Politics,environmental Videos

The United Nations says climate talks in Copenhagen next month must deliver a credible result. UN Environment Programme Executive Director Achim Steiner spoke to AFP about the challenges and hopes for the upcoming summit. Duration: 01:10

The Dead Sea may soon shrink to a lifeless pond as Middle East political strife blocks vital measures needed to halt the decay of the world's lowest and saltiest body of water. Environmentalists will plead for help at the Copenhagen summit on climate talks next month. Duration: 01:54

A green roof on top of a primary school in Sheffield has become the first in Britain to be made a protected haven for wildlife. The roof teaches children not only about nature -- but also about the benefits to the wider environment. Duration: 01:46.

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(11/24.09) - A three years of lawsuits, a paint company has agreed, after mediation, to clean up the Harpeth River and Liberty Creek.

Officials with The Maricopa County Air Quality Department recently held a conference at a posh resort with a nearly six figure price tag.

(11/23/09) - A Franklin paint company criticized for causing chemical pollution has agreed to start cleaning up the Harpeth River.

It's killing the trees of America. The emeral ash borer is an exotic beetle that was discovered in 2002 near Detroit Michigan. Now this killing beetle is moving closer to the dakotas. The adult beetles nibble on foliage, while the larvae are known to feed on the inner bark. This effects the tree's ability to transport water and nutrients. Forest health specialist Aaron Bergdahl says you can't stop an exotic pest, and that it will probably reach North Dakota at some point in time. (Aaron Bergdahl / Forest Health Specialist) It's a common tree and when you start look around you, you can see just how common ash is. And losing that tree species from the landscape would be a pretty devestating blow to forests, parks and municipalities as well." There is the potential it will kill all the ash trees. But Bergdahl says it's likely some will escape the first wave of infestation. Bergdahl says human transport is the way the borer moves the farthest and the fastest. He says the best thing you can do is to not transport any firewood.

What services are affected?

Public concerned about lag in notifications.

Power plant neighbors concerned over lag in notification.

Change in air pressure blamed for leak.

An environmental disaster is unfolding in northwest Canada. The region is rich in fossil fuels, but its so-called tar sands require energy-intensive -- and polluting -- processes to turn them into fuel. Duration: 01:57

Three Mile Island, NRC investigating cause of leak.

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It has gone from one of the biggest environmental messes in the state to a huge success story. Every one of the nearly 12 million tires in the old Fortino Tire Dump in West Monroe are gone.

Two years after they discovered they were drinking treated sewage water, several Chula Vista business owners are still waiting to hear about a lawsuit they filed against the Otay Water District and the city of Chula Vista.

(11/12/09) - A gas leak disrupts the day at a Metro middle school, landing students and teachers in the hospital.