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Sweet and Sour
Everglades restoration deal could still benefit Big Sugar |
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15 Sep 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 10:53 AM on 15 Sep 2008 When Florida Gov. Charlie Crist announced in June that the state would buy 187,000 acres of land from U.S. Sugar Corp. to "jump start" an Everglades restoration effort, environmentalists cheered visions of flowing, fresh water and pristine, untouched habitat. But that may not turn out to be exactly the case. Crist initially said he would use the land to build a flow way between La ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, business, Florida, habitat protection, industrial ag, national parks, news, water pollution, wetlands (all these topics) |
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A Baikal to Arms
Russia's Lake Baikal under threat from massive lead and zinc mine |
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09 Sep 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 7:18 AM on 09 Sep 2008 One-fifth of the world's freshwater could be under threat from heavy-metals pollution if a giant lead and zinc mine opens as planned upstream from Russia's giant Lake Baikal, the deepest lake in the world. Mine advocates say leaving the world's third-largest lead and zinc field unmined would be a waste of natural resources regardless of its location, but environmentalists, conserv ... |
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| Topics: business, mining, news, Russia, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Hit 'Em Where It Hurts
Chinese bosses could see salary cuts for water pollution |
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27 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 3:47 PM on 27 Feb 2008 China is considering a law that would cut a head honcho's income by up to half if his or her company was found to be "directly responsible for causing severe water pollution incidents." From the Archives Good Luck, Little Buddy. Renewable-energy bill passes House, likely to be short-lived. Time Is Money. Daylight-saving time leads to higher energy ... |
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| Topics: business, China, greening biz operations, legislation, news, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Through Hell and High Yogurt
Yogurt-maker Dannon agrees to pay fine, treat wastewater in EPA settlement |
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10 Oct 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 6:21 AM on 10 Oct 2007 International yogurt giant Dannon has agreed to pay a fine of $71,350 and install a multimillion-dollar automated wastewater control system as part of a settlement with the U.S. EPA. There have been some 10 illegal discharges over the past few years at the company's 3-million-cup-a-day yogurt plant in Ohio -- and it's not just spilled yogurt. In February 2005, ... |
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| Topics: business, news, United States, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Lower the Pollution and Back Away Slowly
BP says it will back off from releasing more Lake Michigan pollution |
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24 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Lower the Pollution and Back Away Slowly BP says it will back off from releasing more Lake Michigan pollution In what's being billed as a victory for environmentalists, oil company BP has said it will back off from dumping more pollution into Lake Michigan. The company had just weeks ago received permission from Indiana state authorities to increase the amount of sludge particles and ammonia it could rel ... |
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| Topics: Big Oil, business, Indiana, news, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Strange Riverbed Fellows?
IBM partners with New York institute to create river-research center |
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16 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Strange Riverbed Fellows? IBM partners with New York institute to create river-research center Tech giant IBM is partnering with a state-financed science organization in New York to create a cutting-edge river research center. The project, launched with the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries, will tap into the mad skillz of IBM engineers to provide 24-hour data collection along the Hud ... |
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| Topics: business, greenish companies, New York, news, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Pretty Please, With Cuomo On Top
New York state sues ExxonMobil over oil spill foot-dragging |
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18 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Pretty Please, With Cuomo On Top New York state sues ExxonMobil over oil spill foot-dragging A shot has been fired in the quiet oil-spill battle in Brooklyn, N.Y.'s Greenpoint neighborhood: the state has sued ExxonMobil to force the cleanup of the estimated 8 million gallons of oil and petroleum byproducts still underground after a 1950 explosion. The spill, larger than the Exxon Valdez deb ... |
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| Topics: Big Oil, business, litigation, New York, news, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Beyond Pathetic
BP allowed to increase waste discharges into Lake Michigan |
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17 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Beyond Pathetic BP allowed to increase waste discharges into Lake Michigan The ugly (and imaginary) conflict between environment and economy has reared its head in Indiana, where state and federal regulators granted exemptions that will allow oil giant BP to discharge more waste from a refinery straight into Lake Michigan. You may recall that BP is moving "Beyond Petroleum." Bu ... |
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| Topics: Big Oil, business, Indiana, insanity, news, oil, water pollution (all these topics) |
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That's a Mighty Full Circular File
Faced with rampant pollution, China reports increase in citizen protests |
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05 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| That's a Mighty Full Circular File Faced with rampant pollution, China reports increase in citizen protests The sorry state of air and water quality in China has led to rising public protests, says a top environment agent there -- and citizens and officials alike are urging the country to crack down on polluters. In the first five months of 2007, the State Environmental Protecti ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, business, China, grassroots activism, news, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Buy Flow, Sell High
Water biz takes off |
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15 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Buy Flow, Sell High Water biz takes off Only 2 percent of the world's water is fresh, and with the World Commission on Water for the 21st Century projecting a 50 percent increase in demand in the next 30 years, food and drinking-water shortages, droughts, devastated agriculture, disease, and even armed conflict over water may be on the horizon. We smell profits! And indeed, over the last five years, stocks in the water sect ... |
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| Topics: business, news, water pollution (all these topics) |
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