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Report Finds Bottled Water Has High Environmental Costs
Bottled water, the world's fastest growing beverage, carries a heavy environmental cost, adding plastic to landfills and putting pressure on natural springs, the author of a new report said Thursday. >> Read the Full Article
75-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Skis to North Pole; First Black Woman Believed To Make Trip
The bone-numbing trek to the North Pole is riddled with enough perils to make a seasoned explorer quake: Frostbite threatens, polar bears loom and the ice is constantly shifting beneath frozen feet. But Barbara Hillary took it all in stride, completing the trek to the world's northernmost point last month at the age of 75. >> Read the Full Article
Indigenous Peru Group Threatens To Sue Occidental
Indigenous Achuar communities of Peru who claim that pollution resulting from the production of oil harmed their way of life and damaged their health Thursday threatened to sue Occidental Petroleum Corp. >> Read the Full Article
Arctic Leaders Blame Warming for Wolves, Suicide
Global warming sent marauding wolves into an Alaskan hamlet, killed Norwegian reindeer with unlikely parasites and may even spur suicide among Inuit youth, Arctic leaders said Thursday. >> Read the Full Article
Honeybee Die-Off Threatens Food Supply
Unless someone or something stops it soon, the mysterious killer that is wiping out many of the nation's honeybees could have a devastating effect on America's dinner plate, perhaps even reducing us to a glorified bread-and-water diet. >> Read the Full Article
Beijing Car Ban Cut Air Pollutant by 40 Percent, Study Shows
When officials in Beijing kept about 800,000 cars off the road for three days last year, it cut the amount of nitrogen oxide air pollution almost instantly by about 40 percent, scientists reported Monday. >> Read the Full Article
U.S. Air Pollution: Less Smog, but More Soot in East
The United States is less smoggy than it used to be, but dangerous soot particles are rising in the densely populated eastern part of the country, the American Lung Association reported Tuesday. >> Read the Full Article
South Pole Highway Drive Will Show Viability of Alternative Fuels, Group Says
A U.S. team plans to drive from the Antarctic coast to the South Pole later this year to demonstrate the viability of alternative energy sources to replace fossil fuels, a spokesman said Monday. >> Read the Full Article
More Marine Animals Sickened by Acid
Rescuers worked Saturday to save more dead and dying dolphins and sea lions that have washed up on Southern California beaches, believed poisoned by a naturally occurring toxic acid. >> Read the Full Article
California Backs Lowering Formaldehyde in Wood
California regulators adopted new standards Thursday to slash the amount of formaldehyde allowed in wood products, a move they say will save hundreds of people from getting cancer every year. >> Read the Full Article