With a growing wind energy sector that’s slated to make it fossil-fuel-free in just 15 years, Scotland is deserving of its environmentalist cred. Over the weekend, the country made an announcement that ministers hope will help that reputation grow and set it further apart from the British government that that it narrowly voted to remain tethered to last year: Scotland will issue a formal ban on genetically engineered crops. The
With a growing wind energy sector that’s slated to make it fossil-fuel-free in just 15 years, Scotland is deserving of its environmentalist cred. Over the weekend, the country made an announcement that ministers hope will help that reputation grow and set it further apart from the British government that that it narrowly voted to remain tethered to last year: Scotland will issue a formal ban on genetically engineered crops. The
Japan will Tuesday begin restarting its nuclear power programme, officials said, after a two-year shutdown sparked by public fears following the Fukushima crisis. The restart comes more than four years after a quake-sparked tsunami triggered meltdowns at the Fukushima plant, prompting the shutdown of Japan’s stable of reactors in the world’s worst atomic crisis in a generation. Resource-poor Japan, which once relied on nuclear power for a quarter of its
Japan will Tuesday begin restarting its nuclear power programme, officials said, after a two-year shutdown sparked by public fears following the Fukushima crisis. The restart comes more than four years after a quake-sparked tsunami triggered meltdowns at the Fukushima plant, prompting the shutdown of Japan’s stable of reactors in the world’s worst atomic crisis in a generation. Resource-poor Japan, which once relied on nuclear power for a quarter of its
DENVER (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says the mine waste spill into Colorado waters is much larger than originally estimated.
The discharge, containing high concentrations of heavy metals such as arsenic, mercury and lead, was continuing to flow at the rate of 500 gallons per minute on Sunday, four days after the spill began at the Gold King Mine, the EPA said. An unspecified number of residents living downstream of the spill who draw their drinking supplies from their private wells have reported water discoloration, but there has been no
The discharge, containing high concentrations of heavy metals such as arsenic, mercury and lead, was continuing to flow at the rate of 500 gallons per minute on Sunday, four days after the spill began at the Gold King Mine, the EPA said. An unspecified number of residents living downstream of the spill who draw their drinking supplies from their private wells have reported water discoloration, but there has been no
DENVER (AP) — The mustard-colored muck that spilled into a river from a shuttered Colorado gold mine contains heavy metals including lead and arsenic, but it’s too early to know whether they pose a health risk, federal environmental officials said Friday.
Federal environmental officials have confirmed the mustard-colored muck that surged into a river from a Colorado mine contained heavy metals including lead and arsenic, but they didn’t immediately discuss …
Gov. Charlie Baker has filed legislation he says will encourage the development of solar energy projects in Massachusetts. Baker said the bill he filed on Friday will raise existing caps on the state’s …