Tag: News
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Grim Consequences of Canadian Tar Sands’ Rapid Growth
As Alberta Premier Alison Redford heads to Washington D.C. this week to push U.S. officials on the Keystone XL project, a coalition of Canadian environmental groups wrote a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry asking him to consider the impacts of tar sands production on human health and the environment, as well as the failures by…
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Plastic Debris in Oceans Spawns ‘Plastisphere’ of Microbes
The plastic debris that litters the world’s oceans has developed its own unique and diverse microbial ecosystem, researchers report. [caption id="attachment_311995" align="alignnone" width="500"] Members of the rich microbial ecosystem living on plastic debris in scanning electron microscope images: a) a diatom and bacterial filaments; b) filamentous cyanobacteria; c) a predatory ciliate in foreground covered with…
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Fracking the American Dream: Drilling Decreases Property Value
Drilling conflicts are almost always described in the context of their impacts on air, water and health. But increasingly, as the drilling boom sweeps the country, another part of the drilling story is starting to bubble up in drilling hotspots like Colorado, Pennsylvania, New York, Wyoming and Texas. Increasingly, oil and gas development is butting…
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Morgan Stanley Installs 820-kW Solar Array at Westchester Campus
Morgan Stanley today announced completion of a solar facility at its Westchester, N.Y., campus that will produce approximately 1,000 MWh of electricity per year, offsetting approximately 5 percent of the building’s total electricity use and up to 25 percent during peak […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Pesticide Companies Sue EU Commission for Protecting Pollinators
On Nov. 6 BASF, a German agrochemical company, took legal action in the General Court of the European Union (EU) to challenge the EU Commission’s decision to restrict seed treatment uses of the insecticide fipronil. BASF joins chemical companies Bayer and Syngenta in challenging the EU’s decision to restrict the use of certain pesticides that…