Category: Nature

Spike in Prius complaints may not be all it seems (AP)

AP – Reports of sudden acceleration in the Toyota Prius have spiked across the country. But that doesn’t mean there’s an epidemic of bad gas pedals in the popular hybrid.

More here: 
Spike in Prius complaints may not be all it seems
(AP)

Va. gov McDonnell signs offshore energy bills (AP)

AP – Gov. Bob McDonnell signed into law Wednesday offshore drilling legislation intended to realize his goal of making Virginia the East Coast’s energy superpower.

Originally posted here:
Va. gov McDonnell signs offshore energy bills
(AP)

Endangered listing eyed for US loggerhead turtles (AP)

AP – The federal government has recommended an endangered-species listing for loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could have big implications for the fishing industry

Excerpt from:
Endangered listing eyed for US loggerhead turtles
(AP)

Independent body to review controversial climate panel (AFP)

AFP – A respected international scientific body will review the UN’s Nobel prize-winning climate panel, under fire for errors in a key report on global warming, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday.

See the original post: 
Independent body to review controversial climate panel
(AFP)

Dutch capital to be put on trial over ICoast waste dump (AFP)

AFP – The city of Amsterdam is to be prosecuted over the dumping of toxic waste by a ship in Ivory Coast in 2006, the Supreme Court has ruled in a decision made available Wednesday.

Go here to read the rest:
Dutch capital to be put on trial over ICoast waste dump
(AFP)

World’s top scientists to review climate panel (AP)

AP – At a tumultuous time in U.N.-led climate negotiations, one of the world’s most credible scientific groups agreed Wednesday to plug the recent cracks in the authoritative reports of the United Nations’ Nobel Prize-winning global warming panel.

See the original post:
World’s top scientists to review climate panel
(AP)

S.Korea, Turkey sign deal on nuclear power plant (AFP)

AFP – The state power companies of South Korea and Turkey signed a preliminary deal here Wednesday aimed at building a nuclear power plant in northern Turkey.

The rest is here:
S.Korea, Turkey sign deal on nuclear power plant
(AFP)

Solar power could provide 10% of US energy: report (AFP)

AFP – The United States could source 10 percent of its electricity from solar power by 2030, a report said Tuesday, winning support from a US lawmaker who wants to boost the number of US solar panels.

See the original post here:
Solar power could provide 10% of US energy: report
(AFP)

Another runaway Toyota Prius reported (Reuters)

Reuters – Federal regulators said they were looking into a report of another runaway Toyota Prius, this one in Westchester County, New York, where police said a woman pulling out of a driveway zoomed across a busy street and into a stone wall.

Read the rest here:
Another runaway Toyota Prius reported
(Reuters)

US probes runaway Toyota Prius (AFP)

AFP – US investigators launched a probe Tuesday into a runaway Toyota Prius in California, a high-profile case that threatens to undermine the Japanese automaker’s effort to repair its battered image.

Here is the original post:
US probes runaway Toyota Prius
(AFP)

Next Page »