A recent study from Switzerland tracks some abnormal effects in genetically engineered wheat. According to the data, the wheat grew normally in a greenhouse environment. But when the wheat was introduced to changing environmental conditions, the metabolism of the plant showed an unusual reaction.
Since the Environmental Protection Agency determined in December 2009 that climate change is a threat to the planet and human health—and was being driven by human activity—the agency has received 10 petitions challenging its findings. On July 29, 2010, the EPA denied those petitions.
This July, four moms climbed 14,000 feet to the summit of Mount Rainier in Washington State to demand that Washington’s largest contributor to global warming—the TransAlta coal-fired power plant in Centralia—be shut down by 2015 and replaced with efficient and renewable energy. E sat down with Jennifer, Julie, Katie and Genevieve to talk about preparing for the big climb, being superheroes to their kids and putting pressure on the governor.
Documents show that chemical dispersants were used heavily in trying to mitigate the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, despite concerns over their toxicity.
Since 2008, the New York City Department of Transportation has promoted the Summer Streets Initiative—temporarily closing Park Avenue and connecting streets to motorized vehicles during the first three Saturdays of August in order to encourage more sustainable forms of transportation like walking and biking.
On July 19, with the cap on the BP wellhead apparently holding, President Obama finally signed a long-hoped-for Executive Order establishing a new conservation-oriented Ocean and Coastal Policy for the United States.
The first bill on toxic substances since the 1970s was introduced to the House last Wednesday.
For anyone still wondering if hydraulic fracturing or "fracking"—a means of extracting natural gas by injecting water, sand and chemicals at high pressure underground to break through rock—is safe, a new video called "Stand Up New York!" offers a quick tutorial.
Last week, General Electric announced their $200 million Ecomagination Challenge: Powering the Grid.
In the hope of getting some form of energy legislation passed before the Senate recess in August, a scaled-back energy bill is being pushed by Senate Democrats and the White House.
