http://ecofriendlytip.com Check out the Latest Green News and Tips Today Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:05:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/01/new-york-nuclear-plant-threatens-drinking-water-for-11-3-million-people/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/01/new-york-nuclear-plant-threatens-drinking-water-for-11-3-million-people/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:27:57 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=9704 The drinking water for more than 11.3 million people could be at risk of radioactive contamination from a leak or accident at the Indian Point Nuclear Plant, located in Buchanan, New York, said a new study released on Tuesday.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/01/new-york-nuclear-plant-threatens-drinking-water-for-11-3-million-people/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/01/22/u-s-russia-to-conduct-joint-inspection-in-antarctica/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/01/22/u-s-russia-to-conduct-joint-inspection-in-antarctica/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:31:12 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=9634 The United States and Russian will send a joint team to inspect foreign stations, installations and equipment in Antarctica pursuant to the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 and its Environmental Protocol from January 23 to January 28, the U.S. State Department announced Saturday

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/01/22/u-s-russia-to-conduct-joint-inspection-in-antarctica/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/18/euro-zone-crisis-to-widen-climate-fund-gap-report/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/18/euro-zone-crisis-to-widen-climate-fund-gap-report/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:20:17 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/18/euro-zone-crisis-to-widen-climate-fund-gap-report/ A worsening of the euro zone debt crisis could increase a climate funding gap to $45 billion by 2015 as governments struggle to maintain levels of climate change investment due to austerity measures, Ernst Young said on Thursday.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/18/euro-zone-crisis-to-widen-climate-fund-gap-report/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/14/u-s-expects-significant-apec-step-on-green-trade/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/14/u-s-expects-significant-apec-step-on-green-trade/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 06:13:13 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/14/u-s-expects-significant-apec-step-on-green-trade/ The United States expects Asia Pacific leaders on Sunday to take a "significant step" toward reducing tariffs and other barriers that block trade in environmentally-friendly good and services, a senior administration official said on Sunday.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/14/u-s-expects-significant-apec-step-on-green-trade/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/13/edf-fined-for-hacking-into-greenpeace-computers/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/13/edf-fined-for-hacking-into-greenpeace-computers/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:11:04 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/13/edf-fined-for-hacking-into-greenpeace-computers/ French nuclear giant EDF was fined 1.5 million euros by a Paris court on Thursday for hacking into the computers of environmental group Greenpeace in 2006.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/13/edf-fined-for-hacking-into-greenpeace-computers/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/13/analysis-pipeline-delay-gives-obama-political-space-with-base/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/13/analysis-pipeline-delay-gives-obama-political-space-with-base/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:09:21 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/13/analysis-pipeline-delay-gives-obama-political-space-with-base/ The move to delay a decision on a new oil pipeline from Canada may bolster support among President Barack Obama's liberal-leaning base in 2012 and help offset Republican criticism of his job-creation record.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/13/analysis-pipeline-delay-gives-obama-political-space-with-base/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/06/irans-natural-gas-reserves-to-last-up-to-100-years/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/06/irans-natural-gas-reserves-to-last-up-to-100-years/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2011 02:36:46 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=8695 The research and technological director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) said that Iran 's natural gas reserves will last up to 100 years, the English language Tehran Times daily reported on Saturday.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/06/irans-natural-gas-reserves-to-last-up-to-100-years/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/04/skulls-of-new-pre-historic-mammal-found-in-argentina/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/04/skulls-of-new-pre-historic-mammal-found-in-argentina/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:56:04 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=8656 A team of paleontologists showed reporters skulls of a rat-like mammal that lived when dinosaurs still roamed the earth and was recently discovered in southern Argentina.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/04/skulls-of-new-pre-historic-mammal-found-in-argentina/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/04/mexico-pleads-for-u-s-china-agreement-on-climate/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/04/mexico-pleads-for-u-s-china-agreement-on-climate/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:52:49 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/04/mexico-pleads-for-u-s-china-agreement-on-climate/ Mexican President Felipe Calderon urged Washington and Beijing on Thursday to agree to curb the release of climate-warming gases to ensure the success of United Nations climate talks in South Africa later this month.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/04/mexico-pleads-for-u-s-china-agreement-on-climate/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/04/bp-agrees-to-pay-texas-50-million-for-pollution/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/04/bp-agrees-to-pay-texas-50-million-for-pollution/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:52:35 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/04/bp-agrees-to-pay-texas-50-million-for-pollution/ BP Plc's U.S. subsidiary has agreed to pay $50 million in civil penalties to the state of Texas for pollution from its Texas City refinery, including the deadly March 2005 explosion, state Attorney General Greg Abbott said.

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