DES Consultants Environmental News
On Our Radar: Oil Spill Larger Than China Admits
An American oil spill consultant suggests the Chinese spill was larger than the government admits.
Breaking News
A Lively Debate on Climate Change
Christopher Monckton, the Third Viscount Monckton of Benchley, debated Eric Bates, executive editor of Rolling Stone magazine, on the topic of climate change.
Science,climate,Climate Change,climate science,monckton,polar bears,tracy morgan
Back in Touch With Her Inner Camper
Even as a boy scout's mother was struggling to keep warm, she could appreciate what she had been missing by staying in hotels.
Living,Boy Scouts,camping,wilderness
Toward a Cleaner and Greener New York
By halving sulfur levels in No. 4 heating oil, New York City could make a dent in air pollution and respiratory illnesses.
Living,Politics and Policy,Air Pollution,asthma,heating oil,New York City Council,recycling,respiratory illness,sulfur
On Our Radar: BP Writes Off Spill Costs
Will half of BP's spill escrow fund come out of government coffers?
Breaking News,Living,Politics and Policy,Science,bp,Climate Change,Deepwater Horizon accident,deforestation,drought,forest fires,Global Warming,Guatemala,Gulf of Mexico,Internal Revenue Service,Lake Baikal,Los Angeles,methane hydrate,oil spill,Siberian tiger,storms,wildfires
Fight Gears Up on Biomass
Trotting out experts in medicine and forestry to argue that biomass generation could endanger human health.
Business,Politics and Policy,Alternative Energy,American Lung Association,biomass,respiratory illness
Spill Reignites California's Anti-Drilling Fervor
The disaster in the gulf has strengthened opposition to oil drilling in California.
Living,Politics and Policy,Air Pollution,California,Climate Change,Deepwater Horizon accident,Global Warming,Greenhouse Gas Emissions,offshore drilling,oil industry,oil spill,poll,Proposition 23,Public Policy Institute of California,Water Pollution,water supply
State of the Climate: Hottest Decade on Record
Each decade since the 1980s has been progressively warmer than the last, with an average warming of about one-fifth of a degree Fahrenheit per decade.
Politics and Policy,Science,Climate Change,climatology,Global Warming,National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
An Oil Slick to Rival Oklahoma
Years of work remain to assess the harm caused by BP's oil spill.
Science,bp,Deepwater Horizon accident,Gulf of Mexico,oil spill,satellite photography,Skytruth
A Push for Action on Renewables
Some foes of cap and trade are far less averse to a clean energy mandate.
Business,Politics and Policy,congress,renewable energy,renewable energy standard,Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee,Senator Byron Dorgan,Senator Harry Reid,solar power,Wind Power
On Our Radar: An Oil Spill in Michigan
A spill kills fish and endangers other wildlife.
Breaking News,Business,Living,Science,algal bloom,Baltic Sea,deforestation,heat wave,Michigan,mojave desert,Moscow,oil spill,renewable energy,Wind Power
Cap and Trade Is Dead. Long Live Cap and Trade.
A proposition on the ballot this fall in California could stymie a regional plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
Business,Politics and Policy,cap-and-trade,carbon-dioxide emissions,fossil fuels,greenhouse gases,Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative,Western Climate Initiative
House and Senate Roll Out Spill Bills
Legislation imposing stricter standards is expected to meet with considerable resistance from the industry.
Business,Politics and Policy,bp,Deepwater Horizon accident,deepwater oil drilling,Department of Interior,energy and climate legislation,Gulf of Mexico,Minerals Management Service,offshore drilling,oil industry,oil spill
Court Derails New York's Taxi Transition
To preserve its plan as is, the city would probably have to appeal to the Supreme Court.
Living,Politics and Policy,Bloomberg administration,Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit,hybrid vehicles,New York City,taxis
Judge Counsels 9/11 Workers to Settle
While a settlement on ground zero health cases is imperfect, a judge advises, it is the best alternative available.
Living,Politics and Policy,9/11,ground zero,Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein,rescue workers
