Backyard Birders Help Monitor Oil Spill Impact
Oil-soiled Gulf is major flyway for shore and migratory birds
Barbara Vinson has a backyard of birds.
Some of them, like the Purple Martin, nest on her property in Central Texas and spend the winter in South America.
Their journey takes them through the Gulf of Mexico. Vinson is heartsick about the oil contaminating the Gulf of Mexico [...]
Rights Groups, Victims Seek More Damages in Ivory Coast Toxic Dumping Case
However, they have welcomed a Dutch ruling fining an oil trading company, Trafigura, over the 2006 dumping of toxic waste…
Storm Forces Evacuation of Gulf Oil Well Site
U.S. officials ordered vessels to move away from the path of the storm to ensure the safety of the crews and equipment being used to cap the damaged well…
FTA Study: $77.7 Billion Needed to Bring Nation’s Rail and Bus Transit Systems into ‘State of Good Repair’
2010 Review Expands Upon Earlier Survey; Provides More Complete Assessment of Repair Backlog of Nation’s Transit Systems…
BP Gaining Confidence on Seal for Gulf Oil Well
have expressed growing confidence that an undersea oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has stopped leaking after spewing oil for nearly three months…
The Economic, Employment, Energy Security, and Environmental Impact of the Proposed American Power Act
A new study by Peterson Institute for International Economics provides a first comprehensive assessment of draft legislation’s ability to achieve these goals…
DOE Offers $1.45 Billion Loan Guarantee to Abengoa Solar
to finance the construction and start-up of a concentrating solar power (CSP) generating facility in Solana, Arizona…
Oil Spill Halts Fishing off US Coast of Gulf of Mexico
The areas under the suspension include waters off the coasts of southeastern Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the panhandle of Florida…
Gulf Oil Spill Shuts Down 50 Percent of Louisiana’s Oyster Production
Louisiana’s seafood industry is suffering losses estimated in the millions…
EPA Releases More Electric Utility Plans to Improve Safety of Coal Ash Impoundments
EPA releasing action plans developed by 16 electric utility facilities with coal ash impoundments, describing measures being taken making impoundments safer
Restoring the Chesapeake Bay
the Federal Government to strengthen programs to protect the Bay and to work together to make a clean Bay a reality. We were joined by a number of local groups who are working hard to restore the Chesapeake and its tributaries
Homestar Energy Efficiency Retrofit Program
the President called on Congress to pass a program of incentives for homeowners who make energy efficiency investments in their homes.
EIA has released 12 new State Rankings pages that display charts and maps
EIA has released 12 new State Rankings pages that display charts and maps ordered by data value. The rankings cover energy production, consumption, and price, as well as carbon dioxide emissions from electric power plants, as follows:
Total Energy Production
Crude Oil Production
Natural Gas Marketed Production
Coal Production
Total Net Electricity Generation
Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Electric Power Producers
Total Energy [...]
U.S. Postal Service Advances Toward Sustainable Future
As part of its sustainability and environmental leadership, the U.S. Postal Service voluntarily conducted an inventory of its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions…
Climate Change Triggered Dwarfism in Soil-Dwelling Creatures of the Past
Ancient soil-inhabiting creatures decreased in body size by nearly half in response to a period of boosted carbon dioxide levels and higher temperatures, scientists have discovered…
Life in Transition: National Science Foundation Awards Grants to Study Connections Among Living Systems and Earth’s History
What expectations about the direction and magnitude of planetary change can be drawn from an understanding of how living world has and is shaping Earth’s climate?
U.S. EPA to spend more than $50 Million to address DDT, PCBs off Southern California Coast
Agency selects cleanup remedy for Palos Verdes Shelf Superfund
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has selected a cleanup strategy for the Palos Verdes Shelf Superfund Site, where a large area on the ocean floor off the Palos Verdes peninsula is contaminated with DDT and PCBs.
The site, off the coast of Los Angeles , stretches from [...]
Sulfuric Acid Manufacturer Agrees to Spend $30 Million to Resolve Clean Air Violations
Under a settlement filed today in federal court in New Orleans , Mosaic will install state-of-the-art pollution control equipment, upgrade existing controls and make multiple modifications to its operating procedures to meet new, lower sulfur dioxide emission limits at its Uncle Sam facility.
Wal-Mart Holds Grand Reopening of Store Featuring LED Parking Lot Site Lighting
The Wal-Mart Superstore, the first retail store to feature light-emitting diode (LED) parking lot site lighting, based on specifications developed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Retailer Energy Alliance, will reopen on July 15, 2009, in Leavenworth, Kansas. The Superstore will serve as a test site to determine the viability of expanding LED parking [...]
Joint U.S.-China Building Efficiency Planned
Under the agreement, the United States and China will exchange experts and technicians to learn from each other’s experiences with efficient building technologies…
