by Rebecca Dolan | Aug 2, 2010 | Environment
WASHINGTON—More research is needed to understand the long-term effects of oil dispersants, especially considering their underwater use, agreed experts and Senators at a committee hearing Wednesday. Experts called to testify before the Committee on Environment and...
by Rebecca Dolan | Jul 28, 2010 | Environment
Get the Flash Player to see this content. Hear views on the current state of the oil spill and the environment. (Rebecca Dolan and Kate Howard/MNS) WASHINGTON–Although BP is making progress on the gulf oil spill, it seems the public still has little faith in the...
by Rebecca Dolan | Jul 21, 2010 | Environment
WASHINGTON—A bill providing funds for solar energy systems found support in a Senate committee Wednesday, casting a bit of sunshine on solar energy supporters. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., would require the Secretary of Energy to provide states...
by Rebecca Dolan | Jul 7, 2010 | Environment
WASHINGTON—The government may be saying full steam ahead on biofuels, but some scholars say the merits of alternative fuels still are debatable. “Why is it that we think that bioenergy has the potential to save greenhouse gas emissions?” asked Timothy Searchinger, a...
by Rebecca Dolan | Jun 29, 2010 | Environment
WASHINGTON— Earth’s climate change problems have no “planet B” solution, but focusing on increased investment in alternative fuel technologies could be the best plan B option, according to experts at an oil spill conference this week. Monday’s event, which brought...
