Enviroment

U.S. 10/08/20, 15:49

The multiple actions taken by President Donald Trump, in the care and conservation of the environment and its resources mark a path that does not stop since the beginning of his mandate, obtaining numerous achievements. One of the laws that President Trump signed in 2018 was the John D. Dingell, Jr. ...

South America 09/30/20, 18:54

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro used his Twitter account Wednesday, to express his displeasure at comments made by Democratic candidate for president Joe Biden during the presidential debate with President Trump during Tuesday's Sept. 29 presidential debate. Biden appeared to threaten the Brazilian government with significant economic consequences if it did not ...

World 12/28/19, 13:09

In the last three years, more than 350 scientific articles have been published that refute the idea that our planet is suffering from a warming that is unusual in the modern era, caused by the action of men. In 2017 and 2018 alone, documented evidence was presented in more than 250 ...

World 10/23/19, 20:20

According to NASA, the hole in the ozone reached its smallest size since it was discovered by scientists in 1982 because of unusual weather patterns in the upper atmosphere above Antarctica. The hole fluctuates each year and is typically the highest between late September and early October during the coldest months ...

Inspired Stories 08/26/19, 15:10

Earth Alliance, a new environmental organization backed by actor Leonardo DiCaprio has pledged $5 million to help preserve the Amazon rainforest, which has been experiencing devastating wildfires this month. The organization is reportedly working with local partners and indigenous communities to protect the Amazon ecosystem. In addition to its $5 million commitment, ...

Europe 07/02/19, 13:47

Conservationists at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) are attempting to harness plant energy to oversee remote ecosystems. They are working on a project that could enable a plant “to take a selfie.”  A maidenhair fern is hooked up to produce the energy to snap its own selfie photograph—all in the ...

America 06/11/19, 08:45

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday, June 10, that Canada is planning to ban single-use plastics by 2021 in an attempt to curb plastic pollution. “I'm very happy to announce that as early as 2021 Canada will ban harmful single-use plastics from coast to coast to coast,” said Trudeau. Speaking ...

News 06/07/19, 10:19

From bags to bottles, every year about 13 million tons of plastic flows into our oceans, according to a U.N. report published in 2018. If the situation continues, our oceans could contain more plastic than fish by 2050. Birds and other animals often mistake plastic waste entangled in seaweed in the ...

Enviroment 05/30/19, 10:47

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is slashing the size of a body that oversees environmental policy, effectively reducing the role of non-governmental organizations.The decree issued Wednesday cuts the size of the National Council of the Environment from 100 to 21. It also eliminates 105 "alternate" members who traditionally have taken part ...

Enviroment 05/29/19, 16:57

New Hampshire has sued eight companies including 3M and the DuPont Co. for damage it says has been caused by a class of potentially toxic chemicals found in pizza boxes, fast-food wrappers and drinking water.The substances — known collectively as PFAS — have been used in coatings meant to ...

Enviroment 05/29/19, 15:40

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said Wednesday she will move in June to shut a Great Lakes oil pipeline if the governor cannot reach a resolution with operator Enbridge, saying the state is in "great peril" the longer the oil continues to flow under a sensitive waterway.Nessel revealed her timeline ...

Enviroment 05/29/19, 12:31

Atlantic Richfield wants to build a second treatment plant to lower the level of acidic, metal-laden water that has collected in a former mining pit in Butte that was closed more than 35 years ago, The Montana Standard reported Wednesday.Atlantic Richfield's parent company, BP, hopes to eliminate possible risk in ...

Enviroment 05/28/19, 02:38

Malaysia will send back some 3,000 metric tons (3,300 tons) of non-recyclable plastic waste to countries such as the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia in a move to avoid becoming a dumping ground for rich nations, Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin said Tuesday.Yeo said Malaysia and many developing countries have ...

Enviroment 05/27/19, 15:58

A non-governmental group that has monitored the Amazon rainforest for two decades said Monday that the pace of deforestation increased 20% in the most recent nine months.Imazon said satellite imagery showed the region lost 2,169 square kilometers (837 square miles) of forest from August through April, up from 1,807 square ...

Enviroment 05/27/19, 10:06

Cleanup work has resumed at a former chemical plant in central Michigan that's become one of the country's costliest Superfund sites.An Environmental Protection Agency official, Thomas Alcamo, told MLive.com that it could still take another seven years to finish cleaning up the Velsicol Chemical plant site in St. Louis, Michigan."I ...

Enviroment 05/24/19, 13:58

Climate change activists in Latin America rallied for action on global warming Friday, heeding a call by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg to hold demonstrations across the world.In Rio de Janeiro, a small group of students gathered outside the state legislature to deliver a letter dated from the future in which ...