Sears and Kmart Join Trend Away from PVC Plastics – In the future, Sears and Kmart shoppers will not find toys and other products made of polyvinyl chloride, PVC, plastic on the shelves. Sears and Kmart Join Trend Away from PVC Plastics Sears Holdings, the publicly traded parent of Kmart and Sears, Roebuck and Co., …
U.S. Senate Approves Scaled Back Energy Bill
U.S. Senate Approves Scaled Back Energy Bill – The U.S. Senate approved a landmark energy bill Thursday night that requires the first increase in vehicle fuel economy standards in more than 30 years. But the bill is far less ambitious than Democrats wanted, as they bowed to pressure from Republicans and the Bush administration and …
Countries Agree to Write New Climate Action Pact
Countries Agree to Write New Climate Action Pact – Governments meeting in Bali today agreed to launch negotiations towards a strengthened international climate change pact. The new treaty will be a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, which expires at the end of 2012. Countries Agree to Write New Climate Action Pact The decision by 187 …
Canadian Bulk Carrier Spills Oil Into Maumee River
Canadian Bulk Carrier Spills Oil Into Maumee River – Droves of cleanup workers spent much of the weekend trying to contain and collect 3,300 gallons of diesel fuel that spilled into Ohio’s Maumee River Friday night by a Canadian bulk carrier. Canadian Bulk Carrier Spills Oil Into Maumee River Loaded with grain, the Algonorth was …
New Jersey Sues Over Pennsylvania Power Plant Pollution
New Jersey Sues Over Pennsylvania Power Plant Pollution – Because air pollution recognizes no borders, the state of New Jersey today filed suit against the owner of a coal-fired power plant across the Delaware River in Pennsylvania. New Jersey Sues Over Pennsylvania Power Plant Pollution Alleging that Reliant Energy MidAtlantic Power Holdings modified its coal-fired …
FutureGen World’s Cleanest Coal Plant Sited in Illinois
FutureGen World’s Cleanest Coal Plant Sited in Illinois – A consortium of some of the world’s largest coal companies and electric utilities has selected the small east-central Illinois town of Mattoon for FutureGen, a $1.4 billion coal-fueled power plant that is planned as the cleanest in the world. FutureGen World’s Cleanest Coal Plant Sited in …
Four Dead Environmentally Friendly Chemical Plant Explodes in Florida
Four Dead Environmentally Friendly Chemical Plant Explodes in Florida – Four workers were killed by an explosion today at a chemical plant in Jacksonville that manufactures environmentally friendly industrial chemicals. Four Dead Environmentally Friendly Chemical Plant Explodes in Florida The blast occurred at the T2 Laboratories on Faye Road in an industrial district on the …
Saving Wild Iowa
Saving Wild Iowa – The Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation says it has embarked upon “the largest single private campaign” ever launched in the state for natural land protection. Saving Wild Iowa The goal of the new effort is to protect 15,000 acres of what’s left of “wild Iowa,” the foundation says. At least 7,500 acres …
California Red-Legged Frog Jumps into Court
California Red-Legged Frog Jumps into Court – Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today in federal district court in San Francisco seeking to overturn a decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reduce protected habitat for the California red-legged frog. California Red-Legged Frog Jumps into Court The frog, dramatized in Mark Twain’s story “The …
EPA Rejects California’s Greenhouse Gas Tailpipe Law
EPA Rejects California’s Greenhouse Gas Tailpipe Law – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, has denied California’s request to impose greenhouse gas emissions limits on motor vehicles. It is the first time the EPA has ever denied a waiver request under the Clean Air Act, and California officials are already preparing their lawsuit. EPA Rejects …