Environment Archives - Page 24 of 30

UK sets green energy record for Christmas Day 2016

Jan 2, 2017

Christmas Day 2016 set a new record for renewable energy use in the UK, with 40 percent of power generated that day coming from green sources such as wind power. Data from the power group Drax showed the record...

Obama administration designates two new national monuments in western US

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Jan 1, 2017

Environment, Policy, Science

As a move to cement his environmental legacy in his last few weeks in office, President Barack Obama has designated two national monuments in environmentally sensitive areas of the Western United States. While ...

NYC designer creates line of shirts that change appearance in response to air pollution

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Dec 30, 2016

Environment, Innovation, Science

One New York City designer has created a way to raise awareness of air pollution, with a line of shirts called Aerochromics. The shirts change color in response to levels of pollution and particles in the air. ...

California set to resist Trump era rollback on climate change

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Dec 28, 2016

Environment, Policy, Science

The state of California is positioning itself to lead the fight against President-elect Donald Trump’s potential rollback of climate change policy. With Governor Jerry Brown leading the charge, voices across th...

December heat wave continues pattern of extreme Arctic warming

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Dec 23, 2016

Environment, Headlines, Science

For the second year in a row, temperatures at the North Pole are predicted to reach almost 50 degrees above normal in a heat wave ahead of Christmas. News of the winter heat wave comes after temperatures in Nov...

Obama, alongside Trudeau, announces ban on oil and gas drilling in federal waters from Maryland to Alaska

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Dec 23, 2016

Environment, Policy, Science

On Tuesday, the Obama administration enacted a permanent ban on drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans. Through the use of a 1953 law, the ban blocks the sale of offshore drilling and mining...

To the relief of scientists, data shows that thawing Alaskan permafrost is not increasing methane emissioms

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Dec 22, 2016

Environment, Science

One among the vast array of concerns that have arisen among scientists in terms of climate change, was a fear that thawing permafrost in the arctic would release large amounts of methane into the atmosphere. Me...

England ramps up badger culling, advocates and scientists argue the effort is misguided, ineffective

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Dec 17, 2016

Environment, Science, World

The UK government is facing criticism from wildlife advocates after a report published Friday revealed that officials had shot almost 11,000 badgers between August and October, as part of a culling program to c...

China issues “red alert” for smog in Beijing and 21 other cities

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Dec 16, 2016

Environment, Health, Science, World

Officials in Beijing have issued a five-day long pollution alert, taking measures to shut down schools, recommending that residents stay indoors, and keeping certain vehicles off the roads. The toxic cloud was ...

First offshore wind farm in United States goes online off Rhode Island coast

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Dec 16, 2016

Environment, Innovation, Science

In an important step forward ahead of Donald Trump’s looming inauguration in January, the first offshore wind farm in the United States began operation on Monday. The wind farm consists of five, 560-ft tall win...