As lawmakers call for new inquiries into Thursday’s accident, oil industry executives say it will now be more difficult to lift the government’s offshore drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico.
Source: NYT > Environment | By JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF
A group of fisheries scientists argue that the Marine Stewardship Council, an influential body that ranks fish sources as sustainable, grants its seal of approval too easily. As a result, some fish populations may be more endangered than consumers believe.
Source: NYT > Environment | By DAVID JOLLY
The crackdown by Vietnamese forestry officials is part of a broader effort to halt the illegal international trade in the meat of threatened species.
Source: NYT > Environment | By JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF
Jeffrey Marlow answers questions about deep-sea vents at Hydrate Ridge.
Source: NYT > Environment | By JEFFREY MARLOW
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change would do well to cultivate contacts between its authors and reporters in poor countries.
Source: NYT > Environment | By ANDREW C. REVKIN
The official who led China’s delegation in recent climate negotiations says the right to a better life in poor countries trumps the responsibility to cut emissions.
Source: NYT > Environment | By ANDREW C. REVKIN
After Pacific Gas & Electric, the giant California utility, began installing smart meters in the state’s Central Valley, the company was swamped with complaints from residents that their utility bills had spiked. But an independent review of the smart meters released Thursday found that the devices were functioning properly and attributed the high charges to a heat wave last year that coincided with their installation as well as poor customer service by P.G.&.E.
Source: NYT > Environment | By TODD WOODY
Some lenders are taking a stand on practices like mining and deforestation that may be risky to their reputations.
Source: NYT > Environment | By TOM ZELLER Jr.
The head of the review of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change weighs in on the panel’s leadership and flaws in its treatment of uncertainty.
Source: NYT > Environment | By ANDREW C. REVKIN
Learning which water sources villagers use and how far they carry heavy jerrycans of water is itself thirsty work in the Rwandan heat.
Source: NYT > Environment | By MICHAEL J. MASCARENHAS
France’s Champagne industry is trying to cut the carbon dioxide it emits transporting billions of tiny bubbles around the world.
Source: NYT > Environment | By LIZ ALDERMAN
The scientists involved in crafting the panel’s climate reports need to be more open to alternative views and more transparent, an independent review said.
Source: NYT > Environment | By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday said it does not have the legal authority to ban lead bullets.
Source: NYT > Environment | By FELICITY BARRINGER
A judge ruled that the state attorney general failed to make his fraud case against Michael E. Mann but could try again.
Source: NYT > Environment | By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Environmentalists were handed a surprising victory when President Dmitri A. Medvedev postponed construction of a Moscow-St. Petersburg highway.
Source: NYT > Environment | By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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