The staff voted to help the fight against global warming in their 2007 yearbook by using Envirolux paper. Envirolux paper is the highest quality recycled gloss paper in the world according to Friesen's Web site, www. friesens.com. This year, the choices included Envirolux paper, a different type of cover or a graduation supplement. According to the Environmental Protections Agency, greenhouse gases are released as a result of driving non-hybrid cars, using electricity to light and heat...

CAFOs, which detractors often call factory farms, have been accused of polluting waterways and creating foul odors, dust, gaseous emissions and other air pollution. Hudson-based Vreba-Hoff Dairy LLC was told by the Ingham Circuit Court that it must pay $180,000 in fines and court costs and reduce its herd since the company didn't seem to have the capacity to handle the manure generated on the two farms, which have about 6,200 animals between them. Nearly all manure generated by CAFOs is...

Through the grant, REACH will work to reduce the exposure of residents to water and air pollution from local hog operations, particularly hydrogen sulfide, in the Duplin County area. Hog waste is a significant source of water pollution because heavy rain and flooding can cause lagoons to overflow and the fields on which waste is sprayed leak polluted runoff into streams, rivers and wells. Hog waste also contributes to air pollution because the breakdown of the waste produces methane,...

Dr Sharma was delivering a lecture on Advances in Participatory Biodiversity Management in the Hindukush range on the second day of the national seminar on Environment Management in 21st Century: Issues and Challenges at the Department of Botany, BHU, on Friday. The ECOLOGICAL system of the mountains is on the decline due to increasing human activities, climate variations and other external and internal factors. Dr Sharma was delivering a lecture on Advances in Participatory Biodiversity...

There are other game fish to be caught, such as vermilion snapper, grouper and trigger fish, and later in the season, kingfish, amberjack, ling and dolphin fish. With the changes, fish numbers should begin going up by 2009, and by 2013, allowable catches could be raised and the season lengthened again, he said. Elliott s Party Boats in Freeport before new recommendations were announced last week to shorten the red snapper season and restrict recreational snapper catches to a pair of...

Health officials hope the agreement will improve the air quality in Clairton, which does not meet federal Environmental Protection Agency standards for particulate pollution. The company could also be fined by the hour for visible pollution emissions detected by a smoke monitor, and must pay a $50,000 fine if that monitor is not working 90 percent of the time, said Roger Westman, the health department's air quality manager. The deal stems from smoke and particulate pollution from the...

State agency's higher ozone levels make 2009 goal more elusive 12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, June 10, 2007 By RANDY LEE LOFTIS / The Dallas Morning News rloftis@dallasnews.com Sometime between mid-December and late May, the most important environmental effort in North Texas took a turn. State agency's higher ozone levels make 2009 goal more elusive 12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, June 10, 2007 By RANDY LEE LOFTIS / The Dallas Morning News rloftis@dallasnews.com Sometime between mid-December and late...

A former chairman of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, president of the Scottish Wildlife Trust and vice-president of the Council for the Preservation of Rural Scotland, he has also served on the Nature Conservancy Council and Forestry Commission and was chairman of Scottish Natural Heritage. A former chairman of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, president of the Scottish Wildlife Trust and vice-president of the Council for the Preservation of Rural Scotland, he...

Deepen economic and trade cooperation in such areas as telecommunications, environmental protection and biotechnology; Deals inked on trade and environment. It was the first visit ever by a Chinese head of state since the two countries established diplomatic ties in 1950. Coordinate in international affairs, particularly in United Nations reform, sustainable development, poverty relief and promotion of free trade; China is Sweden's largest trading partner in Asia, with bilateral trade worth $6.