Canadian province bans uranium exploration
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) – British Columbia shut the door on exploring for radioactive minerals on Thursday, saying companies cannot claim rights to them even if the discovery is by accident.

IDC Develops Eco-friendly Inflatable Solar Panel for Domestic Use
As a leading sustainable product designer, Industrial Design Consultancy (IDC) is delighted to announce its latest product development; an inflatable solar collector called SolarStore. The SolarStore harnesses the sunÁ-?s natural energy to warm domestic water and can heat up to three full tanks of water per day at temperatures close to 80á¦C.

Natural-gas vehicles hot in Utah, where the fuel is cheap
SALT LAKE CITY – Troy Anderson was at the gas pump and couldn’t have been happier, filling up at a rate of $5 per tank.

JPMorgan Chase Aims for 20 Percent Carbon Reduction
NEW YORK, N.Y. — The firm plans to cut its carbon emissions around the globe, mostly from facilities, by 20 percent by 2012 as well as offset all employee air travel.

Kodak Makes Progess on Sustainability Goals
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Kodak has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions 28 percent since 2002, and has recycled or reused 42 million pounds of waste through a company program, it announced this week. The company also made strides in reducing energy consumption and occupational injuries.

Autodesk Program Helps Make Sustainable Design Choices
OAKLAND, Calif. — The maker of 3D modeling software has created a program to help designers easily see the environmental aspects of their material choices.

Judge Orders Tyson Foods to Stop Ad Campaign
A federal judge in Baltimore ordered Tyson Foods yesterday to stop using a recent advertising campaign because he says it is misleading consumers into believing that the poultry giant is raising its chickens drug-free. The U.S. District Court ruling comes in response to a lawsuit filed against the company by Salisbury-based Perdue Farms and Sanderson Farms of Mississippi.

New Fish Farms Move from Ocean to Warehouse
Earlier this week, on a spring day in April, John Stubblefield walked past the blue tanks of striped bass, Atlantic sea bream, and cobia stored inside a Baltimore, Maryland, laboratory. “In this tank, it’s spring in May. This tank it’s spring in September,” he said. At the University of Maryland’s Center for Marine Biotechnology, Stubblefield and his fellow researchers are not only altering nature, they are creating what may be the next generation of seafood.

Smithsonian to open massive new ‘Ocean Hall’ in September
WASHINGTON (AP) – The least understood two-thirds of planet Earth – the oceans – are soon to get needed attention from the Smithsonian Institution. “The oceans are a global system that is essential to all life in Earth, including you,” acting Smithsonian Secretary Cristian Samper said Thursday

Desalting seawater to meet water needs may hold promise
WASHINGTON (AP) – There’s probably a place for desalted seawater in meeting the nation’s future water needs, but research is needed to reduce the costs and impact on the environment, the National Research Council says.

Public, private money announced for Yosemite
WASHINGTON Á-¦ More public and private dollars will be flowing to Yosemite National Park under a first-of-its-kind effort unveiled Thursday.

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