Portal:Environment/Current events/Archive/2011


 * September 26: Delhi earns UN carbon credits
 * August 24: Japan nuclear disaster: areas to remain off-limits for decades
 * August 13: Shell reports oil leak at North Sea platform
 * August 13: Renewed concern over nuclear response following atomic bomb anniversary
 * July 15 : Indonesian volcano eruption prompts thousands to evacuate
 * July 9 : Polar bears related to extinct Irish bears, DNA study shows
 * July 7 : Bahamas become fourth country to ban shark fishing
 * May 17 : Tasmanians protest against pulp mill
 * April 24 : U.S. Coast Guard investigation finds 'poor safety culture' contributed to Deepwater Horizon disaster
 * April 24 : 'Apple's data is dirtiest,' says Greenpeace
 * March 16, 2011 -- Explosions and a fire at Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant have resulted in dangerous levels of radiation, sparking a stock market collapse and panic-buying in supermarkets. (SBS)
 * March 11, 2011 -- Communities around the Pacific Ocean, from Hawaii to Easter Island, scramble to safety after the Japanese Sendai earthquake and tsunami. (Guardian)
 * March 8, 2011 -- First foundations are laid for the London Array, a planned 1,000 megawatt offshore wind farm under construction in the Thames Estuary in the UK. (Kent Online)
 * March 8, 2011 -- Moves toward eco-farming, and away from chemical fertilisers and pesticides, could double food output of poor countries, says UN. (Guardian)
 * February 3, 2011 -- Under President Obama's "Better Buildings initiative", commercial buildings in the U.S. will be made 20 percent more energy efficient by 2020. (White House)
 * January 25, 2011 -- New 'Windmade' label identifies products made with wind power. (REW)
 * March 13, 2011 -- 140,000 people living within 20 kilometres of the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant in Japan are evacuated following an INES Level 4 nuclear accident. (ABC News)
 * January 24, 2011 -- South African flood death toll rises to more than 100 as government declares 33 disaster zones (Guardian)
 * January 20, 2011 -- The USDA has approved $405 million in loan guarantees to support cellulosic ethanol commercialization; the three projects will begin operation in 2012. (EPM)
 * January 17, 2011 -- Sales of sustainable seafood soar in UK supermarkets. (Guardian)
 * January 16, 2011 -- Spain demands US clears earth from site of 1966 Palomares nuclear bomb mishap. (Guardian)
 * January 11, 2011 -- New global investment in clean energy reached $243 billion in 2010, up from $186 billion in 2009. (REW)