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Fritz Heneman has achieved considerable professional success as an expert with years of experience in environmental and remediation/reclamation as well as toxic chemical decontamination and demilitarization.

Everyone knows something about the environmental troubles we have put ourselves in and we've all heard several "helpful" tips, like walking to work or turning the light off when you leave the room to save gas or energy.

ENERGY Secretary Ed Davey has said investment in a massive new biomass plant and plans for clean coal carbon capture technology at western Europe's largest power station are a win for the environment.

Mill Creek power plant emissions in 2007. LG&E is spending nearly $1 billion on environmental upgrades to reduce emissions.

Eight Northeastern and mid-Atlantic governors on Monday petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to require "upwind" states in the Midwest and South to curb ozone-forming pollution from their power plants, which they say travels downwind and poses health risks to their citizens.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency recently recognized GREENCROWN Energy LLC a full-service energy consulting company specializing in energy supply cost reduction and turnkey cogeneration systems development for its ongoing efforts to improve the U.S. energy supply system by supporting combined heat and power .

A man paddles a raft along a flooded street as residents are seen atop a partially submerged building in Yuyao, Zhejiang province, China, Oct. 10, 2013.

Europeans with long-term exposure to particulate pollution from road traffic or industry run a higher risk of premature death, even if air quality meets EU standards, a study said on Monday.

Research suggests air quality limits in Europe may not be sufficient to protect people from harmful sooty particles in traffic and factory fumes Air quality limits in Europe may not be sufficient to protect people from harmful sooty particles in traffic and factory fumes, research suggests.

As the federal government continues to lobby for more access to Europe and the United States to sell Canada's oil and other natural resources, an internal analysis reveals that senior bureaucrats see few opportunities for growth in these markets.

Canada is running out of time to offer U.S. President Barack Obama a climate change concession that might clinch the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline, as the country's energy industry continues to resist costly curbs on greenhouse gas emissions.

Unions and environmentalists have found one point of agreement in the bitter debate over the natural gas drilling boom: fixing leaky old pipelines that threaten public health and the environment.

Unions and environmentalists have found one point of agreement in the bitter debate over the natural gas drilling boom: fixing leaky old pipelines that threaten public health and the environment.

The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will hold a public hearing on appeals made by local environmental groups to county staff's approval of the proposed Halvorsen Quarry Reclamation Plan.

Children with a genetic predisposition for autism who are exposed to air pollution appear to be at a greater risk for developing the disorder, according to new research from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California .

Colombian uthorities have declared an environmental emergency in a portion of Cartagena Bay, citing the risk posed to local inhabitants by solid-waste pollution.

Sulfoxaflor is the first of a newly assigned sub-class of pesticides in the "neonicotinoid" class of pesticides and is considered by the EPA to be "highly toxic."

TEHRAN The chairwoman of Environmental Protection Organization has said there are different reasons such as industrial activities and public transport for air pollution in Tehran but substandard cars and low quality fuel are mostly to the blame.

Let's see if we can make some sense out of this. Early on in his presidency, Barack Obama made it perfectly clear that the oil-rich lands on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain were off-limits to drilling.

He was a champion of freedom, who spent one-third of his life in a prison cell; a revolutionary who espoused armed conflict against the state, yet became a global icon of peace and moral virtue.