Eco-Briefs

EXXON VALDEZ RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTINUED COLLAPSE OF ALASKAN FISHERIES, STUDY SUGGESTS...

PA announces new regulations on methane emissions Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced new rules to cut methane pollution from the oil and gas sector across...

BOULDER COUNTY AWARDS FUNDING FOR ZERO WASTE PROGRAMS...

CORPORATE FUNDING LINKED TO CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH...

BPA found in linings of canned foods A new report released March 30 finds Bisphenol A (BPA) in the linings of two-thirds of America’s canned...

Cell division research could stop cancer According to the National Institutes of Health, 1.5 million people in the United States are diagnosed with cancer each...

This week’s quote … make that quotes...

FROM WASTE TO WATER...

Amid mounting criticism against a proposed copper mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska, a group of independent environmental scientists are crying foul at an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) assessment of the prospective project...

As the world’s glaciers melt, the runoff contributes as much to sea rise as melting ice sheets, according to a study led by Clark University in Worcester, Mass., and the University of Colorado Boulder...

Climate change shifts Earth’s geographic pole Scientists have known for decades the impacts of global warming — from changes in weather patterns to drastic sea...

XCEL ENERGY: TURN DEAD TREES INTO A POWER SOURCE...