Home                              Feed Categories   What is RSS?   Why use RSS?   Get PHP Code	Category: ENVIRONMENT Title: Click to View Description: Environmental News View feed contents    Environmental News   NPR Topics: Environment   Scientist Watches Glacier Melt Beneath His Feet   Scientists collecting ice cores from Indonesia's Pancak Jaya say they saw the 16,000-foot glacier drop 12 inches in just two weeks. Puncak Jaya is one of the few tropical glaciers remaining in the world, and it's especially vulnerable to climate change. This makes it especially important to researchers. September 4th, 2010 04:17 PM   A Village Sacrificed For China's Greater Good   A $62-billion water diversion project 60 years in the making will channel water from the south of the country to the drought-prone North. The project will dislocate 330,000 people, who must leave their homes forever. September 4th, 2010 12:21 AM   Former Skeptic Offers Ideas On Climate Change   Bjorn Lomborg, the controversial Danish economist, has pushed his way back into the global warming debate with a book that proposes "smart solutions" to climate change. Those promised solutions rely heavily on R&D aimed at making clean energy cheap, rather than attempts to shut down dirty energy sources. Lomborg says his views haven't changed, but more people are willing to listen to him because international negotiations on limiting greenhouse emissions have accomplished so little. September 3rd, 2010 03:00 PM   Is Organically Produced Food More Nutritious?   Reporting in the journal PLoS ONE, researchers write that organically grown strawberries contain more antioxidants and vitamin C than conventional berries. Ira Flatow and guests discuss the findings, and whether the differences would have any meaningful impact on Americans' health. September 3rd, 2010 01:00 PM   Time To Get Tough, Environmentalists Say   With no climate change legislation coming out of the Senate, Sierra Club head Michael Brune says it's time to try a new strategy to fight global warming. Author Bill McKibben says it's time to get angry. Brune and McKibben discuss their ideas for curbing climate change. September 3rd, 2010 01:00 PM   Gulf Coast Communities Investigate Oily Sea Mist   With so many unanswered questions about the lingering effects of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, coastal communities are turning to independent scientists for answers. In Orange Beach, Ala., officials are having the air, water and soil tested to check for toxins from the BP spill. September 3rd, 2010 10:45 AM   Temporary Cap That Stopped BP Gusher Removed   The cap was removed Thursday as a prelude to raising the massive piece of equipment underneath that failed to prevent the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. September 2nd, 2010 05:41 PM   Fire Extinguished On Gulf Oil Platform   An investigation is under way to determine the cause of an explosion Thursday on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. All 13 people aboard the rig were found floating in the water and rescued. The Coast Guard said initial reports of an oil sheen on the water could not be confirmed. September 2nd, 2010 03:38 PM   Greenpeace Activists Held After Leaving Arctic Oil Rig   Four members of the environmental group had clung to the rig for two days to protest drilling in the Arctic. They were forced to abandon their protest because of a storm. The rig is owned by Edinburgh-based Cairn Energy. September 2nd, 2010 01:21 PM   BP Prepares To Resume Efforts To Kill Gulf Well   Rough seas near the site of the well forced crews to suspend work removing the temporary sealing cap and failed blowout preventer. Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Wednesday that BP expects to begin work plugging the well for good later this week. September 1st, 2010 06:20 PM   Get Your own RSS feed code from Originotions