Anti-whaling activist arrested on arrival in Japan

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's coastguard on Friday arrested an anti-whaling activist who boarded a whaling vessel in the Antarctic following clashes between hunters and environmentalists, a spokesman said.

Source: Reuters: Environment | 11 Mar 2010 | 10:26 pm EST

Lifestyle Adjustments, As Poverty Comes To The American Suburbs

Food pantry. Image credit: St. Louis Post Dispatch, (Laurie Skrivan/P-D) The era in which increasing numbers of people were willing to pay a premium for locally grown food or for 'organic' clothing appears to be ending. Poverty has become common in many US suburbs, triggered by 'the economy,' and in particular by the preceding fad of having a huge home with low property taxes in the far suburbs . For an example, see the emblematic story in the StarTribune,

Source: TreeHugger | 11 Mar 2010 | 9:09 pm EST

White House finalizing rules to cut car emissions

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is finalizing rules on the first U.S. greenhouse gas emission standard for automobiles, which would raise average fuel economy 42 percent by 2016 in a bid to slash oil imports and fight climate change.

Source: Reuters: Environment | 11 Mar 2010 | 6:35 pm EST

Today on Planet 100: Arctic Methane Leak (Video)

Source: TreeHugger | 11 Mar 2010 | 5:35 pm EST

More Americans say global warming exaggerated: poll

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A growing number of Americans, nearly half the country, think global warming worries are exaggerated and more people doubt that scientific warnings of severe environmental fallout will ever occur, according to a new Gallup poll.

Source: Reuters: Environment | 11 Mar 2010 | 5:08 pm EST

Pig Business Exposes the Grisly Inner Workings of the Pork Industry

Image credit: Grist Pig business is not an easy documentary to watch. First of all, the images of the inner workings of pig farms and slaughterhouses can turn the stomach of even the most steadfast meat-eater. Second, and more significantly, the film has not been—and likely never will be—released in the United States. This means that American viewers are relegated to ingesting the film in 10-minute segments via YouTube....

Source: TreeHugger | 11 Mar 2010 | 4:19 pm EST

After Smart Grids, Smart Sewage? Urine-Separating NoMix Toilet Gets Thumbs-Up in 7 European Countries

NoMix Toilet. Photo: Flickr Technological Innovations in the Bathroom? You Bet! Being green is all about solving problems and grabbing overlooked opportunities. It turns out that there's such a double-win in most bathrooms around the world; if we had "NoMix" toilets that separate urine from solid waste, municipal wastewater plants would have a significantly easier task (and produce more methane to generate electricity), and we could much more easily extract precious nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen for use as fertilizer (instead of using fossil fuels). So what's stopping us from going NoMix?...

Source: TreeHugger | 11 Mar 2010 | 2:40 pm EST

Young Farmers are Combining Politics with Pitchforks

Image credit: Good The life of a farmer is a difficult one—meaning, for most, years of hard work, little money, and even less appreciation. Maybe it is this reason that passing down the family farm has become an increasingly difficult proposition....

Source: TreeHugger | 11 Mar 2010 | 2:37 pm EST

Sushi chef, restaurant charged with serving endangered whale

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A California sushi chef and the restaurant in which he worked have been charged with illegally serving meat from an endangered Sei whale, the Justice Department said on Thursday.

Source: Reuters: Environment | 11 Mar 2010 | 2:05 pm EST

Unilever & Solazyme Working On Algae Oil Process For Soaps And Other Personal Care Products

World consumption of most common commodity triglyceride vegetable oils. Image credit:Wikipedia Certain plant oils, especially palm oil, have a reputation of being produced unsustainably. Many plant oils are low-cost commodities (see table above for recent global volumes). Certain of the commodity plant oils are used extensively in soap and personal care products; and demand for these is increasing (a growing market segment does not accept animal fat-based product). For personal care products of the future, a key challenge is to find sustainable feedstoc...

Source: TreeHugger | 11 Mar 2010 | 1:44 pm EST

U.S. judge rules for Chevron in Ecuador case

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chevron Corp may pursue an international arbitration claim over environmental pollution allegations in Ecuador, a judge ruled on Thursday, part of a long-running case that carries a potential $27 billion liability for the second-largest U.S. oil company.

Source: Reuters: Environment | 11 Mar 2010 | 1:17 pm EST

Should Obama Send His Science Team on a National Campaign to Explain Climate Science?

Photo via LimJunYing It's been a couple months of seriously bad PR for climate science, both due to unfortunate errors made by scientists and (okay, mostly) a well-funded noise machine intent on preserving the status quo at any cost. So how can climate scientists dig themselves out of the negative publicity trench and help reeducate the public on the dangers of climate change? The

Source: TreeHugger | 11 Mar 2010 | 1:17 pm EST

World's Scientists to Carry Out Independent Review of IPCC

Photo via FreeSpeech Ban Ki-moon has announced that a comprehensive, independent review of the IPCC is to be carried out, after calls from world governments were made to do so. The Secretary General for the UN said that scientists from academies around the world will take part in the review, which will be headed by the Inter-Academy Council--and it will be conducted completely independently of the United Nations. ...

Source: TreeHugger | 11 Mar 2010 | 12:40 pm EST

Are You Being Lied to About Recycling?

Image credit: Ivan Prole Look at the bottle of juice you just drank. The detergent you're going to use. The plastic backer on the desk calendar. What's on all of them? That familiar "chasing arrows" graphic with a number in the middle. That means it's recyclable, right? Sorry, but not quite....

Source: TreeHugger | 11 Mar 2010 | 10:50 am EST

Big Oil Launches Campaign to Protect Gov Subsidies, Uses Stock Photos AGAIN

Guess who'll pay for the new energy tax? the ad reads, in lettering right above four portraits of hardworking Americans. Perhaps it's Getty Images, the stock photo company from which all four photos of supposedly 'real' Americans were taken? Or perhaps its actors and models, who posed for the photos? Okay, I give up, tell me, tell me! The only entity that will be paying--or should I say no longer getting paid out--is the oil industry. See, this ad is in response to Obama's attempt to remove 36 billions of dollars in government...

Source: TreeHugger | 11 Mar 2010 | 10:07 am EST

Japan weakens climate bill, pressured by industry

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan watered down legislation to fight climate change Thursday after weeks of wrangling within the government over plans for an emissions trading system that has met stiff resistance from industry.

Source: Reuters: Environment | 11 Mar 2010 | 9:51 am EST

Sarkozy to press G20 on climate funding

PARIS (Reuters) - France will push the Group of 20 countries to impose a tax on financial transactions to raise billions of dollars to help developing nations fight climate change, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday.

Source: Reuters: Environment | 11 Mar 2010 | 9:49 am EST

EU to exceed 2020 green energy target: forecasts

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - New forecasts suggest the European Union will exceed its target of getting 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources in 2020, the European Commission said Thursday.

Source: Reuters: Environment | 11 Mar 2010 | 9:18 am EST

Independent body to review climate panel

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - A respected international scientific body will review the UN's Nobel prize-winning climate panel, under fire for errors in a key report on global warming, UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said.

Source: Yahoo! News: Global Warming News | Full Coverage | 10 Mar 2010 | 10:39 pm EST

Arctic seed vault sets record, over 500,000 samples

OSLO (Reuters) - A "doomsday" vault storing crop seeds in an Arctic deep freeze is surpassing 500,000 samples to become the most diverse collection of food seeds in history, managers said on Thursday.

Source: Reuters: Environment | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:12 pm EST

Independent body to review controversial climate panel

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - A respected international scientific body will review the UN's Nobel prize-winning climate panel, under fire for errors in a key report on global warming, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday.

Source: Yahoo! News: Global Warming News | Full Coverage | 10 Mar 2010 | 4:03 pm EST

UN launches review of criticized climate panel 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday that a group of national science academies would review U.N. climate science to restore trust after a 2007 global warming report was found to have errors.

Source: Yahoo! News: Global Warming News | Full Coverage | 10 Mar 2010 | 2:45 pm EST

U.N. launches review of criticized climate panel 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday that a group of national science academies would review U.N. climate science to restore trust after a 2007 global warming report was found to have errors.

Source: Yahoo! News: Global Warming News | Full Coverage | 10 Mar 2010 | 1:51 pm EST

Sun won't stop global warming if dims as in 1600s

OSLO (Reuters) - A dimming of the sun to match conditions in the "Little Ice Age" of the 17th century would only slightly slow global warming, a study indicated on Wednesday.

Source: Reuters: Environment | 10 Mar 2010 | 11:12 am EST

Sun won't stop global warming if dims as in 1600s 

OSLO (Reuters) - A dimming of the sun to match conditions in the "Little Ice Age" of the 17th century would only slightly slow global warming, a study indicated on Wednesday.

Source: Yahoo! News: Global Warming News | Full Coverage | 10 Mar 2010 | 11:12 am EST

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