Endangered Species: Polar Bears
By TreeLiving The polar bear is one of the world’s largest land mammals, and is at the top of the arctic food chain. Males grow to a length of 7 to 9 feet and may weigh up to 1,500 pounds, while females ...
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant Shoreline Contains Small Amounts Of Tritium
Health officials say a radioactive form of hydrogen that leaked from a Vermont nuclear plant into soil and groundwater has reached the nearby Connecticut River. State Department of Health Commissioner Dr...
Lake Tahoe Cleanup Pact: California And Nevada Governors Sign Agreement To Keep Lake Blue
On Friday, UC Davis announced that Lake Tahoe clarity has dropped to 64.4 feet, the second lowest reading since measurements began more than 40 years ago. So on Tuesday, California Governor Jerry Brown a...
BP Investigates New Oil Sheen Near Green Canyon Block In Gulf Of Mexico
By Bill Fuller Oil giant BP is investigating a new sheen in the Gulf of Mexico with a remote-controlled mini-sub but says there is no immediate indication it was the result of a new oil spill. A catastr...
Icebergs Floated as Solution for World’s Water Woes
By Jeremy Hsu "Iceberg, dead ahead!" The cry that heralded the Titanic's doom may now signal hope for thirsty people around the world, if glaciologists and engineers can somehow harness flotill...
Shell’s reputation hit by North Sea oil spilll’s reputation hit by North Sea oil spill
By Meera Selva Royal Dutch Shell struggled to contain the worst North Sea oil spill in a decade as well as damage to its credibility Tuesday as a second leak was found in an oil line the company had said was &q...
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North Sea Oil Spill: Shell Struggles To Shut Down Second Leak
By Meera Selva Royal Dutch Shell has shut down the main leak at one of its North Sea oil rigs but said Tuesday it is struggling to stop a secondary spill in a hard-to-reach part of the ocean floor. The ...
China Mulls ConocoPhillips Lawsuit Over Bohai Bay Oil Spill
BY ELAINE KURTENBACH China's oceanic administration says it is preparing to sue the local unit of ConocoPhillips for damages to the environment resulting from offshore oil spills that began in June. ...
North Sea Spill: U.K. Says Hundreds Of Tons Of Oil May Have Leaked
By Meera Selva And Ben McConville The British government warned Monday that several hundred tons of oil may have leaked into the North Sea from a Royal Dutch Shell rig. The Department for E...
Mark Ruffalo Speaks Out For Tar Sands Action
Activist and actor Mark Ruffalo has joined the fight against the Keystone XL pipeline, a pipeline from the tar sands in Canada to refineries on the Gulf of Mexico. In the video, Ruffalo says, “I&rs...