Environmental News

When cold weather hits, the incidents of carbon monoxide poisoning increase. Sometimes it's due to a bad furnace, a gas stove or space heaters.

Dozens of people came out to a special meeting to learn more about a fish kill in Green Lake County.

The population of Menhaden, a small fish used for fish oil pills, is rapidly depleting, prompting calls for protective legislation and shedding light on alternative sources of omega-3s. Fish Full of Omega-3s Menhaden are well known among fishermen and conservationists.

December 16, 2009, 2:03 PM / Ecology & Environment's first-quarter profits slid by 5 percent as a more than $800,000 gain from the sale of land near its Lancaster headquarters helped offset a 26 percent drop in its operating profits.

Canadians are cutting down on their waste this holiday season according to Waste Management Inc., who recently commissioned a survey through Ipsos Reid to learn more about Canadians' holiday habits and encourage greener traditions.

Chicago is built from stuff that came here on barges -- rock and gravel, coal and sand -- up the Mississippi River and onto the canals that link big muddy to the Great Lakes.

Researchers observed octopi off the Indonesian coast using coconut halves as shields and armor, making them the first invertebrates to be classified as tool-using animals.

Smell in Chesapeake not due to gas leak

Casella Waste Systems has been fined $34,314 over environmental violations found by state inspectors two years ago.

May 18, 2009 - Millipore Corporation , a Life Science leader providing technologies, tools and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, announces that Paul Chapman, Vice President, Downstream Processing , will present "Maximizing the Benefits of Single-use Technologies with Mobius FlexReady Solutions," at the 2009 BIO ...

STAFFORD SPRINGS -- A 1,000-gallon underground heating oil tank leaked into the Willimantic River on Wednesday, officials said.

Carbon Monoxide Detector SALT LAKE CITY - As the temperatures dip lower, the number of call coming in to police because of carbon monoxide is going up.

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Wednesday's session are Lululemon Athletica Inc., Pall Corp., and Texas Instruments Inc.

New Jersey health officials have issued a report warning residents of a Pompton Lakes neighborhood of elevated cancer rates possibly, but not conclusively, linked to contaminants.

John Casella ... family is reported to be worth $665 million. THE Griffith-based patriarch of one of Australia's biggest wine companies has asked police for help after being blackmailed by an elderly Italian for $5.5 million.

The Colorado Oil and Gas Association has named a vice president of an environmental consulting and engineering firm as its new president.

STAFFORD -- A 1,000-gallon underground heating oil tank leaked into the Willimantic River on Wednesday, officials said.

Pall Corp. filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-10-31. Pall Corporation is a leading supplier of fine filters, principally made by the Company using its proprietary filter media, and other fluid clarification and separations equipment for the removal of solid, liquid and gaseous contaminants from a wide variety of liquids and gases.

An administrative hearing officer is recommending approval of an air permit for a coal-fired power plant being built by Southwestern Electric Power Co.

Omaha, NE- Omaha's garbage contractor, Deffenbaugh Industries, is making progress on Tuesday collections, but it is likely that some Tuesday residents will not be collected before conditions become unsafe to continue.