radiation Technology Superfund Site in Rockaway Township, New Jersey; Congressmember Rodney Frelinghuysen and EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck Tour Six Superfund Sites in Morris, Essex and Sussex Counties

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck and Congressmember Rodney P. Frelinghuysen announced a plan to demolish or remove 34 buildings and structures at the Radiation Technology, Inc. Superfund site in Rockaway...

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73 Countries and More Than 1,000 Companies and Investors Support a Price on Carbon

Seventy-three national and 11 regional governments responsible for 54 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, and more than 1,000 companies and investors have expressed support for putting a price on carbon ahead of the UN Secretary-General’s...

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Ban Ki-moon receives names of six million people calling for protection of the Arctic

In advance of the UN Climate Summit in New York, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon accepted a six million signature petition from Greenpeace calling for long term protection of the region.

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Feature: No 'Plan B' for climate action as there is no 'Planet B, says UN chief

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) at the People’s Climate March held in New York City, ahead of the Climate Summit...

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