Toxic Substances and our Environment

Consideration of international law and policy issues in polar regions is urgently needed as climate change opens the Arctic Ocean to shipping, fishing, and other resource exploitation, and as growing numbers of bioprospectors, researchers and tourists flock to Antarctica, all with potentially...  

The role of Canada's military in Afghanistan, the global economy and climate change are expected to top the agenda in upcoming snap elections called on Sunday by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.  

The election of the Green Party's first leader marks a new tone in environmental politics, says the BBC's Carole Walker.  

Chancellor Charles H. Casey, D.V.M. of the University of Minnesota, Crookston has joined fellow Division II presidents and chancellors and signed a pledge to strive to provide a positive game environment at all athletics events that take place on the University of Minnesota, Crookston campus...  

A UN expert has blamed meat eaters for environmental mayhem as demand for beef drives deforestation, water scarcity, air pollution and climate change. Robin McKie and Caroline Davies report  

"ROTTERDAM -- A club where dancers generate power to light the floor, drinks come in recyclable cups and toilets flush with rain water opened in the Netherlands on Thursday, hoping to lure environmentally conscious clubbers. Rotterdam's WATT, which is designed to save about 30 percent on energy...  

National released its environment and conservation policies yesterday -- after Labour released them last week.  

"Who's best equipped to turn the White House green -- John McCain or Barack Obama? Both have made energy security and environmental stewardship part of their presidential campaigns. Both favor curbing the greenhouse gas emissions that spur climate change. Both say they want to stop U.S...  

"The Environmental Protection Agency yesterday tightened emissions standards for new gasoline-powered lawn mowers, weed trimmers and boat engines, reducing the amount of smog-causing pollution these motors will be allowed to emit. In adopting long-delayed rules that will require small gas...  

Northern Ireland environment minister Sammy Wilson has described belief in man-made climate change as a "hysterical psuedo-religion".  

Thames Water has been instructed to revise parts of its plan for a reservoir near Abingdon in Oxfordshire by the Environment Agency.  

Seven pesticides have been identified in Oregon groundwater or streams that could pose a risk to human or environmental health.  

Whitfield County Environmental Health conducts inspections of restaurants every three months. The inspectors may require a re-inspection. Restaurants are required by law to post their most recent inspection permit.  

"A fire retardant chemical used in electronics, toys and furniture has been detected in children's blood at triple the levels found in their mothers, the Environmental Working Group reported on Thursday. In a small pilot study of 20 families, the non-profit environmental group tested blood...  

London, Sep 6 : Republican presidential candidate John McCain's running mate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's environmental policy is so toxic that it would make the incumbent, George Bush, blush.