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Latest News

New Micro-algae Clean Highly Radioactive Waste

GRENOBLE, France, April 16, 2014 (ENS) – A single-celled green alga that can tolerate extreme conditions may soon be widely used to clean up radioactive effluents and wastewater from nuclear facilities in an inexpensive and environmentally-safe manner. […]

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Latest News

Malawi Clamps Down on Ivory Trafficking

LILONGWE, Malawi, April 16, 2014 (ENS) – Several new cases of illegal ivory trafficking have come to light within a month of the official launch of Malawi’s “Stop Wildlife Crime” campaign, a joint effort of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife and the Lilongwe Wildlife Trust. […]

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AmeriScan

AmeriScan: April 16, 2014

Active Deepwater Horizon Cleanup Ends Today … GM Puts $449 Million Into EV, Battery Production … Appeals Court Upholds EPA Mercury Emissions Rule … Fish in Western National Parks Test High for Mercury … Bark Loses in Court, Jazz Timber Sale Goes Ahead … Ski Areas on National Forests Opened for Summer Fun … NOAA Plans to Expand Two National Marine Sanctuaries […]

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AmeriScan: April 14, 2014

New Coalition Leading Green Voters to the Polls … Climate Change Heads EPA’s Five-Year Strategic Plan … Michigan Eases Taxes for Frack-less Tight Oil Recovery … Poll: Americans Like Ethanol … Los Angeles Tops in Energy Star Buildings … Chips Made With Olestra Cause Drop in Body Toxins […]

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Energy

Momentum Builds to Restore Wind Energy Tax Credit

WASHINGTON, DC, April 14, 2014 (ENS) – Last year, the U.S. wind energy industry chalked up a record number of projects and generating capacity under construction. By year end, private corporations invested billions of dollars, and new records for generation were set in many locations, but the federal production tax credit has expired. […]

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Latest News

African Poachers Beware: Billionaire Brandishes His Wallet

DAR es SALAAM, Tanzania, April 14, 2014 (ENS) – On a visit to Tanzania, Howard G. Buffett, the elder son of American investor and philanthropist Warren Edward Buffett, Thursday pledged to provide a helicopter to fight poachers in the Selous Game Reserve, in addition to a multi-million dollar investment in protecting South Africa’s rhinos, announced in March. […]

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Air/Climate

IPCC: CO2 Emissions Soar, Yet Paths to Avoid Calamity Open

BERLIN, Germany, April 13, 2014 (ENS) – Global greenhouse gas emissions grew more quickly between 2000 and 2010 than in any of the three previous decades, reaching record levels despite a growing number of policies to reduce climate change, finds a new report by economists with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released today in Berlin […]

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Air/Climate

Keystone XL Pipeline Fight Heats Up as Decision Nears

WASHINGTON, DC, April 11, 2014 (ENS) – Two large national public health groups today wrote to Secretary of State John Kerry, joining a request for an in-depth human health study on the Keystone XL pipeline before the President decides whether to permit the tar sands pipeline to cross the Canada-U.S. border. […]

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Latest News

Bangladesh Agrees to Upgrade Ship Recycling Standards

LONDON, UK, April 11, 2014 (ENS) – ​The International Maritime Organization and the Government of Bangladesh today agreed to improve safety and environmental standards in the country’s ship-recycling industry through cooperative efforts over the next 18 months. […]

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AmeriScan

AmeriScan: Apr. 8, 2014

Harvard Creates $20 Million Climate Fund … U.S. Eats Pirate-Caught Seafood … Hawaiian Coconut Palm the 2014 Ultimate Big Tree … Seattle Mariners First Pro Team Named e-Stewards … Eco Comics and Comixology Ink Distribution Pact … Groups Sue Over Wildlife Killing in Jaguar Habitat …Rare Lynx at Risk From Traps in Idaho […]

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Land Use/Forests

Oil Vote Deadline Looms for Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park

QUITO, Ecuador, April 8, 2014 (ENS) – In 2007, for the meager sum of US$3.6 billion, Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa offered the world a chance to buy into a conservation plan, called the Yasuní-ITT Initiative, to save his country’s easternmost sector from oil extraction. […]

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At Risk

Ukraine Turmoil Leaves Zoo Animals Starving

KIEV, Ukraine, April 7, 2014 (ENS) – Ukraine resident Lionel de Lange, an entrepreneurial, animal-loving, bush war veteran from South Africa, is engaged in a rescue mission – to save more than 6,000 Ukraine zoo animals from starvation brought on by economic and political strife in the region. […]