 | Plastic Bags Banned on All Hawaiian Islands
HONOLULU, Hawaii , May 17, 2012 (ENS) - Hawaii has just become the first U.S. state to enact a statewide ban on plastic bags. While no law has yet been...
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 | Poachers Steal Ancient Cedar from BC Park: Reward Offered
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada , May 19, 2012 (ENS) - The Wilderness Committee and the British Columbia Government Employees Union are offering a C$5,000 reward for information leading to the...
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 | Sea Shepherd's Watson Jailed in Germany for 2002 Shark Defense
FRANKFURT, Germany , May 19, 2012 (ENS) - Sea Shepherd founder Captain Paul Watson has been granted bail by the German Higher Regional Court in Frankfurt, and his attorney expects...
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 | Bee Invasion
What's all the buzz about? See how bees are moving in on homeowners!  Video
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 | Investors Controlling $1 Trillion Demand Fracking Best Practices
BOSTON, Massachusetts , May 17, 2012 (ENS) - Institutional investors in the United States, Europe and Australia with nearly $1 trillion in assets under management have united to support a...
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 | TransCanada Applies Again for Keystone XL Pipeline Presidential Permit
WASHINGTON, DC , May 7, 2012 (ENS) - TransCanada Corporation has submitted a second Presidential Permit application to the U.S. State Department to build and operate the Keystone XL Pipeline...
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 | Automakers Standardize 15 Minute Fast-Charging System for Electric Vehicles
LOS ANGELES, California , May 7, 2012 (ENS) - Eight U.S. and German automakers have agreed to utilize a fast-charging technology that recharges EV batteries in just 15 to 20...
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 | Vermont Will Be First U.S. State to Ban Fracking
MONTPELIER, Vermont , May 8, 2012 (ENS) - Vermont is about to become the first U.S. state to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for natural gas.
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 | First Solar Project on U.S. Public Lands Starts Generating
PRIMM, Nevada , May 8, 2012 (ENS) - The first utility-scale solar energy facility on U.S. public lands started delivering power on Monday with the flip of a switch by...
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 | E-Recycling Day
The City of Birmingham is hosting an Electronic Recycling Event on Thursday.
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 | U.S. Proposes Delayed Disclosure of Fracking Chemicals
WASHINGTON, DC , May 5, 2012 (ENS) - A federal government proposal requiring oil and gas companies to disclose the chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing only after the completion...
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 | EPA: 45 Areas Fail to Achieve Latest Smog Standards
WASHINGTON, DC , May 2, 2012 (ENS) - Forty-five areas across the country are not meeting the latest government standards for ground-level ozone or smog, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
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 | Sewage Spill Contaminating Creeks
Alabama Department of Public Health officials are warning people to stay away from contaminated water. Video
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 | VIDEO: Inside bear baiting competitions
Usually held at local fairs in Pakistan, this cruel practice pits dogs against bears that have had their claws and teeth removed. Before the fight, the bears are tied to a post which renders them defenseless to the dogs‘ frenzied attack.
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 | Ford Gives Old U.S. Money New Life as Car Parts
DEARBORN, Michigan , April 30, 2012 (ENS) - U.S. paper currency, retired from service and shredded, is about to join soybeans, denim and plastic bottles in new Ford vehicles.
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 | Japan's Noda in Washington: Cherry Blossoms and Nuclear Disaster
WASHINGTON, DC , April 30, 2012 (ENS) - Prime Minister of Japan Yoshihiko Noda pledged Sunday to make Japan-U.S. relations "bloom," expressing eagerness to enhance bilateral ties symbolized by the...
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 | Japan, USA Collaborate on Nuclear Crisis, Green Communities, Rare Earths
WASHINGTON, DC, April 30, 2012 (ENS) - President Barack Obama today welcomed to the White House Prime Minister Noda of Japan. The two leaders announced a high-level Bilateral Commission on...
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 | Ukraine President Launches Chernobyl New Shelter Construction
CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, Ukraine , April 26, 2012 (ENS) - Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych today launched construction of the New Shelter Confinement that will be placed over the damaged...
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 | First Gulf Oil Spill Arrest: Former BP Engineer Charged
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana , April 24, 2012 (ENS) - In the first criminal charges to be laid as a result of a federal investigation into the BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill,...
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 | Two Alabama schools named "Green Ribbon"
Winterboro High School and Munford Elementary School part of first-everhonor.
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 | Fracking fuels controversy
What's causing their faucet water to catch on fire? Video
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 | Tuscaloosa offering free tree seedlings
Free tree seedlings will be given away on Saturday, February 25, 2012 to Tuscaloosa residents
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 | Alabama's Gulf Cost: "Endangered"
Southern Environmental Law Center lists Alabama's Coast as one of "Top 10 Endangered Places in Southeast."
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 | Another dubious #1 for Alabama environment
Alabama, and Alabama Power rate number one for toxic coal ash storage.
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 | Area parks programs get infusion of cash
Birmingham area projects are the big winners as the state doles out project money.
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 | Green Group: Tornado Cleanup a Bright Spot for Alabama
An environmental group says the tornadoes that devastated Alabama during the spring show that a state with a spotty record can make progress toward recycling and protecting its streams and forests.
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 | Trash Talk
The average American throws away three and a half pounds of trash each day. Some of that is ending up in the ocean.
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 | EPA Tells Nation's Dirty Power Plants to Clean Up
Clean up or shut down.
That's the decision facing hundreds of the nation's oldest and dirtiest power plants under an Environmental Protection Agency rule announced Wednesday that will force plants to control mercury and other toxic pollutants for the first time.
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 | Turning Grease Into Fuel
French fries, onion rings and fried chicken.. one girl is turning these favorite foods into fuel.
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 | Toxic Air Community Meeting
Federal and County environmental regulators update residents in North Birmingham on a year long air toxic testing program they are conducting.
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 | Residents want answers
Residents return to Hudson K-8 school in Birmingham, to let EPA and government officials know about their concerns over pollutants in the air surrounding their communities. Video
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 | Residents Meet with Environmental Experts at Hudson K-8
Environmental experts from Jefferson County and the Federal government plan to talk about toxic chemical testing tonight.
We are live from a Birmingham school that was built just two years ago, on toxic soil that was being tested for possible clean-up. Video
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 | Students Protest Shepherd Bend Mine
UA system students are pressuring president Robert Witt to publicly condemn the Shepherd Bend mine and promise that the land and minerals will never be used for that purpose. Video
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 | Alabama gets mixed grades on energy efficiency
State ranks 43rd in efficient use of energy...but we're among the states showing improvement.
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 | Dirt DIva
Getting dirt cheap electricity from dirt! One woman is focusing her energy on what's under our feet to power our future.
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 | Interfaith Environmental Initiative of Ala. host forum
CBS42's continuing coverage on the environment took us to the Botanical Gardens Thursday for a forum on faith and science as they relate to keeping the earth a healthy place for all of us. Video
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 | EPA Director Gives Update on Cleanup
EPA Region 4 Director Gwen Keyes Fleming talked briefly with CBS42 following a speech she made at the Interfaith Environmental Initiative of Alabama forum in Birmingham on Thursday.
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 | Controversial mine draws Chinese delegation
Chinese business leaders, researchers and non-profit representatives hear about the controversial mine at Shepherd's Bend Video
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 | Birmingham Church moves from contamination
Toxic contamination, uncertainty about cleanup causes Collegeville congregation to move.
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 | College Recycling Program
Universities competing to be best at recycling game day waste. Video
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 | Walter Coke wants EPA changes in Collegeville
Walter Coke in North Birmingham says they need to go back to the drawing board with the federal government on how to clean up contamination in communities near their plant.
Video |  Walter Energy Letter (6.0MB)
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 | Bee my honey
One woman is trying to save bees and the food on your dinner table. Video
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 | Birmingham neighborhood leaders want answers
Today, neighborhood leaders decided they needed to make demands of Walker Coke and want answers for next months meeting Video
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 | EPA says it's aware of soil and air concerns
North Birmingham's fight for cleaner soil and air moves to Atlanta. Birmingham Councilwoman Maxine Parker, accompanied by a legal adviser, met with federal environment officials in Atlanta Wednesday. Video
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 | The 2nd Annual Cahaba River Fry-Down
The Cahaba River Society recently announced its largest fundraiser of the year, the Cahaba River Fry-Down. This family-friendly event is scheduled for Sunday, September 25, at Trussville Springs, a traditional neighborhood development nestled on the banks of the Cahaba River in the city of Trussville.
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 | Study Finds State Protections for Coal Ash Inadequate
A new study finds that state regulations regarding coal ash disposal are inadequate to protect public health and drinking water supplies for nearby communities.
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 | Neighbors fear the worst following mine permit decision
The permit for a controversial mine planned near a major drinking water source has been upheld. People who live near the site are afraid it will harm the drinking water, damage their homes, clog the river, and disturb sacred ground. Video
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 | Shepherd Bend Coal Mine Permit Appeal Denied
An appeal about a permit to mine coal near the source of drinking water has been denied by a state agency. Video | EMC Report (565.5KB)
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 | A Bee Story
They're some of the busiest and hardest workers on the face of the earth, and many are no bigger than a jellybean! Wake Up Alabama's Rick Jackson pays a visit to a local bee keeper...and his "bee hospital." Video
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