by Natalie Pacini | Oct 15, 2014 | Environment
WASHINGTON — For a stalled project, the proposed Keystone XL pipeline has been getting headlines for years. Over time, stopping its development has become a major goal for the environmental movement and a point of contention for politicians. A final decision by...
by Natalie Pacini | Oct 2, 2014 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON – Former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday decried the drastic loss of wild flora and fauna worldwide, one day after a respected environmental group reported that more than half the planet’s wildlife had been lost in the span of 40 years. “Around the...
by Natalie Pacini | Sep 29, 2014 | Environment
WASHINGTON — Greenland’s government is actively pursuing oil and mineral extraction as a source of revenue to use climate change to its advantage, Premier Aleqa Hammond said Wednesday, but some experts said it may take longer than Hammond’s estimates. “The fact...
by Christen Simeral | Aug 13, 2014 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON – Getting clean drinking water isn’t as simple as turning on the tap, as recent events in a Great Lakes port city showed. Access to safe water is a growing issue in urban America—and an expensive one. The city of Toledo last week issued a no-drink, no...
by Elizabeth Wang | Aug 4, 2014 | Environment, Topics
A new amendment to the Clean Water Act might help keep public sewer treatment facilities accountable for sewer overflow in Great Lakes cities. Experts weigh in on how the Great Lakes will be impacted in the next decade to keep the waters clean. Published in...
by Laura Bradley | Aug 4, 2014 | Environment
WASHINGTON – A rising mountain of hazardous electronic waste is putting workers in developing countries and the environment at risk. Some of the disused computers, cellphones, televisions and other products are locally generated, but the developed world – especially...
