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Laws Need Strengthening to Protect the Environment During Wars

Strengthening, enforcing and clarifying existing laws protecting environment in times of conflict could go a long way towards protecting a country's natural assets during wars, says a new report by legal experts released today by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

9 Nov 2009

Oil Spill Off the Coast of Australia Highlights Need for Environmental Plan

An independent marine scientists' report into the environmental effects of the Montara oil spill says a systematic, long-term monitoring effort is the only way to ascertain the true impacts of the spill on the region's biodiversity

3 Nov 2009

Commonly Used Chemicals May Affect Cholesterol Levels

A study published November 2, 2009 ahead of print in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) suggests that polyfluoroalkyl chemicals (PFCs) may affect serum cholesterol levels in people

2 Nov 2009

Sandia Completes Cover For Landfill Containing Radioactive Waste

The Environmental Restoration Project at Sandia National Laboratories reports the successful construction of an alternative evapotranspirative cover at the Mixed Waste Landfill (MWL) in September. The 2.6-acre site is located in Technical Area 3 in the west-central part of Kirtland Air Force Base

2 Nov 2009

Water Quality Could be Monitored By Robot Fish

Nature inspires technology for an engineer and an ecologist teamed up at Michigan State University. They're developing robots that use advanced materials to swim like fish to probe underwater environments

2 Nov 2009

Toxic Waste From Shipwreck Threatens Marine Life in Madagascar

Toxic waste from a ship which went down off the coast in southern Madagascar in August has had severe impacts on the health of local people and on the rich coastal and marine environment

28 Oct 2009

America's Number One Product is Waste

The American West at Risk chronicles the road our nation has taken to its current catastrophic environmental state. Pollution, water quality and resource depletion are in critical condition, especially here in the Western U.S. where misuse and overuse of the land has created a serious crisis

27 Oct 2009

Levi's and Goodwill Team Up and Launch a "Care Tag for Our Planet"

Levi Strauss and Goodwill today announced A Care Tag for Our Planet, a new initiative that aims to put billions of pounds of unwanted clothing to good use instead of into landfill

27 Oct 2009

Guide to Understanding Children's Exposure to Pollutants Released by EPA

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released a user-friendly document to help risk assessors understand how children are exposed to pollution

27 Oct 2009

Burn Wise Campaign From the EPA to Reduce Wood Smoke Pollution for a Safer and Healthier Winter

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants homeowners to learn before they burn this winter. Wood smoke is made up of a mixture of gases and fine particle pollution that isn’t healthy to breathe indoors or out – especially for children, older adults and those with heart disease, asthma or other lung diseases

22 Oct 2009