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How much will BP pay to compensate for damage from the Deepwater Horizon oil-rig disaster? One article in a three-part cover package on the disaster in this week’s edition of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) focuses on what promises to be a long, complicated federal trial — now getting underway ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about Chemicals, Environmental Disasters, Pollution
Anheuser-Busch InBev and other German brewers want Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to block any laws that would allow hydraulic fracturing, which, they say could contaminate water used to make beer and hurt the country’s brewing industry. The Association of German Breweries, which represents Anheuser-Busch InBev, Bitburger Braugruppe and ... keep reading
Written by Environmental Leader last month, about Consumerism, Food, Industry & Business, Pollution, Water
As Block Offer 2013 bidding began yesterday , the Green Party is calling the Government reckless and pledges to submit the Kiwi Bid - a bid to protect New Zealand waters and leave them free from risky deep sea drilling. "There are no guarantees of safety with deep sea oil drilling. It ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Pollution
The Green Party today announced its plan to take on deep-sea oil drilling companies in New Zealand waters. At Piha Beach on Sunday afternoon afternoon, party co-leader Metiria Turei said the new campaign – dubbed The Kiwi Bid – will invite people to be part of a rival tender to protect the ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Fuel, Ocean, Politics & Government, Pollution
The Government is putting Auckland's popular and pristine west coast beaches at risk of an oil spill from dangerous deep sea drilling, the Green Party said today. "The upper West coast of the North Island is postcard New Zealand. It is where Kiwis go to swim, fish and holiday ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Coal & Oil, Conservation, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Politics & Government, Pollution
The world is definitely a mess, but women aren’t the ones to blame. AAP I mage Without really knowing what he was saying, Alan Jones was right – we are “destroying the joint ”. Any dispassionate assessment of the state of “the joint”, both the corner we occupy and the planet ... keep reading
Written by Carmen Lawrence in April, about Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Pollution
One of the nastiest little pieces of law change to come from the National Government has been the move to criminalise the right to protest at sea to stop deep sea drilling. A legitimate and sane thing to do if you think deep sea drilling has risks too many and ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in April, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Coal & Oil, Law, Pollution, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans (2 comments)
In January, NASA revealed satellite images showing dramatic visuals of air pollution over China. Consequently, a new analysis is reporting that more than 1 million people are dying prematurely every year from air pollution in China alone. "Cars are being added and trucks are being added to the streets in ... keep reading
Written by ENN/Alison Winter in April, about Air Quality, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior, Pollution, Population
Mention “high costs,” “financing” and “safety” in the same sentence as “commercial nuclear power plants,” and most people think of the multi-billion-dollar construction or operational phase of these facilities, which provide 20 percent of the domestic electric supply.Those concerns, however, are now emerging as aging nuclear power plants reach ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in April, about Economics, Nuclear, Pollution, Technology
The price of China’s rapid economic growth has been toxic air pollution. Beijing has been blanketed by another round of heavy smog, this time causing more chaos as businesses reopen and people return after the Lunar New Year Holiday. Over the past eight weeks, the capital has endured its ... keep reading
Written by Wei Li /The Conversation in March, about Economics, Health, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Pollution, Population
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