Environmental News

The air surrounding one of eastern Oregon’s largest manufacturing plants should get a little cleaner, under a settlement announced Wednesday in Washington, D.C. The E.P.A. and Ash Grove Cement Company have reached a $30 million deal to clean up the …

By Li Hongmei   Eight of China's 10 most heavily polluted cities are found in its northern region including Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province, reports the Beijing Times newspaper. The blacklisted polluted cities in Hebei released by the Ministry of …

Beijing: A new judicial explanation took effect on Wednesday guaranteeing the enforcement of environment-related laws and regulations, which has long been lax and superficial in China. The country's Supreme Court and procuratorate jointly issued the …

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second term. “We know we have to do more – and we will …

Indonesia accuses Singapore of "behaving like a child", as smog from Sumatra forest fires envelopes city-state. Indonesia has accused Singapore of "behaving like a child" by complaining about severe haze from raging forest fires on …

BOISE, Idaho — The Environmental Protection Agency levied a $2.5 million penalty against a big cement maker and required the company to invest $30 million in pollution controls at plants in nine states alleged to have violated the federal Clean Air Act. …

The plan, approved in a committee vote on Wednesday (19 June), goes much further than a proposal from the European Commission. It seeks a gradual phase-out and ban in new equipment by 2020, and to levy a charge on the use of the gases by producers. The …

Thursday, 20 June 2013, 3:38 pm Press Release: Global Alliance for 100 Percent Renewable Energy “Europe Could Become World’s First 100% Renewable Energy Continent” New Global Alliance launched for first time in Europe Munich, 19th June 2013 – The Global …

Rockford - The Forest city welcomes a new environmental cleanup company. The Chamber of Commerce today cut the ribbon for Superior Environmental Corp. at their Pyramid Industrial Park location.  The 25 year-old consulting business has several offices …

It is poetic justice, in a way: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, so fond of demanding that other people clean up the environment, isn't very good at doing the job itself. According to the EPA inspector general, "deplorable conditions…

Unless you stumble upon Livingston Manor in mid-June during its annual Trout Parade, it’s hard to grasp what this otherwise sleepy town in northern Sullivan County is all about. But a Main Street sign “SMALL TOWN — BIG BACKYARD” best explains why this …

By Jim Fuquay jfuquay@star-telegram.com Ash Grove Cement Corp. will shut down two polluting cement kilns in Midlothian next year when it finishes building a new-technology kiln at the site, part of a national settlement with the Environmental Protection …

The Environment Secretary’s speech comes after Prime Minister David Cameron said last weekend that Britain should take a new look at GM food as part of efforts to make the UK a pro-science country. In his speech, Mr Paterson will link increased use of GM …

About 21 percent of Russians are "seriously worried" about environmental issues in their country, according to a survey published by an independent Russian pollster on Wednesday. The Levada Center pollster said the figure is four percentage …

ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Can nature heal us? The TKF Foundation has announced $4.5 million in grants to six projects across the country in an effort to answer this question by measuring the healing effects of nature on …

President Obama is trying a different tactic in an effort to make good on his second-term promise to reduce pollution. Obama explained Wednesday in a speech in Berlin, Germany, that he’ll be using his executive power to work with the Environmental …

President Barack Obama is planning a major push against the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to follow promises he made at the start of his second term. "This is the global threat of our time," Obama said in a speech Wednesday in …

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second term. "We know we have to do more – and we …

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second term. “We know we have to do more — and we will …

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second term. "We know we have to do more - …