Hopes for ‘safe’ temperature increase within 2C fade as Hawaii station documents second-greatest emissions increase.
New York Fracking Study Results Likely Years Off
A health study cited by leading environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as pivotal in helping persuade Gov. Andrew Cuomo to hold off on plans for limited gas drilling is likely years away from conclusions about whether the technology involved is safe, according to the project’s leaders. With New York entering the fifth year of review of the process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, growing calls to wait for the Geisinger Health System study to be finished could push a final decision back several more years, frustrating landowners and the industry that had hoped to begin tapping the gas reserve that lies below parts of the state.
Greeks say no to gold mine project
About 15,000 people take to the streets to say no to a Canadian gold mining project that may bring in 1,300 new jobs to an area with high employment. People here are concerned about the potential threat to the environment posed by the mining.
Spanish sperm whale death linked to UK supermarket supplier’s plastic
Sperm whale on Spanish southern coast had swallowed 17kg of plastic waste dumped by greenhouses supplying produce to UK
