Japan OKs $25 billion for quake relief, PM Kan meets 1st target

By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO | Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:04am EDT TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s parliament approved on Monday a 2 trillion yen ($25 billion) extra budget for disaster relief after the March earthquake, paving the way for bigger reconstruction spending likely to involve new borrowing and tax hikes. Prime Minister Naoto Kan, under fire [...]

Canada to step up oil sands monitoring

By David Ljunggren OTTAWA | Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:15pm EDT OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada will boost monitoring of pollution from its oil sands projects, hoping to speed up U.S. approval of a pipeline to transport crude to the Gulf Coast, Environment Minister Peter Kent said on Thursday. Green groups have long campaigned against developing [...]

U.S. State Department to assess Canada oil pipe next month

WASHINGTON | Fri Jul 22, 2011 2:48pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said Friday it expects to issue a final environmental assessment next month on TransCanada Corp’s proposed $7 billion pipeline that would deliver crude from Canada’s oil sands to refineries to Texas. The pipeline has been opposed by many lawmakers and [...]

Alaska volcano shows signs of impending eruption

By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska | Fri Jul 22, 2011 9:05am EDT ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – Recent satellite images of a remote Alaska volcano along a flight route for major airlines show it may be poised for its first big eruption in 10 years, scientists said. The Alaska Volcano Observatory has issued an eruption advisory [...]

Strong quake jolts northern Japan, no tsunami warning issued

TOKYO | Sat Jul 23, 2011 12:54am EDT TOKYO (Reuters) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 hit northeastern Japan on Saturday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The agency said the epicenter of the earthquake was off the Pacific coast of Miyagi prefecture, about 300 kilometers (187 miles) from the capital Tokyo, adding [...]

Japan nuclear scare triggers run for radiation checks

By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO | Fri Jul 22, 2011 7:30am EDT TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese private research labs with radiation testing gear have been flooded with orders for checks on food and soil samples after shipments of contaminated beef deepened public anxiety over radiation leaks from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. Private institutions are bearing [...]

U.S. delays final report on BP oil spill probe

By Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON | Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:14pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. team probing the causes of last year’s massive BP oil spill has delayed the release of its final report in order to more fully weigh the evidence, investigators said on Friday. The government’s findings on the spill that killed [...]

Shai Agassi Wins First Bertha-Carl-Benz Award

Shai Agassi Wins First Bertha-Carl-Benz Award PR Newswire — July 25, 2011 MANNHEIM, Germany, July 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – In a ceremony today, Shai Agassi received the first Bertha-Carl-Benz Award in the city of Mannheim. “Shai Agassi has inspired us with his contribution to mobility and addressing the climate challenge and it is because of [...]

New Captain Planet Movie In The Works

In this day when the climate is really acting strange, maybe a superhero is what we need to help us get through it. Or is it? I don’t know what this movie is going to achieve, other than earn something in the box office, but apparently there is a film inspired from Captain Planet that [...]

The Right Jewelry Choices

Everyone enjoys spending money on expensive, flashy items from time to time if possible. Jewelry always features at the top of this list. Not enough thought is put into the origin of each particular piece of jewelry however. Take some time to think about how it was created, the impact it has on the environment, [...]

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