Environment

Germans probing whether Bayer pesticide caused honeybee colony collapse
Raleigh News & Observer - Wed Aug 27, 2008
Bayer CropScience officials are rejecting claims that some of the companys pesticides played a role in the disappearance of millions of US honeybees. More»

Bush wants some endangered species rules extinct
Associated Press - Mon Aug 11, 2008
Just months before President Bush leaves office, his administration is antagonizing environmentalists by proposing changes that would allow federal agencies to decide for themselves whether subdivisions, dams, highways and other projects have the potential to harm endangered animals and plants. More»

Navy says sub leaked radiation since 2006
CNN - Wed Aug 6, 2008
A US Navy submarine leaked trace amounts of radioactive water for two years as it made port calls in Japan and other Asian nations, the Navy said Thursday. More»

Massive oil spill clogs Mississippi River
AFP - Thu Jul 24, 2008
NEW ORLEANS - The Mississippi River reopened to limited traffic on Friday, two days after a barge collided with a tanker spilling hundreds of gallons of fuel oil, the US Coast Guard said. More»

Cheney wanted cuts in climate testimony
Associated Press - Mon Jul 7, 2008
Vice President Dick Cheneys office pushed for major deletions in congressional testimony on the public health consequences of climate change, fearing the presentation by a leading health official might make it harder to avoid regulating greenhouse gases, a former EPA officials maintains. More»

North Pole Could be Ice-Free This Summer
Live Science - Thu Jun 26, 2008
Arctic sea ice could break apart completely at the North Pole this year, allowing ships to sail over the normally frozen top of the world. More»

Boeing, Dow Chemical fined 926 million over nuclear pollution
AFP - Mon Jun 2, 2008
A Denver, Colorado court has fined Dow Chemical Company and Boeing Company a combined 926 million dollars for property damages caused by plutonium contamination from a nuclear weapons plant. More»

Salmonella cases top 200 in Colorado
Associated Press - Sun Mar 23, 2008
ALAMOSA, Colorado - The number of suspected salmonella cases linked to an outbreak in this southern Colorado town topped 200 Sunday. More»

Supreme Court to hear Exxon spill case
Associated Press - Sun Feb 24, 2008
CORDOVA, Alaska - For many in this coastal town, the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster was an event so crushing that hard-bitten fishermen still get teary-eyed recalling ruined livelihoods, broken marriages and suicides. More»

Biodiversity 'doomsday vault' comes to life in Arctic
AFP - Sun Feb 24, 2008
LONGYEARBYEN, Norway - Aimed at providing mankind with a Noahs Ark of food in the event of a global catastrophe, an Arctic "doomsday vault" filled with samples of the worlds most important seeds will be inaugurated here Tuesday. More»

Agriculture Official's Priority: Avoiding Jail
Associated Press - Fri Feb 22, 2008
WASHINGTON - He overhauled federal forest policy to cut more trees - and became a lightning rod for environmentalists who say he is intent on logging every tree in his reach. More»

Feds stop state efforts to slash mercury pollution
Associated Press - Fri Feb 15, 2008
While arguing in court that states are free to enact tougher mercury controls from power plants, the Bush administration pressured dozens of states to accept a scheme that would let some plants evade cleaning up their pollution, government documents show. More»

France halts genetically modified corn
Associated Press - Fri Feb 8, 2008
PARIS - The French government on Saturday suspended the use of genetically modified corn crops in France while it awaits EU approval for a full ban. More»

Toxic Gov't Report Uncovered
OneWorld US - Fri Feb 8, 2008
NEW YORK - A much-delayed US government report has been obtained by journalists, raising allegations that officials may be suppressing politically inconvenient data that, if released, could help protect the health of millions living in the Great Lakes region of the country. More»

Reversal of endangered species rulings
Associated Press - Mon Nov 26, 2007
The US Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday reversed seven rulings that denied endangered species increased protection, after an investigation found the actions were tainted by political pressure from a former senior Interior Department official. More»

White House Edits CDC Climate Testimony
Associated Press - Mon Oct 22, 2007
The White House severely edited congressional testimony given Tuesday by the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the impact of climate change on health, removing specific scientific references to potential health risks, according to two sources familiar with the documents. More»

Farm Chemicals Cause Increase of Deformed Frogs
Associated Press - Mon Sep 24, 2007
The growing number of deformed frogs in recent years is caused at least partly by runoff from farming and ranching, new research indicates. More»

US judge overturns whale-protecting ban on sonar
AFP - Sat Sep 1, 2007
WASHINGTON - An appeals court overturned Friday a ban on the US navys use of sonar in upcoming training exercises off California that was aimed at protecting whales disturbed by the subsea emissions. More»

Judge Orders Bush Administration to Issue Global Warming Study
Bloomberg - Mon Aug 20, 2007
The Bush administration violated US law by failing to produce a study on the impact of global warming and must issue a summary by March, a federal judge ruled. More»

Tennessee Nuclear Leak Hidden from the Public
Associated Press - Mon Aug 20, 2007
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - A three-year veil of secrecy in the name of national security was used to keep the public in the dark about the handling of highly enriched uranium at a nuclear fuel processing plant - including a leak that could have caused a deadly, uncontrolled nuclear reaction. More»

GA: Head of Water Dept Dumps Untreated Sludge in Public Park
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Fri Aug 10, 2007
Leon Forrer receives plenty of calls about environmental problems, so he wasnt surprised when he heard about an illegal dump at a park in McDonough. More»

White House accused of meddling with EPA
Associated Press - Wed Aug 1, 2007
WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday released an analysis of its new proposal to reduce smog levels that shows higher economic costs - but potentially more lives saved - the more stringent the regulation is. More»

'Doomsday' Vault Design Unveiled
BBC - Wed Feb 7, 2007
The final design for a "doomsday" vault that will house seeds from all known varieties of food crops has been unveiled by the Norwegian government. More»

'Only 50 years left' for sea fish
BBC - Wed Nov 1, 2006
There will be virtually nothing left to fish from the seas by the middle of the century if current trends continue, according to a major scientific study. More»

Radioactive Leak Taints Water in Chicago
UPI - Tue Jan 24, 2006
CHICAGO - Radioactive tritium seeping into groundwater near a Chicago-area nuclear power plant has prompted the Exelon Corp to offer compensation to property owners. More»

'Doomsday' Seed Bank to be Built
BBC - Sun Jan 15, 2006
Norway is planning to build a "doomsday vault" inside a mountain on an Arctic island to hold a seed bank of all known varieties of the worlds crops. More»

Shell cuts North Sea exploration
BBC - Fri Dec 16, 2005
Oil giant Shell has cut its plans for North Sea exploration, blaming Chancellor Gordon Browns tax hikes for the move. More»

Radiation alert at Chechen plant
BBC - Fri Dec 16, 2005
Prosecutors in Chechnya have opened a criminal investigation after finding "catastrophic" levels of radioactivity at a chemical factory in the republic. More»

Male infertility 'is increasing'
BBC - Sat Jun 25, 2005
Infertility may be becoming more of a mans than a womans problem, new figures suggest. More»

Pesticide Lnked to Parkinson's Disease
BBC - Wed May 25, 2005
Exposure to pesticides could increase the risk of developing Parkinsons disease, researchers have warned. More»

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