http://mobile.reuters.com/category/environmentNews Reuters Mobile is your source for breaking news, business, financial and investing news, including market data giving you access to the information you need - any time, anywhere. Reuters is the leading global provider of news, financial information and technology solutions to the world's media, financial institutions, businesses and individuals. Copyright 2008 Reuters en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 02:40:43 -0400 5 /resources/images/mobile/small/logo.png 120 35 http://mobile.reuters.com/category/environmentNews http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94N0IJ20130524?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A key satellite positioned to track severe weather in the eastern United States has failed, just as the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season is about to start. Fri, 24 May 2013 16:22:26 -0400 http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94N0IJ20130524?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94M0GB20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China may impose higher quality standards for imported and locally traded coal to cut air pollution, two sources said, in a move that could slash imports while boosting the fortunes of a faltering domestic industry. Thu, 23 May 2013 07:27:19 -0400 http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94M0GB20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94M0NE20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews BERLIN (Reuters) - German brewers have warned Chancellor Angela Merkel's government that any law allowing the controversial drilling technique known as fracking could damage the country's cherished beer industry. Thu, 23 May 2013 09:55:08 -0400 http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94M0NE20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94L17M20130522?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Frogs, toads and salamanders have been in trouble for decades, but a new U.S. government study shows just how quickly many amphibians are disappearing from ponds and creeks across the United States. Wed, 22 May 2013 17:23:14 -0400 http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94L17M20130522?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94L17J20130522?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews BEIJING (Reuters) - The discovery of dangerous levels of toxic cadmium in rice sold in the southern city of Guangzhou, the latest in a series of food scandals, has piled more pressure on China to clean up its food chain - possibly at the expense of Mao Zedong's cherished goal of self-sufficiency. Wed, 22 May 2013 17:20:33 -0400 http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94L17J20130522?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94M0YL20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews MIAMI (Reuters) - The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season could be "extremely active" and spawn 13 to 20 tropical storms, seven to 11 of which are expected to become hurricanes, the U.S. government's top climate agency predicted on Thursday. Thu, 23 May 2013 15:00:39 -0400 http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94M0YL20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94J0TK20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) - Tornado survivors thanked God, sturdy closets and luck in explaining how they lived through the colossal twister that devastated an Oklahoma town and killed 24 people, an astonishingly low toll given the extent of destruction. Wed, 22 May 2013 20:58:09 -0400 http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94J0TK20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94K0I420130521?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews CHICAGO (Reuters) - Occasional rainfall over the next week to 10 days will slow seedings of the U.S. corn crop, which was planted at a record fast pace last week, an agricultural meteorologist said on Tuesday. Tue, 21 May 2013 08:21:02 -0400 http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94K0I420130521?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94K07J20130521?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Days before a Shell drillship went aground in the storm-tossed Gulf of Alaska, it was clear that towing failures could spell disaster for the vessel, the crew and the marine environment, a company official told a U.S. Coast Guard panel on Monday. Tue, 21 May 2013 04:08:10 -0400 http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94K07J20130521?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94K0CL20130521?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews BEIJING (Reuters) - China's small traditional trade in carving uses ivory acquired through legal auctions and in no way encourages or worsens the problem of elephant poaching in Africa, a senior Chinese official said on Tuesday. Tue, 21 May 2013 05:05:19 -0400 http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94K0CL20130521?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94L10F20130522?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews (Reuters) - Montreal, Canada's second-largest city, has asked 1.3 million people to boil their drinking water after a problem at one of the city's water treatment facilities. Wed, 22 May 2013 14:16:42 -0400 http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94L10F20130522?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94L0YO20130522?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will travel to the Oklahoma City area on Sunday to see the devastation caused by tornadoes this week and to talk to families affected by the storm, White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Wednesday. Wed, 22 May 2013 13:40:29 -0400 http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94L0YO20130522?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94L0QE20130522?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd said on Wednesday it has repaired and reopened a rail line near Jansen, Saskatchewan, and continues to clean up after a derailment that spilled 575 barrels of crude oil on Tuesday. Wed, 22 May 2013 11:03:59 -0400 http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94L0QE20130522?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94K0SG20130522?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews (Reuters) - A powerful tornado devastated the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing 24 people, including nine children, according to the Oklahoma medical examiner's office. At one point, as many as 91 were feared dead, but authorities have since scaled back the official death toll. Wed, 22 May 2013 00:17:22 -0400 http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94K0SG20130522?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94K12220130522?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Disasters such as Monday's tornado that wiped out much of Moore, Oklahoma often prompt people to help victims by collecting goods or launching blood drives, but charitable groups said money, not goods, is the best way to help. Wed, 22 May 2013 00:17:22 -0400 http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94K12220130522?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94K19F20130522?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews (Reuters) - The tornado that slammed into the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, killing 24 people, was upgraded on Tuesday to a rating of EF5, the category reserved for the most damaging twisters on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, the National Weather Service said. Wed, 22 May 2013 00:17:22 -0400 http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94K19F20130522?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94L02920130522?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews (Reuters) - The people of central Oklahoma know all too well the destructive power of a tornado, but when a big one rolled toward the town of Moore again on Monday, residents had few basements and storm shelters to run to when the alarm sounded, officials said. Wed, 22 May 2013 00:17:22 -0400 http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94L02920130522?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94J0TK20130521?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) - Rescuers went building to building in search of victims and thousands of survivors were homeless on Tuesday after a massive tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, wiping out whole blocks of homes and killing at least 24 people. Tue, 21 May 2013 19:30:58 -0400 http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94J0TK20130521?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94K16H20130521?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) - The damage from Monday's tornado in a suburb of Oklahoma City is likely to exceed that caused by the 2011 twister in Joplin, Missouri, that killed 161 people, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak said. Tue, 21 May 2013 17:30:32 -0400 http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94K16H20130521?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94K16120130521?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews (Reuters) - The tornado that struck the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday was a rare EF5, the highest rating the National Weather Service assigns in classifying the strength of tornadoes. Tue, 21 May 2013 16:30:28 -0400 http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE94K16120130521?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews