New innovations in greenhouse design are allowing growers to produce more varieties of vegetables, even during long winter months
Researchers have shown the hazardous radioactive waste can be captured and contained by a particular kind of green goop that occurs naturally in oxygen-poor water.
Stephen R. Carpenter wins Stockholm Water Prize; WEF and IWA name water champions; WaterSense and American Water partner on PSAs.
The case stems from a renovation project in which the owner permitted workers to remove asbestos without using work practice standards, which is a violation of the Clean Air Act.
Researchers found that breathing a level of ozone at 0.06 parts per million (ppm), which is below the current U.S. standard of 0.075 ppm, can decrease lung function in healthy young adults.
A new, more environmentally friendly method of separating oil from tar sands has been developed by a team of researchers at Penn State.
A coalition of volunteer environmental engineers provided input to update and make this document organizing tool more useful.
Both Senate and House lawmakers have offered versions of the legislation that was introduced in 2009.
Fast Ant Bait contains mirex and can cause liver, skin, reproductive, and nerve damage, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
While exposed spent fuel rods at the failing nuclear reactors in Japan pose new threats, the worst-case scenario would still be unlikely to expose the public to catastrophic amounts of radiation, says a nuclear engineering professor and expert on this particular kind of reactor.
Member states are investing proceeds from the RGGI auctions, now more than $860.9 million, in programs to save energy consumers money, create jobs and make businesses more competitive.
C. David Myers, president of Johnson Controls Building Efficiency, told state leaders that building efficiency projects, which provide guaranteed energy and budget savings, can be achieved with no upfront cost to a government facility.
By knowing what chemicals are being used, the government can determine their impact on the environment and human health.
Affected companies should register with e-GGRT by Aug. 1 and then will have another month before submitting greenhouse gas emissions data.
New Jersey School of Conservation will install a 300,000-watt solar array to power the school and lower its carbon footprint.
Three other states already have filed against the Nuclear Regulatory Agency for its 60-year storage standard.
As the unfolding crisis in Japan raises debates about the future for nuclear power and as Middle Eastern political unrest destabilises petroleum markets, the energy industry faces many considerable challenges as it heads to a flagship industry gathering.
A first of its kind report by the Pew Environment Group reveals that Canada's boreal, the world's largest intact forest and on-land carbon storehouse, contains more unfrozen freshwater than any other ecosystem.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researchers have discovered a method that uses less energy to remove hydrogen sulfide from "sour" natural gas reserves.