Court sides with Shell Oil over peaceful protest group despite clear legal argument A federal judge in Alaska has granted a preliminary injunction against Greenpeace USA which will remain in place until October 31st 2012, the end of Shell Oil’s ‘drilling window’ in Alaska. The injunction follows a temporary restraining order which expired on March [...]
Air pollution from the 10,000 largest polluting facilities in Europe cost citizens between € 102 and 169 billion in 2009. This was one of the findings of a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) which analysed the costs of harm to health and the environment caused by air pollution. Half of the total [...]
More than two million lives can be saved each year by implementing the cost-effective measures presented in a United Nations report released today, which would help reduce black carbon, methane and ozone emissions. The report, issued by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), provides a package of 16 measures that could not only save some 2.5 [...]
For a six day span starting on July 4, 2011, Panasonic Container took a leading role in an event hosted by the Indonesian Red Cross Society called “JUMBARA 2011.*” Held every fifth year, the Life Innovation Container made its first appearance to support the mobile office for the Indonesian Red Cross to power various transmission and [...]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $32 million to fund four new Clean Air Research Centers at universities conducting cutting edge air pollution research. The research will focus on the impacts of air pollution mixtures on people’s health. It is important to understand the health risks associated with exposure to multiple air [...]