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Scientists find lower arsenic Bangladeshi rice strain
Feb 13, 2013 10:32 EST
Aromatic rice from Bangladesh's Sylhet region has a lower arsenic content than many other grains -- offering a safer alternative in a country with a huge poisoning burden from rice grown in contaminated water, scientists said Wednesday.
Poachers killed record 455 S. Africa rhinos in 2012
Oct 16, 2012 06:19 EDT
Poachers have slaughtered 455 rhinos in South Africa so far this year, surpassing the record annual tally for 2011, the government said Tuesday.
Mexico wastewater project uncovers Ice Age bones
Aug 31, 2012 12:06 EDT
Workers have discovered hundreds of bones belonging to Ice Age animals, including mammoths, mastodons and glyptodons, while digging to build a wastewater treatment plant north of Mexico City.
Europe's beaches clean, but France lagging: study
May 23, 2012 07:40 EDT
Europe's beaches are generally clean but France is lagging behind other tourist destinations in the south of the continent, a report from European Environment Agency (EEA) showed on Wednesday.
Ecuador Indians begin protest march against land policy
Mar 08, 2012 14:18 EST
Several hundred Ecuadoran Indians began a two-week cross-country march Thursday to protest land and water policies of President Rafael Correa.
Ecuador Indians march to protest Correa's land policies
Mar 07, 2012 14:21 EST
Ecuador's largest advocacy group for Indians plans a two-week march to Quito beginning Thursday to protest President Rafael Correa's land and water policies that they say are hurting their way of life.
BP, Anadarko, Transocean may face U.S. spill claims
Feb 22, 2012 18:50 EST
(Reuters) - A U.S. judge said BP Plc and Anadarko Petroleum Corp are liable and Transocean Ltd may be liable for civil damages under federal environmental laws over oil spilled following the 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
BP, Anadarko liable for U.S. spill damages
Feb 22, 2012 18:50 EST
(Reuters) - BP Plc and Anadarko Petroleum Corp are liable for civil damages under federal pollution laws over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a U.S. judge ruled, exposing them to billions of dollars in potential fines.
BP, Anadarko liable for U.S. spill damages
Feb 22, 2012 18:50 EST
(Reuters) - BP Plc and Anadarko Petroleum Corp are liable for civil damages under federal pollution laws over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a U.S. judge ruled, exposing them to billions of dollars in potential fines.
Mitsui unit to pay $90 million over Gulf oil spill
Feb 17, 2012 16:00 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mitsui & Co Ltd's MOEX Offshore agreed with the U.S. Justice Department to pay at least $90 million to settle some of its liability in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the first government settlement involving the BP Plc Macondo well.
BP wins spill trial ruling, old accidents kept out
Feb 09, 2012 19:41 EST
(Reuters) - BP Plc won a court order to keep references to some previous accidents out of this month's trial to assess blame for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the oil company's second victory in as many days to bar potentially damaging evidence.
BP must pay part of rig owner's eventual Gulf costs
Jan 26, 2012 21:02 EST
British oil giant BP must cover some of the eventual claims against rig owner Transocean arising from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a US judge has ruled, with any bill set to run into billions of dollars.
Patriot to pay $7.5 million to settle environmental issue
Jan 18, 2012 18:20 EST
(Reuters) - Patriot Coal Corp said it will pay $7.5 million in civil penalties to the federal government and the West Virginia Land Trust to resolve claims related to a consent decree it signed.
26nitrogen.ART
Nov 25, 2011 19:00 EST
``There can be so much algae in the water that they look like huge lily pads, like you can walk across them on the water,'' said Scott Zeien, owner of Kingman Yacht Center, who has been swimming and sailing off this Bourne village since he was a child. ``It's really gross. It looks like a bad day on the Mississippi River - not a place anyone would want to swim.
Excess heavy metals in 10% of China's land: report
Nov 07, 2011 01:41 EST
About 10 percent of China's farmland contains excessive levels of heavy metals due to contaminated water and poisonous waste seeping into the soil, state media said Monday, citing a government survey.
Sweeping clean water settlement approved for Montana
Oct 03, 2011 23:08 EDT
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A federal judge has approved a far-reaching settlement giving Montana until 2014 to clean up polluted streams and lakes in 28 watersheds across the state, capping nearly 15 years of legal battles, officials said on Monday.
China activist defies officials in fight to save lake
Oct 02, 2011 17:30 EDT
Prominent environmental activist Wu Lihong plunges his hands into a thick layer of toxic green scum and brown foam floating on one of China's biggest freshwater lakes.
Henderson treatment plant set to open, sans smell
Sep 19, 2011 20:00 EDT
Golf courses will be the immediate beneficiaries. After years of planning, consultations with concerned neighbors and, finally, construction, a $94 million wastewater treatment plant is set to go online in Henderson next month.
Sea radiation from Fukushima seen triple Tepco estimate
Sep 09, 2011 11:19 EDT
TOKYO (Reuters) - Radioactive material released into the sea in the Fukushima nuclear power plant crisis is more than triple the amount estimated by plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co, Japanese researchers say.
Human sewage kills imperiled coral: study
Aug 17, 2011 17:17 EDT
Human sewage is to blame for a disease that is killing elkhorn coral, listed as endangered several years ago because of a massive die-off, US researchers said on Wednesday.
