POLICY

White House Climate Review Has Some Scientists Uneasy

POLICY 06.09.2019 23:11 PM

Concerns mount over reports that federal researchers could be compelled to participate in the controversial exercise.

Trump Administration Plans to Lower Classification of Nuclear Waste to Save Money

06.08.2019 09:41 AM

The Department of Energy claims that downgrading the risk level of the sludge is necessary. In a move that will roll back safety standards that have been observed for decades, the Trump administration reportedly has plans to reclassify nuclear waste previously listed as "high-level" radioactive to a lower level, in the interest of saving money and time when disposing of the material.

Joe Biden Pitches $5 Trillion Climate Proposal

06.07.2019 08:55 AM

Presidential hopeful, and former VP, Biden is targeting net zero emissions by 2050. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is pitching a more than five-trillion-dollar climate proposal that he says would lead the US to net zero emission of carbon pollution by 2050.

Germany Plans to Eliminate Coal and Nuclear Power by 2040

06.06.2019 08:29 AM

The plan to eliminate coal-burning plants as well as nuclear means that Germany will be counting on renewable energy to provide 65 percent to 80 percent of the country’s power by 2040.

Carnival Cruise Lines to Pay $20 Million for Pollution Violations

06.05.2019 16:26 PM

Carnival admitted violating terms of probation from a 2016 criminal conviction. Carnival Corp. has reached a settlement with federal prosecutors in which the world's largest cruise line agreed to pay a 20-million-dollar penalty because its ships continued to pollute the oceans despite a previous criminal conviction aimed at curbing similar conduct.

Plant 10 Trees If You Want to Graduate, Says New Filipino Law

06.03.2019 00:13 AM

A bill has been passed requiring pre-graduates to plant at least 10 trees prior to graduating. A new Filipino law requires all graduating high school and college students to plant at least 10 trees each before they can graduate.

France Becomes the First Country to Ban Bee Killing Pesticide

06.03.2019 00:12 AM

Many European nations are battling for the ban of a popular pesticide that has been linked to the mass demise of bees and other wildlife.

How Community Fares in an Extreme Storm Shape Climate Beliefs

06.01.2019 11:13 AM

How community or neighborhood fares, the damages it suffers, may have a stronger and more lasting effect on the climate beliefs than individual impacts do

Malaysia is Shipping Trash Back to Its Respective Nations

05.30.2019 10:11 AM

Malaysia will return 450 tons of contaminated plastic waste to the countries that shipped it, in a refusal to become a dumping ground for the world's trash.

World’s Largest Laser Lab Delayed Due to Disputes

05.27.2019 12:12 PM

Delays and disagreements plague final stages of the world-leading, €850-million Extreme Light Infrastructure being built across Eastern Europe.

‘Swarms’ of Wolf-Dog Threaten Wolves of Europe

05.24.2019 09:11 AM

Scientists and warns that a lack of engagement and agreement could hamper efforts to tackle wolf-dog hybridization

Three Mile Island to Close, Experts Say It’s a Bad Idea

05.24.2019 08:57 AM

The TMI nuclear plant is to be shutting down this fall and experts are contesting the decision. On March 28, 1978, in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, one of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station's two reactors experienced a partial meltdown, discharging toxic radiation into the atmosphere.

China Has Been Secretly Poisoning the Ozone, According to Scientists

05.24.2019 08:56 AM

A chemical banned around the globe for the last 30 years has made an unfortunate resurgence. In the 1980s, nations from all over the world came together to sign The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, a monumental treaty designed to cease and moderate the production of chlorofluorocarbons or more commonly known as CFCs.

Inadequate Evaluation to Counter Violent Extremism May Increase Terror Threat

05.22.2019 14:27 PM

The researchers noted that while radicalized views may open a path to politically motivated violence, these opinions are not criminal or harmful in themselves and do not always lead to inevitable engagement with a violent organization