Nov 18 Climate change imperils 60 percent of Superfund sites By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press A congressional watchdog agency report says the Trump administration’s reluctance to directly acknowledge global warming is deterring efforts to safeguard Superfund sites. Continue reading
Nov 07 Watch 5:47 What’s behind extreme air pollution in India By Fred de Sam Lazaro A toxic brew lingers in the skies over India, created by everything from agricultural burning to industrial pollution. Cars are also a major contributor, with roughly 1400 vehicles added to the roads daily. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro examined… Continue watching
Sep 06 Trump challenges California deal to limit car pollution By Tom Krisher, Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press The U.S. Justice Department opened an antitrust probe into the July deal between Honda, Volkswagen, Ford and BMW to agree to stricter emissions standards than preferred by President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch 5:45 Despite Trump’s more lenient emissions rules, coal industry faces uphill battle President Trump is keeping a signature pledge to roll back environmental regulations as part of his goal of boosting the coal industry. His new Affordable Clean Energy rule favors incremental improvements and grants discretion to individual states to determine whether… Continue watching
Jun 13 Canada wants to ban single-use plastics. Would it make a difference? By Vicky Stein From Vancouver to Halifax, plastic plates, plastic bags and plastic straws may be on their way out. But critics say other products are problems too. Continue reading
Jun 10 Canada to ban single-use plastics By Rob Gillies, Associated Press The specific items to be banned will be determined based on a science-based review, but the government is considering items such as water bottles, plastic bags and straws. Continue reading
May 29 50 years later, a daunting cleanup of the Vietnam War’s toxic legacy continues By George Black, Yale Environment 360 From 1962 to 1971, the American military sprayed vast areas of Vietnam with Agent Orange, leaving dioxin contamination that has severely affected the health of three generations of Vietnamese. Now, the U.S. and Vietnamese governments have joined together in a… Continue reading
May 09 Watch 7:32 Dutch businesses work to test the concept of a circular economy By Jeffrey Brown, Jaywon Choe, Lorna Baldwin The Netherlands has become a global leader in implementing the tenets of a “circular economy,” a radical new approach to sustainable living that focuses on reducing consumption, minimizing waste and reusing nearly everything. As Jeffrey Brown reports, some Dutch companies… Continue watching
Mar 13 Worsening environment is deadly but not hopeless, UN report says By Seth Borenstein, Christina Larson, Associated Press The sixth Global Environment Outlook indicates environmental problems are making things more dangerous for people. Continue reading
Feb 20 U.S. mining sites dump 50 million gallons of fouled wastewater daily By Matthew Brown, Associated Press That torrent is poisoning aquatic life and tainting drinking water sources in Montana, California, Colorado, Oklahoma and at least five other states. Continue reading