by Ramsen Shamon & Mary Cirincione | Jul 14, 2011 | Environment, Topics
The U.S. government’s Energy Star program – which says it helped save Americans $18 billion on their energy bills last year – has created a new category to guide consumers to the top tier of energy-efficient models for such common appliances as TVs and refrigerators....
by Lauren Biron | Jul 14, 2011 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON — Wearing fake produce and not much else, the “Lettuce Ladies” of PETA, aided by other PETA staff and interns, were giving away veggie dogs to raise awareness about the group’s environmental and ethical concerns over eating meat. The animal advocates...
by Lauren Biron | Jul 14, 2011 | Environment
WASHINGTON — Within hours of Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s announcement that he wanted to phase out nuclear energy, a special government task force in the United States charted a path forward for nuclear power in the United States Wednesday. The Japan task...
by Ramsen Shamon & Mary Cirincione | Jul 14, 2011 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission released recommendations this week based on lessons from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster, declaring that events like those at Fukushima are unlikely to occur in the United States because...
by Chelsea Whyte | Jul 13, 2011 | Environment, Science + Technology, Topics
Breathe easy, Maryland. Or easier, at least. That’s the idea behind NASA research planes that will fly over the Baltimore-Washington region and northeast Maryland this summer. The project, known as DISCOVER-AQ, will measure ozone gases, harmful particles and other...
by Lauren Biron | Jul 11, 2011 | Environment
WASHINGTON – If you are thinking of heading to one of central Tennessee’s national parks this summer, you might want to choose a historic battlefield instead of the Great Smoky Mountains. On June 28, the National Parks Conservation Association released its 10-year...
