Otter spotting in Northumberland The Guardian | Jessica Aldred fulfills a lifelong dream to see otters, and discovers an abundance of other wildlife, on a nature-spotting weekend | Down by the river ... otters are thriving in Northumberland. In other counties they have died out due to river pollution.. Photograph: Bryn Colton/Assignments Photog...
Food security, environment protection top House agenda The Daily Tribune | 07/24/2008 | Speaker Prospero Nograles yesterday said Congress is prepared to institute policy reforms to mobilize and maximize the country’s resources addressing food security, ecology, rural and urban development and tourism. | “Food security, infrastructure development and the environment remai...
Offshore oil drilling -- cleaner than Mother Nature Seattle Post | NEW YORK -- Painfully high vehicle- and jet-fuel prices are propelling popular demands for extracting the estimated 18 billion barrels of petroleum that rest beneath America's coastal waters. | After rescinding previous executive-branch objections,...
Cooch Behar Calling The Statesman Water fountain installed for ‘Mohans’ | In a bid to save the tortoises of the historic Shiv Dighi of Baneswar in Cooch Behar the Debottar Trust Board has installed a water fountain in the pond that started functioning from Sunday evening....
Calif. air regulators pass strict emission rules for ocean-going ships headed into ports Star Tribune | SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California air regulators on Thursday approved the nation's toughest rules to reduce harmful emissions from ocean-going ships headed into the state's ports. | The regulations require domestic and foreign cargo ships, tankers an...
Calif. Requires Ships To Cut Pollution Off Coast CBS News California air regulators on Thursday approved the nation's toughest rules to reduce harmful emissions from ocean-going ships headed into the state's ports. | The regulations require domestic and foreign cargo ships, tankers and cruise vessels sailin...
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GM gets plugged in with power companies Canada Dot Com | TORONTO -- General Motors Corp. is partnering with three Canadian and more than 30 U.S. electric utilities on a network aimed at speeding up the commercialization of plug-in vehi...
Pollution feared in mystery seagull deaths The Australian | 145 seagulls found dead near Fremantle Pollution specialists called in to investigate Other birds not affected MORE dead seagulls have been found as pollution specialists continu...
Oil economics are blowing us to wind and sun energy Houston Chronicle TOOLS | Bob Dylan said it best: "The answer is blowin' in the wind." While politicians and environmentalists have been busy arguing about how best to require that greenhouse gases ...
Calif. requires ships to cut pollution off coast The Tribune San Luis Obispo By SAMANTHA YOUNG | Associated Press Writer | SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- | California air regulators on Thursday approved the nation's toughest rules to reduce harmful emissions from ocean-going ships headed into the state's ports. | The regulations requi...
Calif. requires ships to cut pollution off coast Fresno Bee | SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) California air regulators on Thursday approved the nation's toughest rules to reduce harmful emissions from ocean-going ships headed into the state's ports. | The regulations require domestic and foreign cargo ships, tankers...
Calif. requires ships to cut pollution off coast Buffalo News | California air regulators on Thursday approved the nation's toughest rules to reduce harmful emissions from ocean-going ships headed into the state's ports. | The regulations require domestic and foreign cargo ships, tankers and cruise vessels sail...
ConocoPhillips 2Q profit soars Philadelphia Daily News | JOHN PORRETTO | The Associated Press | HOUSTON - Record crude prices helped oil giant ConocoPhillips' second-quarter profit climb 13 percent from adjusted results a year ago, beginning what is expected to be a string of robust earnings announcements from major oil companies. | The Houston-based company said Wednesday net income rose to $5.44 bill...
World oil prices tumble The Philippine Star | NEW YORK - Oil prices shed nearly $4 Wednesday, tumbling below $125 a barrel for the first time since early June on growing fears that high prices and the weak US economy are destroying demand. | Light, sweet crude for September delivery dropped $3.98 to settle at $124.44 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The August contract expired T...
