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Huge Hit for Hollywood Movie, CRUDE, About Chevron's Environmental Practices in Equador

On September 17, Amazon Watch hosted the Hollywood premiere of CRUDE, an inspiring film about Chevron's $27 billion lawsuit in Ecuador by award-winning filmmaker, Joe Berlinger

21 Sep 2009

Researchers Investigate Natural Ways to Clean Contaminated Soil

Researchers at North Carolina State University are working to demonstrate that trees can be used to degrade or capture fuels that leak into soil and ground water

21 Sep 2009

Air Pollution Causing Heart Problems in Beijing Taxi Drivers

A study published online ahead of print in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) evaluated the relationship between exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and heart rate variability (HRV) in taxi drivers in Beijing, China

18 Sep 2009

Toxic Chinese Drywall Issues Covered by Chinese Drywall Complaint Center

The Chinese Drywall Complaint Center has been one of the leading national advocates in trying to help, and assist homeowners, who now own a home with toxic Chinese drywall

17 Sep 2009

Mercury Remediation Method From Soil Patented by Brookhaven Lab

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have patented a new method to remove toxic mercury from soil, sediment, sludge and other industrial waste

16 Sep 2009

EPA Expected to Revise Wastewater Discharges Rules For Power Plants

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to revise the existing standards for water discharges from coal-fired power plants to reduce pollution and better protect America’s water

16 Sep 2009

Biosensor to Revolutionise The Detection of Nitrates and Phosphates in Water and Sulfites in Wine and Food

An Adelaide company has secured funding to finalise prototypes and complete testing of a biosensor technology that is set to revolutionise the testing of water, wine and food throughout the world

15 Sep 2009

Salmon to be Protected by New EPA Limits on the Use of Pesticides

EPA has announced plans to place additional limitations on the use of three organophosphate pesticides — chlorpyrifos, diazinon and malathion — to protect endangered and threatened salmon and steelhead in California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington

15 Sep 2009

Rethink on Groundwater Cleanup by Microbes

CSIRO researchers have discovered that micro-organisms that help break down contaminants under the soil can actually get too hot for their own good

11 Sep 2009

How Climate Effects Atmospheric Haze Now Better Understood

Scientists have used a new approach to sharpen the understanding of one of the most uncertain of mankind’s influences on climate—the effects of atmospheric “haze,” the tiny airborne particles from pollution, biomass burning, and other sources

9 Sep 2009