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Calif. bill sought to require product makers to reduce plastic trash polluting the ocean

The Canadian PressMay 24, 2013 18:30
SAN FRANCISCO - A California bill that would have required manufacturers to figure out how to keep the most common plastic junk out of state waterways died in the state Assembly without a vote Friday. Assembly Bill 521 was before the chamber's Appropriations Committee, and the panel failed to act on it, effectively killing the legislation for the session. It had previously passed the Assembly Natural Resource Committee. State Assemblyman Mark Stone, a D-Monterey Bay, one of the proposal's sponsors, was disappointed by the outcome.

Aurizon says cleanup under way at Quebec spill

May 7, 2013 13:57
By Julie Gordon TORONTO (Reuters) - Shares of Aurizon Mines Ltd <ARZ.TO> were down more than 13 percent on Friday, even as the gold miner assured investors that the cleanup of a tailings spill at its Quebec mine was under way and that operations were not impacted by the incident. The sharp drop came the day after provincial regulators reported that a tailings dam had broken at the Canadian miner's Casa Berardi gold mine, spilling some waste material into the surrounding area.

Aurizon stock down 11% after reporting breach at tailings pond at Quebec mine

The Canadian PressMay 3, 2013 14:30
VANCOUVER - Stock in Aurizon Mines Ltd. (TSX:ARZ) was down more than 11 per cent Friday, a day after the tailings dike at its Casa Berardi gold mine in Quebec suffered a breach. Aurizon says most of the material in the tailings pond remained inside the containment area and that there had been no further discharges. The miner said operations at Casa Berardi were not disrupted, adding that environmental authorities were no longer on site and the cleanup of the "minor discharge" was expected to be completed by later Friday.

Albania to hold referendum on waste imports

April 9, 2013 17:09
Albania is to hold a referendum on imports of waste, which are currently allowed under a law slammed by local environmental groups, the presidency said on Tuesday. Albanian President Bujar Nishani adopted a decree on the referendum after an environmental non-governmental organisation (NGO) collected 50,000 signatures as required by the constitution to hold such a vote. A law adopted in 2011 that enables imports of non-toxic waste to be either destroyed or recycled, has been repeatedly attacked by environmental NGOs.

Actor Jeremy Irons talks trash with EU bureaucrats

March 7, 2013 18:45
By Barbara Lewis BRUSSELS, March 7 (Reuters) - British actor Jeremy Irons hates waste with a passion - so much so that he overcame his natural dislike of regulation to team up with the EU bureaucrats and inject some movie magic into the bloc's latest plans on recycling rubbish. The Oscar-winning Irons took to the Commission podium on Thursday, alongside the EU environment commissioner, to kick off months of debate on plastic waste.

Washington nuclear cleanup faces $171 mln in budget cuts

March 6, 2013 04:30
By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE, March 6 (Reuters) - Automatic U.S. budget cuts will strip away roughly $171 million in funding and lead to thousands of layoffs at a decommissioned nuclear weapons site leaking radioactive waste in Washington state, the Department of Energy said on Tuesday. The DoE said it will cut payments to contractors who will in turn have to lay off or temporarily furlough thousands of workers, some as early as April 1.

UPDATE 4-Radioactive waste leaking from 6 tanks at Washington state nuclear site

February 22, 2013 22:15
(Adds plans for eventual waste treatment in paragraphs 20-21) By Eric Johnson SEATTLE, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Six underground storage tanks at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation along the Columbia River in Washington state were recently found to be leaking radioactive waste, but there is no immediate risk to human health, state and federal officials said on Friday.

US state sounds alarm over nuclear waste leaks

February 22, 2013 22:01
At least six tanks containing radioactive waste in the US state of Washington are leaking, the state said Friday, urging more federal help to clean up a site used to make Cold War-era bombs. Washington governor Jay Inslee said that the extent of the leaks at the Hanford site -- which first produced fuel for nuclear bombs in World War II and closed down 25 years ago -- was "disturbing."

U.N. offers banquet of blemished food to highlight waste

February 19, 2013 14:00
OSLO, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The United Nations treated government ministers and officials to a meal of blemished African fruit and vegetables on Tuesday to highlight how perfectly edible food is being rejected by European supermarkets. The five-course meal for 500 delegates at a week-long United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) event in the Kenyan capital included grilled sweet corn tamales, yellow lentil dal and mangomisu - a tropical version of the Italian dessert tiramisu.
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