Global Change

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to conduct a detailed study of the disposal methods used by hospitals, long-term care facilities, hospices and veterinary hospitals that wish to discard unused pharmaceuticals. The EPA is seeking more information on the practices of the...  

"Three Wisconsin utilities and two environmental groups have agreed to a $105 million settlement designed to improve water quality in Lake Michigan and move the state toward increasing its supplies of renewable energy. Under the settlement, We Energies (WEC) of Milwaukee has also agreed to shut...  

"The National Center for Atmospheric Research, an important hub for work on the causes and consequences of climate change, has shut down a program focused on strengthening poor countries' ability to forecast and withstand droughts, floods and other climate-related hazards. The move, which center...  

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it will announce a ruling on Thursday on Texas' request to cut the federal mandate requiring 9 billion gallons of ethanol and other renewable fuels to be blended into gasoline this year." Reuters ran the story August 6, 2008.  

"TANGSHAN, China -- Seven years ago, when Beijing won the privilege of hosting the 2008 Olympic Games, the Chinese capital promised to fix its environmental problems. Among the toughest measures it took was to eliminate hundreds of highly polluting factories. But most of these companies didn't...  

Environmentalists are expected to set up camp in a field close to the site of a planned new coal-powered power station in Kent today.  

The owners of a western Quebec dry-waste landfill have been fined a little more than $66,000 after pleading guilty to charges under Quebec's Environment Quality Act.  

Two years ago with fanfare, President Bush declared a remote chain of Hawaiian islands the biggest, most environmentally protected area of ocean in the world.  

"If we can't measure our greenhouse gas emissions, we can't manage global climate change," said Michael Gillenwater, dean of the GHG Management Institute. ...  

A dozen fellowship winners will be flown to Anchorage to view firsthand how global climate change is impacting our world -- not in some distant, ...  

The town hall meeting in Alton will emphasize the legislative solutions to climate change featured in the Global Warming Response Act (SB2220/HB5254). ...  

London mayor Boris Johnson must do more to keep his promise to make London the greenest city in the world, Friends of the Earth said today.  

Revelations disclosed in exchange of emails between energy company and government officials  

As the world's eyes turn to Beijing for the Olympics, China struggles to reconcile its rapid growth with the health of its people and environment. Scientific American.com's David Biello reports on issues ranging from cars to clean coal in this in-depth feature package August 4, 2008.  

Yet, the aims set out by world leaders in 2000 – to tackle hunger, illiteracy and sickness – are now at risk from global threats such as climate change, ...