Green Papers
Eco Marketing
Eco Print
Web Design
Online Marketing
Contact us
Eco News
Eco Friendly
Promo Products
Eco Links
|
|
- OIL: Obama proposes rollback of shale plans for Rocky Mountain West
The Interior Department today announced plans to significantly downsize a George W. Bush administration plan to develop oil shale in the West, a move likely to spark fury among Capitol Hill Republicans. The proposal -- which is backed by conservationists, agricultural groups, some local officials and Democrats -- would scale back research and development of a fuel that has tantalized industry and policymakers for more than a century in the West. - POLITICS: Sierra Club disavows gas industry donations amid mounting criticism
Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune is trying to explain more than $25 million in donations connected to natural gas giant Chesapeake Energy Corp. for the club's anti-coal efforts. The… - NUCLEAR POLICY: 2 N.M. counties roll out red carpet for nuclear waste
New Mexico's Eddy and Lea counties want America to send them its nuclear waste. County officials are offering to turn 1,000 acres in the state's southeast corner into a parking… - SUPREME COURT: States pressure Obama admin over logging runoff case
State resource management officials and 29 attorneys general are trying to convince the Obama administration to take their side in a dispute now before the Supreme Court over whether stormwater… - TRANSPORTATION: Ways and Means OKs transit account move
The House Ways and Means Committee this morning passed its portion of the five-year, $260 billion transportation and energy bill in the House, approving a tweak to a transit account… - FEDERAL AGENCIES: Bill to create commission on government property headed to House floor
A bill to streamline federal property sales received bipartisan kudos at a hearing this morning of the House Rules Committee, which sent the bill to the floor under a structured… - KEYSTONE XL: Bill from House Dems would force disclosure of pipeline exports
Partisan tensions over the Keystone XL pipeline today hit another high in the House, as Democrats offered a bill aimed at forcing the GOP to acknowledge that some of the… - EPA: House panel scrutinizes agency's peer reviews
A House subcommittee put U.S. EPA's science under a microscope again today, asking whether the scientific underpinnings for controversial rules from climate change to smog are the products of a… - CHEMICAL SECURITY: House lawmakers give DHS a bipartisan spanking
The Department of Homeland Security today faced pointed questions from a congressional panel about the effectiveness of its program to secure chemical facilities from terrorist attacks and thefts, including calls… - CAMPAIGN 2012: Roseanne Barr jumps into presidential race with eye on Green Party nomination
Actress and comedian Roseanne Barr, who won an Emmy for her sitcom "Roseanne" about a blue-collar family, is running for president and hopes to become the Green Party's candidate. "I… - LITIGATION: Court lets city try again to halt sale of historic rail site
A federal appeals court today ruled that Jersey City, N.J., should get another shot at preventing the sale of a historic railroad embankment to a developer. The U.S. Court of… - AUTOS: Calif. court rules Honda overstated fuel savings
A California Small Claims Court commissioner this week ruled in a high-profile case over fuel economy claims that American Honda Co. negligently misled Civic owner Heather Peters when it claimed… - WILDLIFE: Marine biologist pleads not guilty in killer whale case
A marine biologist who has been charged with a misdemeanor for feeding killer whales in Monterey Bay, Calif., was released without bail yesterday after pleading not guilty in U.S. district… - DEFENSE: Worried about grid outages, Pentagon launches industry partnership
With concerns rising among military officials that severe power outages could take down key national security facilities, the Defense Department yesterday announced a new program aimed at bringing the utility… - HYDRAULIC FRACTURING: Vt. House OKs 3-year fracking ban
The Vermont House of Representatives this week passed legislation that would ban hydraulic fracturing for three years. The final vote, taken Wednesday, was a formality following what's known as preliminary… - NUCLEAR POWER: Unusual wear on Calif. reactor tubes alarms officials
Officials are questioning the integrity of equipment at California's San Onofre Unit 2 nuclear power plant after finding unusual wear on reactor tubes that carry heated radioactive water. The discovery… - OIL SANDS: Canada, Alberta plan monitoring collaboration
The Canadian government today will announce a new oil sands-monitoring strategy in collaboration with the government of Alberta. Expert reports from the past two years have called for a more… - NATURAL GAS: Federal fracking regs could be model for states
Federal rules for hydraulic fracturing on public lands could serve as a model for states to get companies to disclose chemicals used in the oil and gas production process, an… - NUCLEAR POWER: NRC says only minor release of tritium at Ill. plant
The radioactive tritium that was released from an Illinois nuclear power plant during a shutdown earlier this week was not enough to endanger the public, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said… - NATIONAL PARKS: Who are those guys? Butch Cassidy vandals brought to justice
Just because Butch Cassidy and his notorious gang occasionally dabbled in graffiti doesn't mean that today's visitors to the famous outlaw's old hideout on National Park Service land in southern… - WHITE HOUSE: Vets to be deployed on public lands
As part of a major new jobs initiative for military veterans that was announced today, President Obama will ask Congress for $1 billion over the next five years to create… - NATIONAL LABS: Navajo Nation partners with DOE on energy development
The Navajo Nation is collaborating with an Energy Department laboratory to explore technologies for developing energy resources on the tribe's reservation. Although the Navajo Nation has not been a major… - RAIL: Undaunted by GOP budget slashing, Amtrak requests $2.2B for fiscal 2013
Amtrak is asking Congress for $2.167 billion in fiscal 2013 -- including $60 million for high-speed rail -- a request that flies in the face of House Republican efforts to… - BIOFUELS: EPA accuses Texas company of creating 48M fuel credits
A Texas-based biodiesel company allegedly created more than 48 million fake renewable fuel credits, U.S. EPA said yesterday in a notice of violation to the company, Absolute Fuels. Absolute Fuels… - MINING: Glencore, Xstrata propose merger
Swiss companies Glencore International AG and Xstrata PLC said yesterday they are in talks for an all-share merger of equals, forming an $80 billion colossus. A deal may be announced… - WATER POLLUTION: Policies promoting green infrastructure key to cleanups -- report
Policy changes that incentivize the deployment of green roofs, rain gardens and other green infrastructure are key to luring private investment in stormwater cleanups, according to a new report by… - PESTICIDES: Low levels of fungicide found in U.S. orange juice
Tests of domestic orange juice showed trace levels of the fungicide carbendazim, but the levels pose no safety risk so the juice will not be recalled, the Food and Drug… - ENDANGERED SPECIES: Whooping crane migration will finish on highway
Efforts to coax whooping cranes into migrating from Wisconsin to Florida for the winter have ended after meeting a feisty opposition: the birds themselves. The cranes, an endangered species, have… - FISHERIES: Canada plans to push seal products in China
Conservative Canadian Prime Minster Stephen Harper will make seal-product exports a priority when he visits China next week in an effort to resurrect his country's flailing sealing industry. The industry… - GULF SPILL: Latest BP gusher is toward environmental restoration
BP PLC money has sparked a boom in the expansion of parkland, the restoration of oyster reefs and other environmental campaigns in Texas and the other Gulf states. The five… - WILDLIFE: Study finds jellyfish boom evidence lacking
Despite reports of jellyfish proliferation, there is no evidence to show that populations are on the rise, according to a new study from the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. Robert Condon,… - RENEWABLE ENERGY: Calif. tries to clear barriers to small-scale projects
SAN DIEGO -- California is more than a third of the way toward achieving Gov. Jerry Brown's goal for more community-based renewable power generation, but the effort still faces significant… - FRANCE: Nation forges ahead with nuclear power as neighbors shut reactors
While much of Europe is racing to cut its reliance on nuclear power after last year's Fukushima disaster, France has not shut a single reactor since the incident and is… - UNITED KINGDOM: Energy minister steps down over criminal charges
Britain's energy and climate change secretary has stepped down following charges that he tried to pin a speeding penalty on his ex-wife. After an eight-month investigation, prosecutors are charging Cabinet… - NATURAL GAS: New reality TV show highlights shale gas 'billionaires'
A new reality television show is tracking a Louisiana family that struck it rich in the oil and gas boom. "Bayou Billionaires" follows the Dowdens, a family that has made…