February 18, 2012After 21 years of wrangling over health threats, uncertain science and industry pressure, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday released its health assessment of dioxins defining how toxic they are
February 13, 2012DuPont Executive urges business, government and non-profit leaders to commit to a new level of collaboration and personal accountability to achieve global food security.
January 27, 2012A new study has proposed a method to place monetary value on green infrastructure at both a project and regional scale.
January 22, 2012A new study says slashing emissions of two short-term pollutants – methane and soot, also known as black carbon – would be beneficial to the climate, human health and agriculture.
January 16, 2012Mining uranium ore leaves sites contaminated with toxic, radioactive material. According to a new study, contaminated sites can be treated with sludge from the treatment of distillery wastewater in bioreactors.
December 23, 2011Environment Canada has added 41 unique substances to the Environmental Emergency Regulations, including styrene, an explosive chemical used to make polystyrene plastic containers.
December 22, 2011The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued the first national standards to protect American families from power plant emissions of mercury and toxic air pollution.
December 20, 2011The federal government has released its final report on actions taken to respond to the recommendations by Ms. Sheila Weatherill in the Report of the Independent Investigator into the 2008 Listeriosis Outbreak
December 20, 2011The U.S. EPA took a major step this week towards reducing the fastest growing greenhouses gas by approving three low global warming potential hydrocarbon alternatives to hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants.
December 15, 2011Is it acceptable for legal pollution levels to be higher in some neighbourhoods than in others? Is it unreasonable for regulators to allow different levels of pollution in different places, and if so when?
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