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Pennsylvania to Implement Clean Air Interstate Rule

Pennsylvania will move ahead with its plans to implement the federal Clean Air Interstate Rule on Jan. 1 after a federal court reversed an earlier decision that struck down the rule

29 Dec 2008

New Multidisciplinary Approach to Environmental Education

Environmental research at colleges and universities isn’t just scientific anymore. Increasingly, scientists are taking an approach to their work that includes more than laboratory analysis. That is the concept behind CLEAR, or Collaborative Education and Research

23 Dec 2008

Massive Bleaching Threat to Coral in Australia's Great Barrier Reef

A widespread and severe coral bleaching episode is predicted to cause immense damage to some of the world’s most important marine environments over the next few months

22 Dec 2008

Grants to Help Electric Car Industry

U.S. Li-ion Auto Battery Maker Ener1 Voices Support for $1.6 Billion Federal Grant to Propel Electric Vehicle Technology

21 Dec 2008

Australian Emissions Reduction Plan Branded Low, Unacceptable, Pitiful, Short Sighted and Pandering to Polluters

In the space of a year Australia has gone from climate change hero to climate change under-achiever, announcing an emissions reduction target of just 5-15 per cent by 2020

15 Dec 2008

USC Expands Green Courses and Programs

Recognizing that a humanistic education must cover sustainability, USC expands its 'green' courses and programs

11 Dec 2008

Stunted and Deformed Fish in Polluted San Francisco Water

Striped bass in the San Francisco Estuary are contaminated before birth with a toxic mix of pesticides, industrial chemicals and flame retardants that their mothers acquire from estuary waters and food sources and pass on to their eggs

10 Dec 2008

Ozone Pollution To Stunt Tree Growth

Modern day concentrations of ground level ozone pollution are decreasing the growth of trees in the northern and temperate mid-latitudes

9 Dec 2008

Chemical Contamination in School Air May Be Making Your Child Sick

This morning USA TODAY released their study of schools where the outside air poses an unacceptable health risk from chemical contamination to young children and school staff

8 Dec 2008