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July Eco-Tidbits from Turkey

TreeHugger — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Küre Mountains National Park (L) is on its way to becoming part of a protected European park network, while demonstrators in Ankara (R) were arrested for protesting nuclear power. Photos via Turkish Adventures (L) and Today's Zaman (R). With summer ...

How Safe Is Your Beach? NRDC’s Latest Report Reveals Marine Health

TreeHugger — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:20:00 +0000

Photo by clogozm Every year, the Natural Resources Defense Council runs a survey of our beaches and marine habitats to find out which are safe and which need help to recover from abuse. Earlier in the month, the organization put out a map specificall...

Improper Coast Guard Firefighting Responsible For Sinking Deepwater Horizon? Maybe, Report Says

TreeHugger — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:17:00 +0000

photo: US Coast Guard A new report by The Center for Public Integrity reveals that, in the hours after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig caught on fire, the US Coast Guard failed to follow its own internal firefighting procedures, potentially causing the...

Up To 1 Million Gallons of Oil Leak Into Michigan River From Pipeline – Largest in Midwest History (UPDATED)

TreeHugger — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:11:00 +0000

Kalamazoo River map via Wikipedia. Here we go again... Detroit News reports that Environmental Protection Agency officials have said that as much as one million gallons of oil has leaked from a pipeline owned by Enbridge Energy Partners into a creek ...

Water Shortages Could Slow China’s Growth

TreeHugger — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Photo via eutrophication&hypoxia Earlier this week, we pointed out that only a small fraction of China's water is usable, let alone drinkable. And yet, the country is at the height of development. How can a country with so many people doing so much b...

Ocean Acidification Changing Polar Waters Fastest

TreeHugger — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:45:00 +0000

Photo via US Geological Survey The impact of ocean acidification on sea life is becoming better understood in areas like coral reefs, where impacts like bleaching, altered shells of crustaceans, and even a

Health Impact of Climate Change

Green Energy News — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:15:08 +0000

A newly released study suggests that the general public may be more likely to accept and support climate change mitigation action if it were a proven threat to human health. According to the study, if the human health effects of global warming were explained and supported in sufficient detail, people might be more engaged and motivated in encouraging tougher action to reduce its impact. The survey of US adults showed they reacted more favorably to statistics about the health...

Ocean Acidification Changing Fishes’ Sense of Smell, Predators’ Scent Becomes Irresistible

TreeHugger — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:55:00 +0000

Photo via National Marine Sanctuaries As the ocean absorbs more of the carbon dioxide we're pumping into the atmosphere, its chemistry changes and it is becoming much more acidic. This ocean acidification is causing problems from bleaching coral reef...

20x More Energy From Sewage…By Adding Gold?

TreeHugger — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:07:00 +0000

Image by milena mihaylova Sewage is a surprising resource when it comes to harvesting energy during its treatment. According to researchers from Oregon State University, investing a little more in sewage could provide substantially bigger yields. The...

New Study: Pollution Costs Children and Economy

Dave Dempsey — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:30:19 +0000

Health impacts on children linked to pollution are estimated to cost billions annually.

One of the hardest-hit state economies in the nation, Michigan could save up to 1.5% of its gross domestic product annually by protecting children from environmental exposures, according to a new report released Monday by the Michigan Network for Children’s Environmental Health. Entitled The Price of Pollution: Cost Estimates of Environment-Related Childhood Disease in Michigan, the report examines direct and indirect costs for four childhood diseases that are linked in part or whole to environmental toxins.

The report estimates that the environmentally attributable costs of lead poisoning, asthma, pediatric cancer, and neuro-developmental disorders in Michigan is $5.85 billion annually with a range of $3.65 to $6.68 billion.
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