TOKYO -- (AP) The world's top industrialized countries should develop environmentally friendly workplaces and help workers move to nonpolluting industries, their labor ministers said Tuesday.  Continue reading >>

OSLO, Norway -- (AP) Norway's greenhouse gas emissions rose nearly 3 percent last year to record levels due to extraordinary pollution from the startup phase of a new natural gas plant in the Arctic, Statistics Norway said Tuesday.  Continue reading >>

TOKYO -- (AP) Honda's new hydrogen-powered vehicle, set for leasing within a few months, radically reduced the sizes of its fuel cell and motor for a superclean car with the same interior space as a regular car, engineers said Tuesday.  Full version available to lex

PICHER, Okla. -- (AP) The reason most residents of Picher won't be able to rebuild their homes following a massive tornado is plainly visible from most parts of town.  Massive piles of lead and zinc mining waste known as chat piles tower above the landscape in far northeastern Oklahoma. 

DALLAS — An Arkansas nanotechnology company has been awarded $224,997 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop a green alternative to fluorescent lighting.

Nanomaterials and Nanofabrication Laboratories LLC (NN-Labs) of Fayetteville is one of seven small businesses to receive a total of  $1.6 million in funding to commercialize green technologies.

NN-Labs was awarded a Phase II SBIR cont

(AP) A new generation of nuclear power plants is on the drawing boards in the U.S., but the projected cost is causing some sticker shock: $5 billion to $12 billion a plant, double to quadruple earlier rough estimates.  Full version available to lexis.com subscribers.

PICHER, Okla. -- (AP) The Environmental Protection Agency was preparing to conduct air and soil tests to check for high lead levels Monday after a deadly tornado blew through Picher, a town so polluted with lead-filled mining waste that it's a Superfund si

PHOENIX -- (AP) Republican John McCain, reaching out to both independents and green-minded social conservatives, argues that global warming is undeniable and the country must take steps to bring it under control while adhering to free-market principles.  Continue reading >>

CHICAGO — The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) has re-elected John W. Rowe, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Exelon Corp., as chairman of its board of directors.  NEI also has re-elected W. Gary Gates, president and CEO of the Omaha Public Power District, as vice chairman of the board.

NEI elected two new members and re-elected three members to its board of directors.  Three new members were elected to the board’s executive committee, and three me

DENVER — As part of an initiative to strengthen the company’s board of directors’ leadership and enhance corporate governance, the board of directors of Evergreen Energy Inc., a cleaner coal technology, energy production and environmental solutions company, has added energy and capital markets veteran William H. Walker Jr. to its board of directors as its new non-executive chairman.

Walker, 62, is former president of Howard Weil Inc., a respected energy and capital f

HOUSTON — Planet Resource Recovery Inc. has announced the appointment of Lawrence Clayton Jr. to its advisory board.  Clayton is a private consultant with significant financial and operational energy expertise, having served at high growth energy companies as chief financial officer and senior vice president over the past 20 years. 

Clayton will sit on the Planet Resource Recovery Inc. Advisory Board, advising senior management in financial analysis, deal-structuring,

LUBBOCK, Texas — Global Recycle Energy Inc., formerly Charter Equities, a Texas-based recycling company, has announced that it has redirected its business to focus on the cotton recycling market.

Located in Lubbock, the company’s primary focus is now the accumulation of cotton waste products from cotton growers that it further refines and separates to recapture unusable fibers and then distributes those fibers for sale and use in China.  Those fibers are used in combi

BRASILIA, Brazil -- (AP) Brazil's government unveiled new eco-friendly development plans for the Amazon rain forest Thursday, including low-cost loans to farmers and emergency measures to combat illegal logging.  Full version available for lexis.com subscribers.

CARACAS, Venezuela -- (AP) Mining company Gold Reserve Inc. says its permit to develop a gold and copper deposit in Venezuela's biologically diverse Imataca Forest has been formally rescinded.  Full version available to lexis.com subscribers.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- (AP) Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Thursday that pressure from the auto industry will not deter California from attempting to impose strict emission rules for vehicles sold in the state.  Full version available to lexis.com subscribers.

BOISE, Idaho -- (AP) Eight Western states on Thursday rejected a company's plan to ship tons of radioactive waste from Italy for disposal in Utah, saying importing foreign loads would violate the group's rules.  Full version available to lexis.com subscribers.

Michael B. Gerrard of Arnold & Porter LLP, a prominent environmental law attorney and Lexis author, will deliver the keynote opening address at the 2008 National Environmental, Energy and Resources Law Summit on Climate Change and Air Quality — Cross Border Issues. The program, which is presented by the Canadian Bar Association’s National Environmental, Energy and Resources Law Section (NEERLS) and Con

HOUSTON -- (AP) Federal prosecutors violated the rights of victims of a deadly 2005 explosion at a BP PLC plant when they didn't consult them about a plea agreement to settle criminal conduct in connection with the blast, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.  Continue reading >>

NEW YORK -- (AP) At least two major oil companies said late Wednesday they have agreed to settle lawsuits over the use of the gasoline additive MTBE, a potential carcinogen that has been found in drinking water.   Continue reading >>