EPA denies request to regulate coal mine methane emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will not regulate methane emissions from coal mines, the agency said in a document made public Tuesday.
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
Uranium mine to go ahead despite Obama ban
Energy Fuels Resources has federal approval to reopen its mine six miles south of the canyon's South Rim entranceUranium mining on the doorstep of the Grand Canyon...
Thursday, April 25th, 2013
Arch Coal loses round in mountaintop mine fight
Arch Coal lost a round in its battle to build a mountaintop mine in West Virginia as a federal appeals court sided on a key point with regulators who want to stop the project.
Monday, April 1st, 2013
Gallup poll: Nearly half say government too lax on environment
Nearly half of Americans believe the government is too lax when it comes to protecting the environment, according to a new poll.
Monday, March 18th, 2013
Celeb fracking group not registered
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Celebrities of music, stage and screen who are gaining attention for the effort to block New York from approving a method of gas drilling may soon be...
Saturday, March 9th, 2013
Illinois deal on fracking could be national model
CHICAGO (AP) -- After years of clashing over the drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," the oil industry and environmentalists have...
Saturday, October 20th, 2012
Obama campaign defends debate silence on climate change
The Obama campaign defended the president’s silence on climate change during Tuesday’s debate after environmentalists and activists criticized him for not directly...
Monday, September 24th, 2012
Shell sues Greenpeace to stop oil drilling protests
Royal Dutch Shell PLC is taking Greenpeace International to court in an attempt to have the environmental organization banned from holding any protest within 500 meters...
Friday, August 17th, 2012
Belo Monte dam construction halted
Opponents of the world's biggest new hydroelectric project - the Belo Monte dam in Brazil - notched up a rare victory this week, when a federal appeals court ordered...
Monday, August 6th, 2012
Fracking debate racks South Africa
South Africa is running dangerously short of energy, even as it sits atop what geologists say could be substantial gas reserves. Drilling companies are waiting to see if...
Sunday, August 5th, 2012
Environmental groups urge Obama to block airline emissions trading protest
A coalition of environmental groups is calling on President Obama to stop Congress from protesting a requirement that U.S. airlines trade carbon emissions on flights to...
Greenpeace: Coal mining poses threat to India's tigers
BHUBANESWAR, India, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Coal mining for electricity generation is the biggest threat to India's tigers, a report by environmental activists Greenpeace...
Wednesday, July 18th, 2012
Anonymous targets Shell and Gazprom over Arctic drilling plans
MOSCOW, July 18 (UPI) -- Gazprom and Shell this week were among the targets of the Anonymous computer hacking collective, who protested plans for offshore drilling in the...
Monday, June 25th, 2012
Corporate money men fill the political void at Rio+20
Move over Ban Ki-moon, the corporate money men are in town. That was the message from the final hours of the otherwise damp-squib Earth Summit in Rio de Janiero last week.
Sunday, June 24th, 2012
Rio+20 ends with $513 billion in pledges
RIO DE JANEIRO — After days of quiet backroom dealing and soaring public rhetoric, global leaders on Friday approved a plan to bring clean water, sanitation and energy to...
Wednesday, June 20th, 2012
Poll finds public backs EPA, not GOP, on mercury
A majority of Americans don’t support a Republican-backed measure the Senate is expected to vote on Wednesday that would nix a landmark environmental rule controlling air pol
Monday, June 18th, 2012
Twitter hashtag campaign urges an end to fossil fuel subsidies
A coalition of activists today launched a 24-hour campaign on the social media network Twitter to pressure global leaders attending the Rio+20 summit to slash fossil fuel...
Saturday, June 16th, 2012
Rio+20 organisers struggle to untangle new world disorder
A new world disorder is increasingly evident at the Rio+20 conference as traditional blocs of international alliances break and reform, making an overarching deal...
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Apple data center will be totally green by 2013
Apple Inc. (AAPL), targeted by Greenpeace International over its energy consumption, said its 500,000- square-foot data center in Maiden, North Carolina, will be powered...
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
TransCanada proposes new route through Nebraska for Keystone XL
The Canadian company behind the embattled Keystone XL pipeline project — which is at the heart of the Washington, D.C. energy battles — has proposed a new route through...
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