Alaska

  • Anchorage Doubles Curbside Recycling

    June 19th, 2008


    Nearly double the number of homes in Anchorage, Alaska will soon have curbside recycling available. The city’s biggest trash hauler, Alaska Waste, will offer the program to 35,000 of its 44,000 customers, reports the Anchorage Daily News.

    Participants will be able to recycle cardboard, mixed paper, recyclable plastics, tin and aluminum. The cost is six dollars a month. Trash pickup continue …


  • BP to Pay Largest Criminal Fine Ever for Air Violations

    October 25th, 2007


    BP Products North America, Inc. has agreed to pay a total criminal fine of more than $60 million for violations of federal environmental regulations in Texas and Alaska.


  • EPA Awards 20 Environmental Justice Small Grants

    October 3rd, 2007


    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $1 million in grants across the country for improving the environment in low-income communities.


  • How to Build Political Backing for a Better Light Bulb

    September 13th, 2007


    Congress is currently trying to pass a bill to require that light bulbs be 300 percent more efficient by 2020, which would also demand that non-efficient bulbs be replaced immediately.


  • Eating Fish: Good for Heart, Bad for Environment?

    August 13th, 2007


    The American Heart Association may be preaching the benefits of fish for low blood pressure and other positive health issues, but the population of fish like salmon and tuna might be in trouble as a result.


  • American Waters: What Hurts, What Helps

    July 18th, 2007


    America’s waterways are still being contaminated by pesticides and Mercury, which is affecting river ecosystems as well as those who consume fish.


  • Know Before You Go with Beaches 911

    July 3rd, 2007


    Summer and especially the Fourth of July holiday means throngs of beach goers descend upon the surf and the Earth 911 Beach Water Quality section is here to help you “Know Before You Go.” The beach section was established in 2001 through an EPA grant to help provide coastal states with the beach-water-quality, public-notification tools that are required as part continue …