Environment

• Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 08:08 UTC

  As BP Oil Spill Advances; Florida Declares State of Emergency

  

  State of Florida Governor Charlie Crist declared on Friday a state of emergency in coastal counties because of the threat from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

• Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 03:50 UTC

  Lab Production of Green Hamburgers is “No Longer Science Fiction”

  

  The lab production of meat without the need of slaughtering animals is no longer science fiction and could be producing “green” hamburgers in less than ten years according to the list of Time Magazine fifty main inventions of the year.

• Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 00:59 UTC

  Iceland Displeased with Whale Hunting Quota Threatens to Pull Out of IWC

  

  Twelve member countries of the International Whaling Commission (IWC)—an 88-country organization created in 1946 to monitor the whaling industry—have proposed catch quotas for the next ten years for countries that hunt whales.

• Friday, April 30th 2010 - 05:35 UTC

  Out of Control Oil Spill Reaches Louisiana Coastline; BP Shares Plunge

  

  Oil started washing ashore on the US Gulf Coast from a leaking offshore well, the US Coast Guard reported. Up to 5,000 barrels of oil a day are thought to be spilling into the water after last week's explosion on a BP-operated rig (NYSE:BP), which then sank.

• Wednesday, April 28th 2010 - 03:22 UTC

  Falklands Military Base to be Powered by Wind, Following on Stanley’s Success

  

  Authorities at the Falkland Islands Mount Pleasant military base (MPC) have confirmed their interest in developing a wind farm that could bring the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) considerable benefits.

• Tuesday, April 27th 2010 - 22:38 UTC

  Chilean Conservation Groups Reject Whaling Commission Latest Proposals

  

  A new proposal announced last week by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) would allow the killing of a number of whales in the Antarctic Ocean off the coast of Chile and has Chilean environmental groups upset.

• Tuesday, April 27th 2010 - 18:03 UTC

  IATA Praises European Relief Measures for Airlines Affected by Volcanic Ash Plume

  

  The International Air Transport Association (IATA) openly supported the announcement by the European Commission of a comprehensive program to provide relief to the air transport sector in the aftermath of extra-ordinary airspace closures resulting from the ash plume of an Icelandic volcano.

• Tuesday, April 27th 2010 - 05:36 UTC

  Scientists Discover Deep-Ocean Current Moving Northward from Antarctica

  

  Work in Japan and Australia has revealed that a deep-ocean current is carrying frigid water rapidly northward from Antarctica along the edge of a giant underwater plateau.

• Monday, April 26th 2010 - 05:40 UTC

  Huge Operation to Stop Oil Leaking from Gulf of Mexico Well Explosion

  

  Efforts were under way Sunday to contain and stop oil leaking from a BP well after a rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, the US Coast Guard said. Officials found oil was leaking Saturday from the well.

• Saturday, April 24th 2010 - 07:51 UTC

  Coming Antarctic Season 2010/11, the Last for Big Cruise Ships

  

  The Antarctica season beginning in November is likely to be the last one as it has been known. Proposed changes to the type of fuel ships are allowed to burn and carry in this fragile ecosystem have now become a reality, making the future of big cruise ships in Antarctica uncertain.