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USA. EPA Administrator Jackson visits Gulf Coast on One-Year Anniversary of the BP Oil Spill -   On the one-year anniversary of the explosion that led to the BP oil spill, EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson spent the day in her hometown of New Orleans, surveying ecosystem restoration progress and discussing her work to preserve ...

UK. Record breaking London Marathon success for Royal Marine - Royal Marine, Sergeant Carl Creasey set a new world record at this year’s London Marathon. Running 26.2 miles on crowded roads was hard enough, but Carl upped the stakes and carried a 60lb pack. Carl beat the current world ...

USA. Bird Conservation Group calls on BP to install bird friendly lighting on Gulf Platforms - Citing a study that concludes that modest changes in oil and gas platform lighting could prevent the deaths of hundreds of thousands of migrating birds, American Bird Conservancy (ABC) today called on BP to implement changes in lighting on ...

UK. Environment Agency Wales investigates pollution affecting 10km stretch of Carmarthenshire stream -  Environment Agency Wales has launched an investigation after receiving reports of pollution in a stream near Bwlchnewydd, Carmarthen yesterday. Officers attended the scene and found the pollution had affected 10 kilometres of the Afon Cywyn and one of its ...

Costa Rica: Seizure made of illegal sailfish meat from Costa Rican seafood exporter - Costa Rican government officials released information to The Billfish Foundation (TBF) of the seizure from a seafood exporter, of over 7,000 kilos of sailfish meat bound for Peru. Sailfish are protected species in the popular Costa Rican fishery.    Investigators ...

Canada's Sealhunt: Is It Worth It? - The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador documenting the commercial seal hunt, and with only scattered numbers of seals being found, only 27 sealing boats heading out and global lack of ...

USA. New study points to lead ammunition as primary factor limiting Condor recovery - A new study announced at the Society of Toxicology’s Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. points to lead ammunition as a primary factor limiting the survival and recovery of one of the country’s most imperiled birds, the California Condor. The ...

UAE. Global green light to Carbon Capture progress -  Energy Ministers from around the world have agreed to proposals to help speed up the global deployment of carbon capture and storage. At today’s meeting in the United Arab Emirates, Ministers at the Clean Energy Ministerial endorsed recommendations from the ...

UK. Agency seeks views from local community on Covanta Environmental Permit application - Environment Agency Wales is seeking the views of local communities on Covanta Energy’s application for an Environmental Permit to operate an incinerator with energy recovery at Brig y Cwm, Merthyr Tydfil. The consultation will close on Friday 10th June ...

UK & Belgium. WICO Guidelines to be presented at EU Sustainable Energy Week - The Guidelines to promote the deployment of small wind systems along European Coastlines will be presented during the EU Sustainable Energy Week taking place in Brussels in 14th April 2011. The WICO presentation will take place on Thursday 14th ...

UK. Over one million properties now receiving direct flood warnings in Wales and England - The number of properties signed up to the national flood warning system in Wales and England has broken the one million mark for the first time, the Environment Agency announced today. From the end of this month, the organisation ...

Ireland. Lough Erne Invasive Species Group established - An inter-agency strategic response to the previously unseen levels of aquatic weed-growth on Lough Erne has been initiated. Called the Lough Erne Invasive Species Group (LEISG) the group is a sub-group of the Lough Erne Management Consultative Committee which ...

PlanetSolar : Pacific crossing from the Galapagos to Polynesia in 25 days, 6 hours 39 minutes. - After we left the Galápagos on Monday morning, 7 February 2011, we had the chance to sail along the coast of Isabela Island before crossing Isla Tortuga, a partly submerged crater. It was just magnificent. During the first days ...

UK. Finished scheme gives better protection from River Clwyd. flooding - Thousands of people in north Wales will be better protected from flooding as Environment Agency Wales has completed a major project which included reinstating the tidal flood banks on both sides of the River Clwyd. People in 1,149 homes ...

UK. New 2.7 million flood scheme in south west Wales protects Tregaron - Local people living near the River Brenig, in Ceredigion are better protected from flooding since the Tregaron flood scheme was completed by Environment Agency Wales. The new flood scheme has provided improved protection to 82 residential and 22 commercial ...

UK. Finished scheme gives better protection from flooding in north Wales - Thousands of people in north Wales will be better protected from flooding as Environment Agency Wales has completed a major project which included reinstating the tidal flood banks on both sides of the River Clwyd. People in 1,149 homes ...

UK. Environment Agency Wales investigates pollution of Aberdaron river - Environment Agency Wales is investigating reports of pollution affecting a 1km stretch of the Afon Cyllyfelin.   Officers responded following a report from a concerned member of the public. Officers found a stretch of the river to be brown in colour and ...

Japan. MOL Group companies transport aid supplies to quake-stricken areas - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President: Koichi Muto) today reported that the group companies listed below purchased food, water, and other daily necessities, and took them to the Ohi Logistics Center, Tokyo, where they were loaded into a 40-foot ...

UAE. AVEC Corporation Chairman delivers keynote speech at Qatar Alternative Energy Conference -  AVEC Corporation ("AVEC") (Pinksheets: AVECD) (Frankfurt: BAE1) announced its chairman Samuel Higgins delivered the keynote speech March 16th in Doha Qatar at the "Qatar Alternative Energy Conference" Attended by more than 150 of the worlds top alternative energy investors, the ...

UK. Chris Huhne : We will break through barriers facing Scottish renewables - Chris Huhne vowed tto leave no stone unturned in support of Scottish renewable energy projects. The Energy and Climate Change Secretary said: “If we are to meet our climate change targets, Scotland will be mission critical. Success here will ...