Environmental Health in the News Archives
Stories previously listed on the EH News Homepage:
February 28, 2007
Scientists Offer Plan to U.N. for Civilization to Rise to Climate Challenge
ENN, By Charles J. Hanley, Associated Press
February 26, 2007
Dung Power at U.S. Ethanol Plant
ENN, By Carey Gillam, Reuters
February 21, 2007
Nine States Sue over Mercury Emissions, Questioning Rule on Cement Plants
ENN, By John Flesher, Associated Press
February 15, 2007
UN Says World Needs Tougher Toxic Trade Rules
ENN, By Alister Doyle, Reuters
Study Shows Yellowstone Air Quality Improves
ENN, By Associated Press
Asian Cities to Generate 1.8 Million Tons of Waste Per Day by 2025
ENN, By Associated Press
February 14, 2007
Green Buildings Need More Incentives in U.S.
ENN, By Nick Carey and Ilaina Jonas, Reuters
Sea Level Rise Could Hit Poor Countries Hard, Study Finds
ENN, By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters
February 9, 2007
Keep Cats Away from Bird Flu Areas, U.N. Agency Says
ENN, By Reuters
February 8, 2007
Global Warming to Require More Robust Disaster Monitoring
ENN, By Laura MacInnis, Reuters
Environmental Law Institute Report Explains What's Wrong with Sprawl
ENN, By the Environmental Law Institute
February 6, 2007
Drought Triggers U.S. Water Wars, Pits Montana against Wyoming
ENN, By Matthew Brown, Associated Press
Global Warming to Hit Poor Worst, Says U.N.'s Ban
ENN, By Daniel Wallis, Reuters
Environmentalists Demand Curbs on Mercury Trade
ENN, By Daniel Wallis, Reuters
February 1, 2007
Some Cool to Hot Term, 'Carbon Neutral'
ENN, By John Leicester, Associated Press
Study Says Polluting Particles in Air Hurt Women's Hearts
ENN, By Jeff Donn, Associated Press
January 29,2007
Australian State Leader Says Drinking Water Must Be Recycled
ENN, By Rod McGuirk, Associated Press
Indonesia May Lose 2,000 Islands to Climate Change
ENN, By Reuters
January 26, 2007
Warming to Raise Seas for 1,000 Years
ENN, By Alister Doyle, Reuters
Monsanto Cites Milk Tests, Says Consumers Being Misled
ENN, By Carey Gillam, Reuters
January 25, 2007
Clean Energy 50 Percent of World Supply by 2050, Report Says
ENN, By Alister Doyle, Reuters
January 24, 2007
California Legislator, Growers Prepare Dueling Plans to Prevent E. Coli Outbreaks
ENN, By Jacob Adelman, Associated Press
Survey Finds Mercury in Fish in West
ENN, By Jeff Barnard, Associated Press
January 23, 2007
EU Chief Backs Rules to Force Car Makers to Cut CO2 Emissions
ENN, By Constant Brand, Reuters
Post-War Lebanon Faces Major Environmental Harm, UN Says
ENN, By Reuters
Industry Executives Call on Bush to Accept Mandatory Action Against Climate Change
ENN, By H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press
January 18, 2007
Sex-Changing Chemicals Found in U.S. Potomac River
ENN, By Reuters
Doomsday Clock Moves Closer to Midnight
ENN, By Raphael G. Satter, Associated Press
January 16, 2007
Environment Ministers Lack Clout on Global Warming
ENN, Reuters
January 15, 2007
Exxon Meets Green Groups as Climate Focus Surges
ENN, By Timothy Gardner, Reuters
Hindus Defy Pollution to Bathe in Ganges Festival
ENN, By Alistair Scrutton, Reuters
January 11, 2007
Health Experts Call on EU to Impose Total Ban on Use of Mercury
ENN, By Constant Brand, Associated Press
January 10, 2007
Studies Find Northeast Mercury Hotspots
ENN, By Philip Elliott, Associated Press
January 9, 2007
U.N. Official Wants World Summit on Global Warming
ENN, By Francois Murphy, Reuters
EPA Rejects Proposed Lumber Treatment
ENN, By H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press
January 8, 2007
Building a Green Revolution
ENN, By Ermina Karim, The Tribune
January 4, 2007
Report Says ExxonMobil Cultivates Global Warming Doubt
ENN, By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters
Scientists Say 2007 May Be Warmest Yet
ENN, By Raphael G. Satter, Associated Press
January 3, 2007
Edward James Olmos Accuses Puerto Rico, Washington of Delaying Vieques Bombing
Range Cleanup
ENN, By Associated Press
January 2, 2007
E. Coli Outbreaks Have Industry, Government Increasing Safety Efforts
ENN, By Linda A. Johnson, Associated Press
Study Shows Louisiana Slowly Slipping Into Gulf
ENN, By Cain Burdeau, Associated Press
Is the Yucca Dump Doomed?
ENN, By Lisa Friedman, Daily News, Los Angeles
December 28, 2006
FDA Set to OK Food From Cloned Animals
ENN, By Libby Quaid, Associated Press
China Fears Disasters, Grain Cut from Global Warming
ENN, By Chris Buckley and Chen Aizhu, Reuters
December 27, 2006
Ten Simple Things You Can Do to Go Green
ENN, By Della De Lafuente, Associated Press
Democrats Want to Redistribute Big Oil Money to Conservation, Renewables
ENN, By H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press
Researchers Find Baking Impacts Puget Sound
ENN, By Associated Press
December 12, 2006
Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health from Disease, Disasters, and Bioterrorism,
2006
Trust for America's Health
December 11, 2006
In Epochal Shift, Half Humanity to Become Urban
ENN, By Alister Doyle, Reuters
December 7, 2006
EPA to Begin Final World Trade Center Health Air and Dust Testing
ENN, By Devlin Barrett, Associated Press
December 5, 2006
Children’s Necklaces Recalled Due to Lead Poisoning Hazard
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission News Release
Scientists Criticize Bird Flu Search
ENN, By Libby Quaid, Associated Press
December 1, 2006
U.S. Opposes European Global Warming Cuts Scheme for Airliners
ENN, By John Heilprin, Associated Press
Environment Agency Drops Part of Its Plan to Ease Pollution Reporting Rules
ENN, By John Heilprin, Associated Press
November 30, 2006
Report Says Global Warming Big Issue in N.Y.
ENN, By Michael Virtanen, Associated Press
November 29, 2006
Freshly Baked Handouts Forbidden in Fairfax County Says Health Of Homeless Is
at Issue
Washington PostBy Jacqueline L. Salmon, Washington Post Staff Writer
Research Shows Acceleration in Greenhouse Gas Emissions
ENN, By Meraiah Foley, Associated Press
Study Finds Great Lakes Threatened by Aging Sewage Systems
ENN, By Associated Press
Global Warming Case Goes before U.S. Supreme Court
ENN, By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters
November 27, 2006
U.N. Meeting to Tackle Growing E-Waste Menace
ENN, By Daniel Wallis, Reuters
Pivotal Case on Global Warming Case Confronts High Court
ENN, By H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press
Scientists Find Climate Change Clues in the Sky
ENN, By Beth Duff-Brown, Associated Press
Clean Coal Power Plant Planned for 2011 in Norway
ENN, By Alister Doyle, Reuters
November 23, 2006
Consumers Not Warned of Mercury in Fish
ENN, By Vicki Smith, Associated Press
EPA to Regulate a Form of Nanotechnology for the First Time
ENN, By John Heilprin, Associated Press
November 22, 2006
EPA Exempts Some Pesticide Use
ENN, By H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press
China Agency Says Pollution Worsening Amid Economic Boom
ENN, By Associated Press
November 21, 2006
Global Warming Said to Be Killing Some Species
ENN, By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press
November 20, 2006
Pressure at OSHA to alter warning: Author of advisory on asbestos in brakes faces
suspension for refusing to revise it
Baltimore Sun, By Andrew Schneider, Sun reporter
November 16, 2006
Top Scientists Say Man May Need to Dirty Skies to Shield against Warming
ENN, By Charles J. Hanley, Associated Press
Democrats to Bush: Greenhouse Gas Limits Needed
ENN, By Reuters
November 14, 2006
Sweden Tops Climate Change Efforts, U.S. Near Bottom, Environmentalists Say
ENN, By Elizabeth A. Kennedy, Associated Press
Study Finds Hollywood Contributes to Los Angeles' Poor Air Quality
ENN, By Noaki Schwartz, Associated Press
Ice-Melt Isolates Remote Communities in Canada
ENN, By Jonathan Spicer, Reuters
November 13, 2006
Children showing hardening of arteries: study
Yahoo! News, By Kim Dixon
November 10, 2006
Scientists Say Millions Could Flee Rising Seas
ENN, By Daniel Wallis, Reuters
Millions in Asia Suffering from Lack of Water and Proper Sanitation
ENN, By Ker Munthit, Associated Press
November 9, 2006
Climate Change Threatens Agricultural Crisis, UN Says
ENN, By Gordon Bell, Reuters
November 7, 2006
Toxic Waste That Sickened Ivory Coast Arrives in French Port
ENN, By Associated Press
November 3, 2006
Indian PM Slams Ozone Pact over Trade Sanctions
ENN, By Reuters
U.S. Pesticide Stockpile Under Scrutiny at World Ozone Meeting in India
ENN, By Rita Beamish, Associated Press
Ocean Fish, Seafood Could Collapse by 2048
ENN, By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters
November 1, 2006
Environmental Groups Defend Clinton-Era Clean Air Program Before Supreme Court
ENN, By Pete Yost, Associated Press
October 2006
Scientists Uncover New Bird Flu Strain
ENN, By Randolph E. Schmid, Associated Press
A Snapshot of Changes Global Warming Could Cause
ENN, By Associated Press
A Precautionary Tale about Nature -- An ENN Commentary
ENN, By James P. Leape, WWF International
Climate Extremes Are Coming, Study Says
ENN, By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press
Ozone Hole Size Sets Record
ENN, By Associated Press
Pollution Shortens Life Expectancy Worldwide
ENN, By Tracee Herbaugh, Associated Press
Eat More Fish, U.S. Study Urges, Despite Toxin Risk
ENN, By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters
Ivory Coast Tragedy Highlights Hazardous Waste Trade on Rise
ENN, By Todd Pitman, Associated Press
California U.S. Northeast to Unite on Forming CO2 Market
ENN, By Timothy Gardner, Reuters
Antarctic Ice Collapse Tied to Greenhouse Gases
ENN , By Alister Doyle, Reuters
In Malibu, officials to investigate causes of beach contamination
The Seattle Times, By Martha Groves, Los Angeles Times
U.S. FDA Told to Watch Nanotech Products for Risks
ENN, By Lisa Richwine, Reuters
World Hits Annual Sustainable Resource 'Overshoot'
ENN, By Jeremy Lovell, Reuters
Lettuce recalled over E. coli fears
CNN Health
Md. Scientists Toil to Transform Bug's Fatal Bite
Tweaking Mosquito's Genes Could Prevent It From Spreading Malaria
ENN, By Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post
Get Ready for Freak Weather, World's Polluters Told
ENN, By Catherine Bremer, Reuters
U.S. Northeast Could Warm Drastically by 2100, Study Says
ENN, By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters
WHO Calls for Improved Air Quality, Says Pollution Kills Two Million People Each
Year
ENN, By Teresa Cerojano, Associated Press
EPA Chided Over 'Intersex' Fish Concerns
ENN, By Brian Westley, Associated Press
Scientists Question U.S. Government Air Pollution Decision
ENN, By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters
Sewage, Coastal Destruction Threaten Marine Life
ENN, By Anna Mudeva, Reuters
Brown Widow Makes Its Home on Gulf Coast
ENN, By Associated Press
U.S. Population to Top 300 Million This Month
ENN, By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters
Ozone Hole Matches Record Size
ENN, By Associated Press
Vietnam, U.S. Set New Tone on Dioxin War Legacy
ENN, By Grant McCool, Reuters
U.S. FDA Says Spinach Safe but Has Bigger Concerns
ENN, By Maggie Fox, Reuters
September 2006
Two of Five Feople Around the World Without Proper Sanitation
By Anna Dolgov, Associated Press
White House Says No Change on U.S. Carbon Strategy
By Timothy Gardner, Reuters
Earth May Be at Warmest Point in One Million Years
By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters
Diaper Component Tested to Protect Water
By Associated Press
Antarctic Ozone Hole Nears Record, U.N. Agency Says
By Reuters
Dealing with Canada's Wastewater
By The GLOBE Foundation of Canada
New U.S. Air Pollution Rules Rankle Health Groups
By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters
May 2006
Canada Pays Environmentally for U.S. Oil Thirst
Washington Post -- By Doug Struck, Washington Post Foreign Service
Climate Change Threatens Development of Billions of World's Poorest People, Charity
Says
ENN -- By Associated Press
Texas Plans Nation's Largest Offshore Wind Farm
ENN -- By Lynn Brezosky, Associated Press
Climate change tied to spread of diseases
Seattle Times -- By Doug Struck, The Washington Post
Nuclear Industry Adopts New Detection, Disclosure Policy on Radioactive Water
ENN -- By H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press
Seattle schools to turn water off; arsenic detected
Seattle Times -- By Emily Heffter, staff reporter
Tacoma woman on long road back from battle with botulism
Seattle Times -- By Erik Lacitis, staff reporter
Red Tide Fears Broaden Shellfishing Ban
ENN -- By Associated Press
April 2006 WHO Says 9,300 Likely to Die from Chernobyl Effects, Greenpeace Says More than
90,000
ENN -- By Mara D. Bellaby, Associated Press
On Beyond Organic: Michael Pollan, 'Food Detective'
ENN -- By Icicle Networks
Scientists Say Red Tide Encore Not Certain
ENN -- By Andrew Ryan, Associated Press
EPA Plan Could Let Many Plants Skirt Strictest Cuts in Air Pollutants
ENN -- By John Heilprin, Associated Press
China Grapples with Growing Water Shortages
ENN -- By Ben Blanchard, Reuters
March 2006
Warming will change NW
Less snow in winter, worse wildfires are likely
Seattle P-I -- By ROBERT McCLURE
On Beyond Organic: GMO Lawsuits & Health Risks
ENN -- By Icicle Networks
Bio-Diesel Car Rental Opens in World's Car Capital
ENN -- By Reuters
Computers Utilized for Quickly Checking Fish Mercury Levels
ENN -- By Gwen Schoen, Sacramento Bee
Bill May Undo States' Rules on Safe Food
February, 2006
EU Ready for More Bird Flu from Africa Migration
ENN -- By Jeremy Smith, Reuters
The Good and Bad about Organics
ENN -- By Lisa Roberts, Orlando Sentinel
El Nino May Affect Africa's Food Supply
ENN -- By Associated Press
Development May Spread Old Pesticides
ENN -- By Associated Press
Intensified Development Raises Catastrophic Flood Risk around U.S., Experts Say
ENN -- By Andrew Bridges, Associated Press
Study Suggests Bad Corn Caused Birth Defects in the Rio Grande Valley
ENN -- By Associated Press
Science Panel Concludes Nuclear Waste Transport Generally Safe
ENN -- By H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press
January, 2006
Landslides Could Worsen with Global Warming
ENN -- By Alister Doyle, Reuters
General Electric Workers Sue Monsanto over PCBs
ENN -- By Carey Gillam, Reuters
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