The Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve situated on the American side of the U.S.-Mexico border may be in jeopardy thanks to a massive fencing project proposed by the Department of Homeland Security. Despite environmental regulations protecting this delicate ecosystem, new laws may enable federal agencies to supersede environmental protection in the name of [...]
Amid suggestions that Google might one day resort to building its own nuclear power station to solve power needs, individual uses are left wondering where their own PC’s might someday fit into the global energy debate. While home computers account for only a small portion of the electricity used in most countries, scientists suggests [...]
The United States Supreme Court is set to hear two cases that could have potentially far reaching effects on the nation’s clean water supply. Over half of the country’s streams and wetlands could be taken off the federal Clean Water Act if justices decided to challenge the federal authority traditionally given to a vast [...]
In a recent meeting between English Prime Minister Tony Blair and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, leaders discussed the need to develop a cohesive EU energy policy. Placing energy high on the agenda for a European bloc summit in March, Blair and Merkel stressed the importance of creating a policy that would more effectively allow [...]
For the financiers and engineers at G.E. Energy Financial Services, wind energy may currently be the most economically feasible alternative energy source. Investigations by G.E. suggest that current advances in wind power technology may enable it to become a full scale industry. The New York Times reports:
The pace is quickening in G.E.’s industrial [...]
Once hailed as the root of modern calamity, nuclear power is finding new advocates among environmentalists seeking an alternative to power sources that emit greenhouse gases. But American debates over nuclear energy are far from over according to a recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle. Read the full article here.
The BBC reports that British researchers have published in the journal Science research showing that the earth has already warmed much more than has been previously thought:
In the late 20th Century, the northern hemisphere experienced its most widespread warmth for 1,200 years, according to the journal Science.
The findings support evidence pointing to unprecedented [...]
Keeping with their reputation as environmental protectorates, Canadians have just agreed to keep a nearly five million acre stretch of land off limits to loggers. In response to persistent demands by a coalition of environmental protection groups, an area commonly known as the Great Bear Rain Forest will be positioned to sustain an [...]
Lake Victoria, the world’s second largest freshwater lake, is being drained by Ugandan Engineers to produce hydroelectric energy according to UN officials. In defiance of an international pact specifying maximum flow, Ugandan hydropower complexes have reduced the water level of this massive lake by nearly half a meter. The UK Guardian reports:
The lake, [...]
Food preferences are often thought to be a matter of cultural distinction. But this week transatlantic debates over agricultural biotechnology are headed to the World Trade Organization. In a heated controversy over European trade restrictions on American genetically modified crops, officials must mediate between parties in the ever emerging field of biotechnology. Read [...]