http://www.mail.com/subjects/22116-waste-management.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/22116-waste-management.html http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2076448-nations-agree-to-chemical-ban-export-controls.html GENEVA (AP) — A summit on chemicals and hazardous wastes ended Friday with an agreement to globally phase out a widely used flame retardant and to accept stricter requirements for disclosing information about exports of four other chemicals. But participants fell short in their efforts to require more information and consent among nations trading in a con... Fri, 10 May 2013 19:52:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2076448-nations-agree-to-chemical-ban-export-controls.html 2013-05-10T19:52:25Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2012568-severe-storms-sock-midwest-push-east-1-dead.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — At least one death has been blamed on a strong spring storm system that's brought everything from tornadoes to ice and snow to much of the Midwest and parts of the southeast United States. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency spokesman Greg Flynn said Thursday one person died and several people were injured after a reported tornado str... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:54:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2012568-severe-storms-sock-midwest-push-east-1-dead.html 2013-04-11T18:54:31Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010906-agency-by-agency-guide-to-obamas-2014-budget.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by a net $600 billion over 10 years, raise taxes and trim popular benefit programs, including Social Security and Medicare. The White House claims deficit reductions of $1.8 trillion, but Obama's proposal would negate more than $1 trillion in automatic ... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:41:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010906-agency-by-agency-guide-to-obamas-2014-budget.html 2013-04-10T23:41:12Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2008568-albania-to-trash-import-plan-to-referendum.html TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania pledged Tuesday to hold a historic referendum on whether to scrap waste imports, a money-making program strongly opposed by environmentalists who say the poor Balkan country is already buried under its own trash. A law passed in 2011 allows the import of non-radioactive waste for destruction or recycling in factories. But li... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:13:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2008568-albania-to-trash-import-plan-to-referendum.html 2013-04-09T17:13:45Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1993714-nuclear-board-warns-hanford-tank-explosion-risk.html YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Underground tanks that hold a stew of toxic, radioactive waste at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site pose a possible risk of explosion, a nuclear safety board said in advance of confirmation hearings for the next leader of the Energy Department. State and federal officials have long known that hydrogen gas could build up insi... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:28:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1993714-nuclear-board-warns-hanford-tank-explosion-risk.html 2013-04-03T00:28:27Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1980798-report-big-okla-quake-2011-man-made.html WASHINGTON (AP) — An unusual and widely felt 5.6-magnitude quake in Oklahoma in 2011 was probably caused when oil drilling waste was pushed deep underground, a team of university and federal scientists concluded. That would make it the most powerful quake to be blamed on deep injections of wastewater, according to a study published Tuesday by the journal ... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:04:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1980798-report-big-okla-quake-2011-man-made.html 2013-03-26T23:04:49Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1979542-nuclear-waste-growing-headache-skorea.html ULSAN, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's weapons program is not the only nuclear headache for South Korea. The country's radioactive waste storage is filling up as its nuclear power industry burgeons, but what South Korea sees as its best solution — reprocessing the spent fuel so it can be used again — faces stiff opposition from its U.S. ally. South Korea... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:25:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1979542-nuclear-waste-growing-headache-skorea.html 2013-03-26T10:25:11Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1967868-sides-agree-tough-fracking-standards.html PITTSBURGH (AP) — Some of the nation's biggest oil and gas companies have made peace with environmentalists, agreeing to a voluntary set of tough new standards for fracking in the Northeast that could lead to a major expansion of drilling. The program announced Wednesday will work a lot like Underwriters Laboratories, which puts its familiar UL seal of ap... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:52:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1967868-sides-agree-tough-fracking-standards.html 2013-03-20T20:52:54Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1944008-japans-cleanup-lags-tsunami-nuke-accident.html NARAHA, Japan (AP) — Two years after the triple calamities of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster ravaged Japan's northeastern Pacific coast, debris containing asbestos, lead, PCBs — and perhaps most worrying — radioactive waste due to the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant looms as a threat for the region. So far, disposal of debris from the ... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 05:57:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1944008-japans-cleanup-lags-tsunami-nuke-accident.html 2013-03-10T05:57:27Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1937570-feds-to-ship-wash-radioactive-waste-to-nm.html RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Removing radioactive waste from underground tanks at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site has proven to be technologically vexing for years, and recent word that six tanks are leaking has only added pressure to the efforts to empty them. A proposal to ship some of that waste to New Mexico to ultimately stem the leaks earned a... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:31:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1937570-feds-to-ship-wash-radioactive-waste-to-nm.html 2013-03-07T18:31:20Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1923062-doe-budget-cuts-slow-nuclear-waste-cleanup.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Cleanup of radioactive waste at nuclear sites across the country — including one in Washington state where waste tanks may be leaking 1,000 gallons per year — would be delayed under automatic spending cuts set to take effect Friday. Energy Secretary Steven Chu says the cuts would delay work at the department's highest-risk sites, includi... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:10:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1923062-doe-budget-cuts-slow-nuclear-waste-cleanup.html 2013-03-01T00:10:55Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1910388-smugglers-cashing-michigan-refund.html LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers want to crack down on can and bottle smugglers they say are scamming Michigan for undeserved recycling refunds, corrupting a generous 10-cent per container payback policy once infamously portrayed in a "Seinfeld" episode and which beverage officials now claim costs the state millions of dollars annually. "Seinfeld"... Sat, 23 Feb 2013 21:30:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1910388-smugglers-cashing-michigan-refund.html 2013-02-23T21:30:03Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1909928-6-leaking-tanks-hanford-nuke-sites-latest-woe.html YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Federal and state officials say six underground tanks holding a brew of radioactive and toxic waste are leaking at the country's most contaminated nuclear site in south-central Washington, raising concerns about delays for emptying the aging tanks. The leaking materials at Hanford Nuclear Reservation pose no immediate risk to public s... Sat, 23 Feb 2013 18:15:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1909928-6-leaking-tanks-hanford-nuke-sites-latest-woe.html 2013-02-23T18:15:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1909596-6-tanks-hanford-nuclear-site-wash-leaking.html YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Six underground tanks that hold a brew of radioactive and toxic waste at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site are leaking, federal and state officials said Friday, prompting calls for an investigation from a key senator. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said the leaking material poses no immediate risk to public safety or the environ... Sat, 23 Feb 2013 02:34:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1909596-6-tanks-hanford-nuclear-site-wash-leaking.html 2013-02-23T02:34:02Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1900604-hamas-accuses-egypt-flooding-gaza-tunnels.html GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Hamas rulers of Gaza and local smugglers on Tuesday accused Egypt of flooding cross-border tunnels with sewage water in order to halt a thriving smuggling trade that has propped up the local economy for the past five years. Flooding the dozens of tunnels that run along the short Gaza-Egypt border was a rare act of tension ... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:47:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1900604-hamas-accuses-egypt-flooding-gaza-tunnels.html 2013-02-19T17:47:39Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1896160-russian-region-recovery-meteor-fall.html CHELYABINSK, Russia (AP) — As a small army of people worked to replace acres of windows shattered by the enormous explosion from a meteor, many joked on Saturday about what had happened in this troubled pocket of Russia. One of the most popular jests: Residents of the meteor were terrified to see Chelyabinsk approaching. The fireball that streaked into th... Sat, 16 Feb 2013 23:58:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1896160-russian-region-recovery-meteor-fall.html 2013-02-16T23:58:35Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1895340-yorkers-react-to-mayors-plastic-foam-ban-push.html NEW YORK (AP) — Barely 24 hours after Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed an all-out ban on plastic foam food containers in the city and already New Yorkers are asking: So what do we use instead? Bloomberg's announcement Thursday left consumers and food vendors big and small wondering what a city free of plastic foam might look like. Polystyrene foam contain... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:03:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1895340-yorkers-react-to-mayors-plastic-foam-ban-push.html 2013-02-15T22:03:09Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1894080-budget-cut-impact-smaller-navy-fired-teachers.html What does smaller government look like? The budget standoff between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans means Americans may soon find out, and the picture the Obama administration sketches is downright scary. Cuts in the Navy's Pacific operations of one-third. Furloughed food inspectors forcing nationwide closures of meat and poultry plan... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:06:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1894080-budget-cut-impact-smaller-navy-fired-teachers.html 2013-02-15T15:06:23Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1881758-solar-industry-grapples-with-hazardous-wastes.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Homeowners on the hunt for sparkling solar panels are lured by ads filled with images of pristine landscapes and bright sunshine, and words about the technology's benefits for the environment — and the wallet. What customers may not know is that there's a dirtier side. While solar is a far less polluting energy source than coal or nat... Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1881758-solar-industry-grapples-with-hazardous-wastes.html 2013-02-10T22:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1879358-leaner-year-china-tones-celebrations.html BEIJING (AP) — Chinese New Year is traditionally a time for colorful and noisy displays of fireworks and generous-portioned banquets. This year, the festivities are likely to be a little more austere. Authorities have asked the public to set off fewer fireworks in Beijing to reduce pollution, a new anti-extravagance drive has prompted government officials... Sat, 09 Feb 2013 05:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1879358-leaner-year-china-tones-celebrations.html 2013-02-09T05:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1858128-china-14-guilty-pollution-protest-violence.html BEIJING (AP) — Fourteen people pleaded guilty to encouraging a riot in eastern China last year in which the local Communist Party chief was stripped half-naked in a mass protest that ultimately forced the local government to scrap a wastewater treatment project. The official Xinhua News Agency said the defendants were prosecuted Wednesday on charges of en... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1858128-china-14-guilty-pollution-protest-violence.html 2013-01-31T08:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1838202-pentagon-researches-life-dead-satellites.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Call it space grave robbery for a cause: Imagine scavenging defunct communication satellites for their valuable parts and recycling them to build brand new ones for cheap. It's the latest pet project from the Pentagon's research wing known for its quirky and sometimes out-there ideas. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is spe... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1838202-pentagon-researches-life-dead-satellites.html 2013-01-22T17:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1789378-to-use-japans-growing-plutonium-stockpile.html ROKKASHO, Japan (AP) — How is an atomic-powered island nation riddled with fault lines supposed to handle its nuclear waste? Part of the answer was supposed to come from this windswept village along Japan's northern coast. By hosting a high-tech facility that would convert spent fuel into a plutonium-uranium mix designed for the next generation of reactor... Fri, 28 Dec 2012 08:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1789378-to-use-japans-growing-plutonium-stockpile.html 2012-12-28T08:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1758094-exxon-us-energy-revival-staying-power.html NEW YORK (AP) — Exxon says the energy renaissance in the U.S. will continue and predicts that North America will become a net exporter of oil and natural gas by the middle of the next decade. The company's annual long-term energy outlook, released Tuesday, says the rapid growth of production in the U.S. and Canada, along with improved energy efficiency, w... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1758094-exxon-us-energy-revival-staying-power.html 2012-12-11T19:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1750442-critic-questions-way-coal-firms-build-slurry-ponds.html MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — With a driver and his bulldozer missing in a thick, dark lake of coal slurry, a mine safety expert and critic of the coal industry says regulators are ignoring stricter construction standards that could prevent more failures at hundreds of similar dam-like structures around the country. For at least a decade, state and federal reg... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1750442-critic-questions-way-coal-firms-build-slurry-ponds.html 2012-12-07T16:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1726780-workers-raise-1st-chernobyl-shelter.html CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER STATION, Ukraine (AP) — Workers have raised the first section of a colossal arch-shaped structure that eventually will cover the exploded nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl power station. Project officials on Tuesday hailed the raising as a significant step in a complex effort to clean up the consequences of the 1986 explosion, the w... Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1726780-workers-raise-1st-chernobyl-shelter.html 2012-11-27T18:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1722612-natural-gas-drillers-target-us-truck-bus-market.html SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — If the trash truck or bus rolling down your street seems a little quieter these days, you're not imagining things. It's probably running on natural gas. Surging gas production has led the drilling industry to seek out new markets for its product, and energy companies, increasingly, are setting their sights on the transportation sector... Sun, 25 Nov 2012 19:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1722612-natural-gas-drillers-target-us-truck-bus-market.html 2012-11-25T19:10:00Z