US Consumers to Gain Access to Their Energy Information

The Obama administration has announced a series of measures to make energy information readily accessible to consumers and promote innovation in the energy sector as part of a broader effort to modernise the US electricity grid. Google and The Climate Group along with a coalition of businesses and NGOs sent a letter to President Obama … Read more

US Navy Abandons Plans to Sink Old Aircraft Carriers

The Basel Action Network, a global toxic trade watchdog organisation, has claimed victory as the US Navy confirms it has changed its decision to scuttle the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal, choosing instead to have the ship recycled in the US. This change follows the December 2010 release of BAN’s report ’Jobs and Dollars Overboard: The … Read more