The Stories That Matter To The Environment
A new study published on Monday reported that the economy of the US will lose about $2.4 trillion in the next 20 years if the federal government will not permit oil and natural gas drilling in controlled onshore lands and in offshore spots which had previously been closed to energy companies.
Based on the report, which [...]
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British Airways will purchase fuel from East End biofuel plant planned by Solena.
Through the help of Solena, a bioenergy company from the US, British Airways plans to establish the first green jet fuel plant in Europe. The plant will be constructed in the East End of London.
Expected to be operational by 2014, the plant will [...]
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Researchers at the Centre d’écologie fonctionnelle et évolutive (CNRS/Universités Montpellier 1, 2, 3/Montpellier SupAgro/CIRAD/EPHE) and the University of the Cape in South Africa have discovered that Cape penguins will benefit from the closure of ocean fishing zones.
The researchers came up with this conclusion after conducting a unique experiment on two Cape penguin colonies, with the [...]
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The corpse of a whale shark locally called “butanding”, which had been found with its fins and tail missing, was buried Tuesday morning on Tingloy Island in Batangas City, Philippines.
The event sadly pictured what had been agreed on at a Manila conferenceattended by 50 countries,regarding the need to protect this already endangered fish species.
The young [...]
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Texas announced Tuesday that it would challenge in court the authority of the federal government to regulate greenhouse gas emissions in the US– the most recent case in what could be a series of similar lawsuits.
Texas, the leading US state in carbon dioxide emissions because of its oil refineries and other industries, will experience a [...]
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