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Video: World

Beijing's anti-smog traffic cut

Jul 20 - Traffic restrictions and factory closures are launched in a last-ditch bid to cut...
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Video: Sports

Beijing prepares to deliver

Jul 8 - One month to go until the Olympics and Beijing prepares to deliver the games as worries...
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Raw Video: U.S. Cyclists Arrive Wearing Masks

U.S. track cyclists arrived in Beijing Tuesday wearing face masks to protect against air...
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Beijing Olympics mask controversy

Four United States track athletes brief the media on why they donned protective face masks upon...
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News: Specials

Carlsbad State Beach Closed after Sewage Spill

Carlsbad State Beach Closed after Sewage Spill

A San Diego County beach was closed after dozens of gallons of sewage spilled Saturday night and...
» read full story August 11th, 2008 - 14:58
The U.S. Coral Reefs Are In Bigger Danger Than Ever

The U.S. Coral Reefs Are In Bigger Danger Than Ever

A recent report documented and presented by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
» read full story July 07th, 2008 - 15:23
Bay Area Air Regulators to Charge for Greenhouse Gases

Bay Area Air Regulators to Charge for Greenhouse Gases

Bay Area Air Quality District, an agency for air pollution regulations in the San Francisco Bay...
» read full story May 22nd, 2008 - 13:23
Moms Can Still Use Mobile Phones during Pregnancy

Moms Can Still Use Mobile Phones during Pregnancy

Earlier this week, some newspapers published a study according to which mothers that use their...
» read full story May 21st, 2008 - 12:52
Report Warns on Deadly Effects of Ozone Pollution

Report Warns on Deadly Effects of Ozone Pollution

Short-term exposure to current levels of ozone pollution is directly linked to poor health in...
» read full story April 23rd, 2008 - 12:26
Nearly All Oceans Damaged by Human Activities, Scientists Say

Nearly All Oceans Damaged by Human Activities, Scientists Say

Nearly every corner of the world’s oceans have been damaged in some way by human activity and 41...
» read full story February 15th, 2008 - 14:38
California's Beaches Receive Grades from Environmental Group

California's Beaches Receive Grades from Environmental Group

Heal the Bay released a new Beach Report Card Thursday, grading the beaches along...
» read full story September 28th, 2007 - 14:08
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The Gulf of Mexico on the Verge Of An Ecological Catastrophe

The Gulf of Mexico on the Verge Of An Ecological Catastrophe

The dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is the second largest to date at 8,000 square miles. The area...
» read full story July 31st, 2008 - 15:01

Tugboat-Tanker Collision Closes Mississippi River at New Orleans

A collision between a tugboat pushing a barge and a 600-foot tanker forced authorities to close a...
» read full story July 23rd, 2008 - 18:42

Mississippi Closed Due To Tanker Collision

The Coast Guard reported that a 12-mile stretch of the Mississippi river at the New Orleans had to...
» read full story July 23rd, 2008 - 17:46
EPA Experts Describe the Effects of Global Warming

EPA Experts Describe the Effects of Global Warming

Monday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said that greenhouse gas emissions represented a...
» read full story July 15th, 2008 - 13:12
Global Warming Will Cause Lake Waters to Drop

Global Warming Will Cause Lake Waters to Drop

Global warming continues to affect the environment, only this time the problem is the water from...
» read full story May 29th, 2008 - 12:22
China on Its Child Labor Offence

China on Its Child Labor Offence

Chinese officials announced yesterday the extermination of a network responsible for forcing...
» read full story May 01st, 2008 - 10:43
Seattle Fishing Boat On Fire In Alaska

Seattle Fishing Boat On Fire In Alaska

A fishing vessel from Seattle caught on fire early Wednesday in the Bearing Sea, 136 miles of...
» read full story February 27th, 2008 - 18:12
Greenpeace Activists Protesting on Top of Plane in Heathrow

Greenpeace Activists Protesting on Top of Plane in Heathrow

Four Greenpeace activists climbed on top of a commercial airplane which had arrived from Manchester...
» read full story February 25th, 2008 - 15:24
Coast Guard Helps Out the Mass. LGN Tanker

Coast Guard Helps Out the Mass. LGN Tanker

The U.S. Coast Guard continues to monitor and assist the Catalunya Spirit tanker. The ship carrying...
» read full story February 12th, 2008 - 18:24
EPA Did It Again! Federal Court Rejects ‘Clean Air Mercury Rule’

EPA Did It Again! Federal Court Rejects ‘Clean Air Mercury Rule’

The Bush administration took a nasty rejection from a federal court on Friday on their attempt to...
» read full story February 09th, 2008 - 09:00
Passengers and Crew From Stranded Ferry Rescued

Passengers and Crew From Stranded Ferry Rescued

The 23 passengers of a ferry which ran aground off the coast at Blackpool due to bad weather are...
» read full story February 01st, 2008 - 12:41
New York Congestion Plan Gets State Commission's Approval

New York Congestion Plan Gets State Commission's Approval

A recent panel voted on Thursday could reach the pockets of New York drivers who want to enter...
» read full story February 01st, 2008 - 12:25
Highway 101 Partially Reopens after 15-Hour Closure

Highway 101 Partially Reopens after 15-Hour Closure

Traffic started running again Wednesday morning on three northbound lanes of the busy Highway 101...
» read full story January 30th, 2008 - 19:00
Waterway Closed for Hours after Two Ships Collide in Newark Bay

Waterway Closed for Hours after Two Ships Collide in Newark Bay

A 669-foot tank ship, flying under the Liberian Flag and carrying orange juice collided Thursday...
» read full story January 25th, 2008 - 16:30
French Oil Company Total Found Guilty for Erika Oil Disaster

French Oil Company Total Found Guilty for Erika Oil Disaster

A Paris court found oil giant Total guilty of negligence over the 1999 sinking of the tanker...
» read full story January 17th, 2008 - 14:26
China to Ban Thin Plastic Shopping Bags

China to Ban Thin Plastic Shopping Bags

China will ban the use of some plastic bags or will force consumers to pay for others trying to...
» read full story January 09th, 2008 - 12:19
Al Gore Is Laureate of Nobel Peace Prize

Al Gore Is Laureate of Nobel Peace Prize

The former U.S. vice-president Al Gore won on Monday the Nobel Peace Prize. He said that it...
» read full story December 10th, 2007 - 23:20
The Explorer: Rescue Operation Obstructed by Antarctic Snow Storm

The Explorer: Rescue Operation Obstructed by Antarctic Snow Storm

The 154 people that were aboard the sinking cruise ship that struck ice on Friday in the Antarctic...
» read full story November 24th, 2007 - 08:57
Bodies of Three Sailors Recovered. The Clean Up Begins.

Bodies of Three Sailors Recovered. The Clean Up Begins.

The bodies of three sailors were recovered on Monday by the rescuers after the Russian freighter...
» read full story November 12th, 2007 - 17:51
California Sues EPA over Car Emission Limits

California Sues EPA over Car Emission Limits

California sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to...
» read full story November 09th, 2007 - 11:54
Industrialized Countries Must Act On Climate Change

Industrialized Countries Must Act On Climate Change

World leaders met at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Monday for a one-day conference...
» read full story September 25th, 2007 - 12:43
Climate Summit With Aspirational Goals

Climate Summit With Aspirational Goals

The palpable results of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit of Saturday won’t be...
» read full story September 08th, 2007 - 21:42
APEC Annual Meeting Opens With Protests

APEC Annual Meeting Opens With Protests

As the annual meeting of APEC members kicked off Sunday in Sidney, members of environmental...
» read full story September 02nd, 2007 - 12:09
Industrialized Nations Reach Agreement on Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Industrialized Nations Reach Agreement on Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Over the past days, delegates from 158 industrialized countries attended a meeting in Vienna aimed...
» read full story August 31st, 2007 - 21:59
Merkel Urges Japan to Continue Mission in Afghanistan

Merkel Urges Japan to Continue Mission in Afghanistan

German Chancellor Angela Merkel continued her visit to Japan on Thursday by trying to convince...
» read full story August 30th, 2007 - 14:38
Protesters Set Camp Near Heathrow

Protesters Set Camp Near Heathrow

Dozens of environmentalists set up their tents near Heathrow airport in London to protest towards...
» read full story August 14th, 2007 - 19:11
Bush Looking Forward To Eco-Friendly Times

Bush Looking Forward To Eco-Friendly Times

President George W. Bush is excited about the eco-friendly times to come and he is certain that...
» read full story June 07th, 2007 - 16:54
Hong Kong Set To Tackle Air Pollution Problem

Hong Kong Set To Tackle Air Pollution Problem

The Hong King government is determined to do something about the increasing levels of pollution...
» read full story June 05th, 2007 - 12:03
Cancer, The Number 1 Cause Of Death In China

Cancer, The Number 1 Cause Of Death In China

Increased levels of pollution have made cancer the number one cause of death in China, said a...
» read full story May 21st, 2007 - 11:51
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News: Business

Massey to Pay $20 Million EPA Fine to Settle Lawsuit

Massey to Pay $20 Million EPA Fine to Settle Lawsuit

Massey Energy Co, the fourth largest producer of coal in the United States by revenue, announced on...
» read full story January 18th, 2008 - 12:18
Tata Unveils The $2,500 ‘People’s Car’

Tata Unveils The $2,500 ‘People’s Car’

The highly awaited “People’s Car” was unveiled on Thursday at the auto show that took place in New...
» read full story January 10th, 2008 - 12:57
Ausra To Build First US Solar Thermal Power Plant In Nevada

Ausra To Build First US Solar Thermal Power Plant In Nevada

The first U.S. manufacturing plant for solar thermal power systems will be build in Las Vegas,...
» read full story December 13th, 2007 - 21:46
EADS, Lagardere and Daimler Caught in Insider Trading Scandal

EADS, Lagardere and Daimler Caught in Insider Trading Scandal

Le Figaro reported that Lagardere SCA may have been involved in insider trading in shares of Airbus...
» read full story October 03rd, 2007 - 14:09
British Airways Places $8.2B Aircraft Orders

British Airways Places $8.2B Aircraft Orders

British Airways placed $8.2 billion orders for Boeing 787 aircraft and Airbus A380s, both to be...
» read full story September 27th, 2007 - 13:35
Study Reveals Texas Has the Dirtiest Power Plants

Study Reveals Texas Has the Dirtiest Power Plants

In a report released by the Environmental Integrity Project, the state of Texas occupies an...
» read full story July 29th, 2007 - 19:12
Toyota’s Hybrid Cars Reach 1 Million Mark

Toyota’s Hybrid Cars Reach 1 Million Mark

Toyota Motor Corp announced Thursday that it has sold over 1 million hybrid cars in the past 10...
» read full story June 07th, 2007 - 13:20
Iran Hikes Gasoline Prices By 25%

Iran Hikes Gasoline Prices By 25%

Fars news agency reported that Iran increased Tuesday gasoline prices by some 25 percent, but...
» read full story May 22nd, 2007 - 13:22
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News: Technology

Honda Unveils New Fuel Cell Car: FCX Clarity

Honda Unveils New Fuel Cell Car: FCX Clarity

Honda has unveiled its next generation of fuel cell cars. Building on the experience earned from...
» read full story June 17th, 2008 - 13:03
UT Gets $65M Grant to Assemble Kraken Supercomputer

UT Gets $65M Grant to Assemble Kraken Supercomputer

The National Science Foundation gave the University of Tennessee $65 million to put together the...
» read full story April 06th, 2008 - 21:44
California to Sue EPA over Auto Emissions Waiver

California to Sue EPA over Auto Emissions Waiver

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced through his spokesman that California will sue the...
» read full story October 21st, 2007 - 19:45
Mozilla Releases Firefox 2.0.08

Mozilla Releases Firefox 2.0.08

Mozilla unveiled a new update for its popular browser Firefox, which fixes several security flaws....
» read full story October 21st, 2007 - 11:28
Intel Lays the Foundation of Fab 68 in Dalian, China

Intel Lays the Foundation of Fab 68 in Dalian, China

Intel, the world’s largest chip manufacturer, has broken ground yesterday on its first 300mm wafer...
» read full story September 09th, 2007 - 22:39
Laser Printers Can Be A Risk For Your Health

Laser Printers Can Be A Risk For Your Health

The laser printer from your office or home could be in fact “a silent killer”. A new study...
» read full story July 31st, 2007 - 22:58
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News: Science

Possible Toxic Element Found on Mars Decreases Chances of Finding Life

Possible Toxic Element Found on Mars Decreases Chances of Finding Life

NASA scientists announced Monday that they discovered what seems to be a highly oxidizing...
» read full story August 05th, 2008 - 17:11
Congress Report: Bush Administration Changed Environmental Policy

Congress Report: Bush Administration Changed Environmental Policy

A new congressional report reveals that the Bush administration changed their initial standing on...
» read full story July 19th, 2008 - 16:46
Bush Administration Stalls Pollution Reduction Measures

Bush Administration Stalls Pollution Reduction Measures

The Bush administration has finally managed to stall any measures to reduce pollution caused by...
» read full story July 12th, 2008 - 22:03
One Third Of Reef-Building Corals On The Verge Of Extinction

One Third Of Reef-Building Corals On The Verge Of Extinction

Marine biologists never get tired of warning about the dangers human actions pose to one of the...
» read full story July 11th, 2008 - 10:54
Half Of US’s Coral Reefs Heading Towards Extinction Because Of Us

Half Of US’s Coral Reefs Heading Towards Extinction Because Of Us

For anyone who’s ever been near coral reefs, the necessity to protect them is not a new story:...
» read full story July 08th, 2008 - 14:07
California Presents Bold And Visionary Eco-Friendly Initiative

California Presents Bold And Visionary Eco-Friendly Initiative

June 26, 2008 represents a significant step for California’s fight against global warming, as the...
» read full story June 26th, 2008 - 14:46
Jason 2 Reaches Orbit

Jason 2 Reaches Orbit

On Friday, at 12:46 a.m., at the Vandenberg Air Force Base, a Delta 2 rocket was launched carrying...
» read full story June 22nd, 2008 - 17:41
Subway Cars To Take Marine Life Passengers

Subway Cars To Take Marine Life Passengers

Forty-four retired New York subway cars have been sunken 19 miles southeast of Ocean City in an...
» read full story May 17th, 2008 - 18:57
Earth Day, A Reminder That Our Planet Needs Us

Earth Day, A Reminder That Our Planet Needs Us

For almost four decades now, on every April 22nd, we celebrate Earth Day as a reminder that the...
» read full story April 22nd, 2008 - 11:29
EPA Cuts Locomotive And Marine Diesel Pollution Standards

EPA Cuts Locomotive And Marine Diesel Pollution Standards

The Environmental Protection Agency is on the roll these days, as we see more and more action...
» read full story March 15th, 2008 - 09:18
World's Oceans Heavily Affected by Human Activities

World's Oceans Heavily Affected by Human Activities

A new study published in this week's issue of Science has found that more than 40 percent of the...
» read full story February 14th, 2008 - 21:56
Bush Administration Pressured to Protect Polar Bears

Bush Administration Pressured to Protect Polar Bears

The polar bear or Ursus maritimus could be soon officially recognized as the first animal...
» read full story February 04th, 2008 - 20:52
More than 25 Percent of the U.S. birds at Risk

More than 25 Percent of the U.S. birds at Risk

The Audubon Society and the American Bird Conservancy announced Wednesday that a quarter of all...
» read full story November 29th, 2007 - 14:11
Climate Warming Requires Immediate Action

Climate Warming Requires Immediate Action

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change led by Rajendra Pachauri has released its fourth...
» read full story November 26th, 2007 - 16:08
American Electric Power Settles with EPA for $4.6 Billion

American Electric Power Settles with EPA for $4.6 Billion

The largest electricity generating utility in the United States, American Electric Power, as agreed...
» read full story October 13th, 2007 - 18:04
IUCN’s Report Says 16.306 Species Are Facing Extinction

IUCN’s Report Says 16.306 Species Are Facing Extinction

An annual survey published Wednesday by the World Conservation Union, IUCN revealed a sad and...
» read full story September 13th, 2007 - 16:48
Watch The Sky For Perseid Meteor Shower

Watch The Sky For Perseid Meteor Shower

People who will watch this night’s sky will see the spectacular display of the annual Perseid...
» read full story August 12th, 2007 - 12:23
Coral Reefs Dying Faster

Coral Reefs Dying Faster

A new study concludes that the rate at which coral reefs die is two times faster than that at which...
» read full story August 08th, 2007 - 23:18
Yangtze Dolphin Declared Extinct

Yangtze Dolphin Declared Extinct

The unique Yangtze dolphin, only found in China’s largest river, has now been declared officially...
» read full story August 08th, 2007 - 20:45
EPA Proposes New Standards For Ozone Pollution

EPA Proposes New Standards For Ozone Pollution

The US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) said that the pollution standards adopted back in 1997...
» read full story June 22nd, 2007 - 12:50
Water Quality Worse in Ireland

Water Quality Worse in Ireland

The US federal agency Environmental Protection Agency says one third of Ireland’s rivers and...
» read full story June 13th, 2007 - 16:22
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News: Health

The EPA Prepares A New Strategy For Cleaner Air

The EPA Prepares A New Strategy For Cleaner Air

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a few days ago that five of the country’s states...
» read full story August 25th, 2008 - 01:15
People Inhale 300 Cigarettes' Worth of Free Radicals Daily

People Inhale 300 Cigarettes' Worth of Free Radicals Daily

A new study discovered that polluted air contains free radicals that could cause lung problems...
» read full story August 18th, 2008 - 23:28
Study: Free Radicals-Carrying Air Pollutants Linked to Lung Cancer

Study: Free Radicals-Carrying Air Pollutants Linked to Lung Cancer

A new study carried out by a team of researchers led by H. Barry Dellinger from Louisiana State...
» read full story August 18th, 2008 - 21:29
Beach Closing and Swimming Advisories for California’s Public Beaches

Beach Closing and Swimming Advisories for California’s Public Beaches

The number of beaches closing due to the unsafe conditions for swimming and to pollution declined...
» read full story July 30th, 2008 - 13:39

Bay Area’s Air Is Getting Better

On Friday, a health advisory was issued with regard to Santa Clara Valley’s air quality. The public...
» read full story June 29th, 2008 - 16:43
Pollution Leads to Nearly 24,000 Deaths in California Yearly

Pollution Leads to Nearly 24,000 Deaths in California Yearly

Nearly 24,000 Californians die prematurely because exposure to pollution for a long time,...
» read full story May 26th, 2008 - 16:29
Heal the Bay Releases Encouraging Report Card

Heal the Bay Releases Encouraging Report Card

Heal the Bay released the 18th annual Report Card for California Beaches earlier this week and...
» read full story May 23rd, 2008 - 16:41
Pollution Boosts Risk of Blood Clots As Well

Pollution Boosts Risk of Blood Clots As Well

It has long been known that pollution has noxious repercussions on our health, but no study stated...
» read full story May 13th, 2008 - 10:27
Trees Prevent Childhood Asthma

Trees Prevent Childhood Asthma

It appears that children who live in tree-lined streets have lower rates of asthma. According to...
» read full story May 02nd, 2008 - 00:59
Pollution Leads to 'High Mortality Rates' from Pneumonia

Pollution Leads to 'High Mortality Rates' from Pneumonia

It has long been known that pollution has noxious repercussions on our health, but no study has...
» read full story April 15th, 2008 - 15:41
World Health Day Warns on Health Risks Carried by Global Warming

World Health Day Warns on Health Risks Carried by Global Warming

This year’s World Health Day (April 7) highlights the idea that global warming carries more health...
» read full story April 07th, 2008 - 13:40
Cancer Risk from Air Pollution Still High in Southern California

Cancer Risk from Air Pollution Still High in Southern California

The risk of developing cancer from air pollution in Southern California has decreased in recent...
» read full story January 05th, 2008 - 16:44
Air Pollution Alert in Effect until Friday for Minnesota

Air Pollution Alert in Effect until Friday for Minnesota

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air pollution alert for most of...
» read full story December 19th, 2007 - 16:56
Minnesota to Ban Mercury from Cosmetics

Minnesota to Ban Mercury from Cosmetics

The state of Minnesota is the first to introduce a ban on mercury as an ingredient in...
» read full story December 17th, 2007 - 10:57
City Women More Likely to Develop Breast Cancer

City Women More Likely to Develop Breast Cancer

Women living or working in urban areas are more predisposed to developing breast cancer than women...
» read full story November 27th, 2007 - 15:24
Global Warming May Lead to an Increased Number of Heart Deaths

Global Warming May Lead to an Increased Number of Heart Deaths

High temperatures and air pollution may lead to a higher death rate from heart disease or stroke,...
» read full story November 23rd, 2007 - 10:44
Air Fresheners Can Lead To Asthma

Air Fresheners Can Lead To Asthma

According to a recent study, the use of cleaning sprays and air fresheners while doing housework...
» read full story October 15th, 2007 - 12:31
Air Pollution Harmful for Heart Disease Patients

Air Pollution Harmful for Heart Disease Patients

A European study shows that air pollution can worsen the health condition of people with heart...
» read full story September 13th, 2007 - 15:36
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News: Movies

The Happening Is Full of Toxin and Non-Sense

The Happening Is Full of Toxin and Non-Sense

I think it is laudable when film directors want to use their projects in order to raise awareness...
» read full story June 13th, 2008 - 14:07
Batman Scenes Filming In Hong Kong

Batman Scenes Filming In Hong Kong

Christian Bale and Morgan Freeman where in Hong Kong Friday, filming a scene for the latest Batman...
» read full story November 09th, 2007 - 14:37
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News: Music

Michael Jackson, once pop's Peter Pan, turns a sad 50

Santa Maria, California - The gates of Michael Jackson's Neverland were locked shut this week. The...
» read full story August 27th, 2008 - 08:31
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News: People

Lady Bird Johnson Dies Aged 94

Lady Bird Johnson Dies Aged 94

Lady Bird Johnson, former first lady and widow of America’s 36th President Lyndon B. Johnson,...
» read full story July 12th, 2007 - 12:46
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News: Sports

Wanjiru gives Kenya first marathon title, 50th gold for China

Beijing - Samuel Wanjiru won the first Olympic marathon title for Kenya on Sunday as boxer Zou...
» read full story August 24th, 2008 - 10:27

China looks for help from above as Olympics are set to open

Chinese organizers hope that the grandfathers of the skies will be smiling on them as they wish for...
» read full story August 08th, 2008 - 10:57

Olympics were close to disaster - huge TV income

The Beijing Olympics were close to becoming a disaster over the protest-marred torch relay,...
» read full story August 05th, 2008 - 15:59
Beijing’s Olympic Effort To Fight Pollution

Beijing’s Olympic Effort To Fight Pollution

Beijing officials announced a very extensive and impressive plan to try and clear, as much as...
» read full story April 15th, 2008 - 17:08