Environment

Washington Declares Open Season On Escaped Aquaculture Salmon

8:07pm August 23, 2017

by Scott Neuman

State wildlife officials have asked the public to catch as many of the non-native Atlantic salmon as they can after an estimated 5,000 escaped from an aquaculture farm.

Pollution Buildup At Conowingo Dam May Harm Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

12:18pm August 23, 2017

by Marie Cusick

A Maryland dam has been helping to clean up the Chesapeake Bay by holding back sediment that can harm aquatic life. But now the dam's sediment pools have filled up earlier than projected.

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The Battle Over Oil And Gas Development In Colorado

5:00am August 23, 2017

by Leigh Paterson

A deadly home explosion in Colorado is renewing fights over how close oil and gas development should be to expanding suburbs. One town is trying to figure out for itself how close is too close.

Los Angeles Tests Whether Lighter Color Streets Will Lower The Temperature

5:00am August 23, 2017

Los Angeles is piloting a project called "Cool Pavement." The city is putting a light grey coating on top of some neighborhood streets in an effort to lower the air temperature.

Greenpeace activists hang a banner from the rafters at a bank shareholders' meeting earlier this year in Zurich, calling for it to "STOP DIRTY PIPELINE DEALS!" Also on the banner are hashtags supporting Dakota Access Pipeline protesters.

Dakota Access Pipeline Owner Sues Greenpeace For 'Criminal Activity'

6:30pm August 22, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Energy Transfer Partners alleges Greenpeace and other "eco-terrorist groups" tried to block its pipeline with "campaigns of misinformation." Greenpeace says the suit is a bid to "silence free speech."

Kelp plants grow on a 30-foot-long, white PVC pole suspended in the water. If this is successful, instead of just one row, there would be a whole platform, hundreds of meters across and hundreds of meters deep, full of kelp plants.

Scientists Hope To Farm The Biofuel Of The Future In The Pacific Ocean

6:08pm August 22, 2017

International research labs are using seaweed to make biofuel, but little progress has been made in the U.S. Now scientists in California are developing a prototype to enable vast open-ocean farming.

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California's Forests Continue To Die After Years Of Drought

6:08pm August 22, 2017

by Emily Guerin

California's record drought is officially over. But trees are still dying across the state because they were so badly weakened by years without water.

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Wade Dooley, in Albion, Iowa, uses less fertilizer than most farmers because he grows rye and alfalfa, along with corn and soybeans. "This field [of rye] has not been fertilized at all," he says.

Does 'Sustainability' Help The Environment Or Just Agriculture's Public Image?

4:39pm August 22, 2017

by Dan Charles

Big food companies like Walmart want farmers to reduce greenhouse emissions from nitrogen fertilizer. But the best-known program to accomplish this may not be having much effect.

Mark Holohan, solar division manager at Wilson Electric, stands in his company's warehouse outside Phoenix, Ariz. Solar installers say a proposed tariff could sink their business model, while several solar manufacturers say they need shelter from an overs

In Solar Trade Dispute, Will Proposed Tariffs Cost Industry Jobs?

8:21am August 22, 2017

by Will Stone

Testing President Trump's promise to get tough on trade, two U.S. solar panel manufacturers are seeking to impose a tariff on panels made overseas. But many in the industry warn it could cost jobs.

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Anhydrous ammonia tanks in a newly planted wheat field. Walmart has promised big cuts in emissions of greenhouse gases. To meet that goal, though, the giant retailer may have to persuade farmers to use less fertilizer. It won't be easy.

Can Anyone, Even Walmart, Stem The Heat-Trapping Flood Of Nitrogen On Farms?

6:58pm August 21, 2017

by Dan Charles

Walmart has promised big cuts in emissions of greenhouse gases. To meet that goal, though, the giant retailer may have to persuade farmers to use less fertilizer. It won't be easy.

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