The Stories That Matter To The Environment
China increased their wind power supply to twofold last year, based on a report made by the global wind industry.
According to the Global Wind Energy Council, China’s wind power supply grew in 2009, in spite of the economic crisis. The estimated market for wind turbines cost $63 billion, said the agency.
Globally, China was last year’s [...]
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The California Department of Fish and Game made a draft of the proposed changes on the bear hunting guidelines in the state. If approved, this will permit extended bear hunting. However, an animal welfare group has expressed its disapproval of the proposed alterations.
Big Wildlife’s Brian Vincent said that the hunting of bears is a form [...]
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Studies show that ponds in the United Kingdom are slowly degrading due to pollution from villages, roads and farms.
According to one survey, 8 out of 10 ponds in the UK are considered to be in a terrible state. England, Wales and Scotland have about 500,000 public ponds all in all, from lakes to water patches [...]
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A study, conducted by researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and Southern Illinois University (SIU), reveals that rivers in California contain toxic levels of common household chemicals like pyrethroids, which could be harmful to certain stream-dwellers. The presence of such chemicals in bodies of water could endanger the food supply of aquatic animals.
Widely used [...]
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Environment Agency Chairman Lord Smith of Finsbury said that the climate is in continuous change and that the UK is currently at risk of experiencing more extreme climate and weather events, such as the floods that recently took place in Cumbria.
However, Lord Smith mentioned that “sloppy and irresponsible” emails sent by some scientists from the [...]
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