EPA Head Says Going Green is Good for Greenbacks

Washington, D.C. – Lisa P. Jackson, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), made an appearance at the National Press Club today to talk about the increased need for green energy in the current economic climate.

7.0 Earthquake Hits Japan

Strong earthquake of 7.0 just reported minutes ago in Japan near the city of Okinawa.

Governments agree to protect endangered sharks under UN-backed treaty

A landmark agreement to protect shark species threatened with extinction was reached today by over 100 countries signed up to a United Nations-supported wildlife treaty, according to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

As Anniversary of Recovery Act Nears, EPA-Funded Projects Yielding Results

As the one-year anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act nears, projects funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are yielding cleaner air, water and land, and new green jobs across the country. Nowhere is this better exemplified than in New York State, where EPA’s Recovery Act funding has spurred cleanups of toxic waste sites and leaking petroleum storage tanks, cleaner water, and projects to reduce air pollution from diesel engines. EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis today visited one such project, the cleanup of an abandoned gas station and repair shop in Albany, N.Y

UN goes for gold on development goals during Winter Olympics in Vancouver

With the Winter Olympics kicking off today in Vancouver, a senior United Nations official is spotlighting the important role that sport can play in promoting development, as the finish line looms for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Obama Administration Supports Nuclear Power Plant Development

The Obama Administration will be announcing loan guarantees for a nuclear power plant next week. It will be the first such plant built in close to thirty years.

Top UN environment official defends conclusions of landmark climate change report

The great weight of science still supports the findings in a landmark 2007 report from a United Nations-backed panel of experts that global warming is man-made, the head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said today following recent attacks from climate change sceptics over a mistake in the assessment.

Whales, dolphins and porpoises suffer high death rate as by-catch in fishing nets – UN

Large-scale fishing operations are seriously threatening the lives of the majority of toothed whale populations, which include dolphins and porpoises, warned a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report released today.

Believe it or Not | Tax Cheat Caught Purchasing Ozone-Depleting Greenhouse Gases

Dov Shellef, a businessman from Great Neck, N.Y., was convicted today on 86 counts, following a five-week jury trial, for conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service in the collection of approximately $1.9 million in excise taxes due on sales of the ozone-depleting greenhouse gas known as CFC-113, the Justice Department announced.

A rose by any other name… perfuming the path in UN battle for biodiversity

The United Nations has mobilized the fashion and cosmetics industries in an “eco-fashion” battle to curb the unprecedented loss of the world’s biodiversity, from over-harvesting wild species for their skins or natural fibres to pollution caused by manufacturing processes.

Landfills Turn Trash into Power

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recognizing eight landfill methane capture projects for their innovation in generating renewable energy and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The winners include one of the largest landfill gas (LFG) to liquefied natural gas facilities in the world, located in Livermore, Calif.

Unbearable – Member of the Cherokee Nation Sentenced to Prison for Transporting and Selling Bear Parts

Clement Calhoun, a member of the Cherokee Nation in North Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in the Western District of North Carolina, to six months in prison for illegally transporting and selling 51 bear gall bladders, the Justice Department announced today.

Here’s News – Illegally Exporting Ginseng – North Carolina Ginseng Dealer Sentenced to Prison

Howard William Ledford of Hayesville, N.C., was sentenced today in federal court in the Western District of North Carolina to serve one year in prison for illegally selling and transporting wild American ginseng into Georgia,

Ban urges global alliance to save biodiversity as UN launches International Year

As the United Nations officially launched the International Year of Biodiversity today, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called the failure to protect the world’s natural resources a “wake-up call” and urged each country and each person to engage in a global alliance to protect life on Earth.

The Big Freeze.

To top it off there is now rumoured to be a grit shortage… Which I still don’t understand, maybe we have ran out and we should invade some grit-rich, smaller, country and take theirs.

Anti-oilpatch activist Wiebo Ludwig released without charges

Anti-oilpatch activist Wiebo Ludwig was released without charge Saturday, 24 hours after he was arrested in connection with a series of pipeline bombings in northeastern British Columbia.

President Obama Awards $2.3 Billion for New Clean-Tech Manufacturing Jobs

Recovery Act Tax Credits to Enable More Than $7 Billion in New Manufacturing Projects and Create Tens of Thousands of Jobs

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