Bhutan Pledges to be First 100% Organic Nation
The small, Himalayan kingdom plans to be chemical free within decade.
Tycoon plans environment experiment on Hawaiian isle
Larry Ellison, the United States’ third richest man, has revealed plans for an ambitious green experiment on a 365-square-kilometre island in the Pacific, which he bought this summer for $US500 million ($A489 million). The billionaire said he would turn Lanai, the sixth-largest island in the US state of Hawaii, into an environmental “laboratory” featuring solar power and electric cars. Projects would be set up to convert sea water to fresh water, and small organic farms would sell produce to Japan.
City of Toronto Workers Destroy Free Community Food Garden Amid Growing Food Crisis
Occupy Gardens plants in Queens Park destroyed without harvesting food.
Penn State Faculty Snub of Fracking Study Ends Research
A natural-gas driller’s group has canceled a Pennsylvania State University study of hydraulic fracturing after some faculty members balked at the project that had drawn criticism for being slanted toward industry. The Marcellus Shale Coalition, which paid more than $146,000 for three previous studies, ended this year’s report after work had started, said Kathryn Klaber, coalition president.
New study supports water contamination due to fracking
An independent analysis of new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) water monitoring data verifies a 2011 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) investigation into whether hydraulic fracturing contaminated the Wind River aquifer near Pavillion, Wyoming—an important groundwater source that provides water to thousands of Wyoming residents and farmers.
