Bombing in Lebanon Creates Environmental Disaster, Threatens Mediterranean
Sunday July 30, 2006
Israel’s bombing of a Beirut power plant has spilled thousands of tons of heavy fuel oil into the sea and onto beaches, and has sent a cloud of toxic fumes ... Read More
Utility Pays Global Warming Skeptic-for-Hire $100,000
Sunday July 30, 2006
Patrick Michaels is the Virginia state climatologist and a professor of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia. He’s also a well-known global warming skeptic-for-hire, who earns big bucks from ... Read More
Global Warming Endangers 12 U.S. National Parks
Wednesday July 26, 2006
U.S. national parks are also national treasures, especially those in the American West where snow-covered mountains, dense forests and untamed rivers seem to symbolize the American spirit. But 12 of ... Read More
China to Invest $175 Billion in Environmental Protection Over Five Years
Wednesday July 19, 2006
China has announced plans to invest $175 billion (1.4 trillion yuan) in environmental protection between 2006 and 2010, according to official news sources in China.Photo of the Great Wall by ... Read More
First Half of 2006 Sets Record High Average Temperature in the United States
Tuesday July 18, 2006
The first half of 2006 saw the highest average temperatures ever recorded in the U.S. for January through June, at least since the government started keeping records in 1895, and ... Read More
Automakers Spinning Their Wheels on Fuel Economy
Monday July 17, 2006
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today claimed victory for automakers in the ongoing struggle to improve automobile gas mileage and fuel economy—even though they made no progress.
With great fanfare, ... Read More
Fire and Ice: Melting Glaciers Trigger Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Volcanos
Friday July 7, 2006
Climatologists have been raising alarms about global warming for years, and now geologists are getting into the act, warning that melting glaciers will lead to an increasing number of earthquakes, ... Read More