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Environmental Health News - May 19, 2013 - 07:00
When handled with care, global statistics can help challenge common misconceptions about the world, particularly population and fertility, says statistician Hans Rosling. Chief among the myths to be debunked: That the world is split in two – with a developed world on one side and a developing world on the other.
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After deadly chemical plant disasters, there's little action.

Environmental Health News - 13 hours 57 min ago
For years, a loose network of environmental groups, public health organizations and members of Congress, both Democratic and Republican, has fought to require companies to try to redesign their chemical facilities, to make them safer. But industry executives and their allies in Congress have blocked the proposals.
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BP, Transocean sued by Texas over 2010 Gulf of Mexico Spill.

Environmental Health News - 13 hours 57 min ago
Texas sued BP, Transocean Ltd. and others involved in the 2010 oil spill, calling it the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history and becoming the fifth Gulf of Mexico state to file claims.
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Feds give Texas project license to broadly export liquid natural gas.

Environmental Health News - 13 hours 57 min ago
The Energy Department on Friday gave Freeport LNG conditional approval to broadly export domestically harvested natural gas, marking only the second time a U.S. company has won that authority and suggesting the Obama administration may grant similar licenses later this year.
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Chevron says shale to help make Argentina energy independent.

Environmental Health News - 13 hours 57 min ago
Chevron Corp., the second-biggest U.S. oil company, said it’s preparing an investment in Argentina that will help make the country energy independent by developing what could be the world’s second-largest shale oil reservoir.
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GPS system can accurately predict post-quake tsunami, study finds.

Environmental Health News - 13 hours 57 min ago
A “GPS shield” that could warn populations of tsunami threats has been the dream of disaster preparedness at least since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed about 230,000 people over a vast region.
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When you eat chicken you could be eating arsenic.

Environmental Health News - 13 hours 57 min ago
A new study from Johns Hopkins University updates 2006 research that found excess levels of arsenic in U.S. chicken.
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Pregnancy test helped to bring frog-killing fungus to the US.

Environmental Health News - 13 hours 57 min ago
When improved pregnancy tests were developed in the 1960s, the advance came with an unexpected side effect: a role in the spread of chytridiomycosis, a lethal fungal disease that has wiped out hundreds of species of frogs.
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CDC report shows widespread fecal contamination in swimming pools.

Environmental Health News - 13 hours 57 min ago
A new government study of public pools finds widespread fecal contamination lurking in the water you may be swimming in.
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Harlequin ladybird can be a pest in disguise.

Environmental Health News - 13 hours 57 min ago
The eastern Asia native has an astonishing ability to eat aphids, but spreads rapidly and harbors a parasite that kills other species.
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GPS data could improve tsunami early warnings.

Environmental Health News - 13 hours 57 min ago
Scientists say they have found a way to provide faster and more accurate early warning systems for tsunamis. A German team says GPS satellite-based positioning could offer detailed information about the events within minutes of an earthquake occurring.
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Crossroads for Europe's carbon-capture efforts.

Environmental Health News - 13 hours 57 min ago
European policymakers face a difficult decision on building carbon capture and storage: In theory, CCS would allow energy producers to continue to burn fossil fuels and still meet carbon emission targets. In practice, the technology is expensive and unproven.
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EU to dial back measures against global warming.

Environmental Health News - 13 hours 57 min ago
The European Union, which has spearheaded efforts to curb global warming, is set to adopt a change of focus in response to concerns over costs and the impact on companies in economically depressed Europe.
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Coal-to-liquids' prospects dim, but boosters won't say die.

Environmental Health News - 13 hours 57 min ago
It's been two years since West Virginia politicians gathered near Wharncliffe, W.Va., to break ground for and sing the praises of what they said would be the first U.S. plant to turn coal into gasoline and create hundreds of jobs on a former strip mine near the Kentucky line.
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First U.S. company to enter export market for natural gas.

Environmental Health News - 13 hours 57 min ago
You see the effect of the remarkable growth of American energy exploration if you visit a single place in Louisiana: it's the site of a liquefied natural gas terminal.
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Anger as green projects slashed, funds diverted to help cattle exports.

Environmental Health News - 13 hours 57 min ago
Australia has all but dumped $75 million worth of projects regrowing forests in the developing world and shelved a $100 million forest carbon partnership with Indonesia, while millions of dollars in foreign aid will be channelled into the live cattle export trade, sparking claims that aid money is being misused to help the embattled industry.
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A black mound of Canadian oil waste is rising over Detroit.

Environmental Health News - 13 hours 57 min ago
Assumption Park gives residents of this city lovely views of the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit skyline, but lately, they’ve been treated to another sight: a three-story pile of petroleum coke covering an entire city block on the other side of the Detroit River.
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At trade talks, US, EU ready for fight on genetically modified crops.

Environmental Health News - 13 hours 57 min ago
Many Europeans see American farming and its reliance on genetically modified crops as more Frankenstein than Farmer in the Dell.
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Asbestos roofs: Are Ugandans being put at risk of cancer?

Environmental Health News - 13 hours 57 min ago
Although the World Health Organisation has repeatedly cautioned on the risk of asbestos roofs, and medical experts asked the Ministry of Education to replace roofs in many traditional schools, not much has been done to avert possible cancer cases caused by inhaling and exposure to the material.
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Deep sea 'gold rush' moves closer.

Environmental Health News - 13 hours 57 min ago
The prospect of a deep sea "gold rush" opening a controversial new frontier for mining on the ocean floor has moved a step closer. The United Nations has published its first plan for managing the extraction of so-called "nodules" - small mineral-rich rocks - from the seabed.
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