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UN Environment Opens Fourth Assembly in Mourning

March 11, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on UN Environment Opens Fourth Assembly in Mourning

 

NAIROBI, Kenya, March 11, 2019 (ENS) – The world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment opened in Nairobi today with a moment of silence for the victims of [...]

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Goldman Environmental Prize Rewards Brave Activists

April 24, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Goldman Environmental Prize Rewards Brave Activists

 

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 24, 2018 (ENS) – The Goldman Environmental Foundation Monday announced seven recipients of the 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize, the world’s largest award for grassroots [...]

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Hong Kong Bans Trade in Elephant Ivory by 2022

February 5, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Hong Kong Bans Trade in Elephant Ivory by 2022

 

HONG KONG, February 5, 2018 (ENS) – The Hong Kong Legislative Council has voted to pass a bill that will end local ivory trade in Hong Kong by [...]

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Hong Kong Starts Burning Huge Stockpile of Seized Ivory

May 15, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Hong Kong Starts Burning Huge Stockpile of Seized Ivory

 

HONG KONG, China, May 15, 2014 (ENS) – The Hong Kong government today began the destruction of its giant ivory stockpile in a message to elephant poachers and [...]

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Hong Kong to Incinerate Huge Ivory Stockpile

January 24, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Hong Kong to Incinerate Huge Ivory Stockpile

 

HONG KONG, China, January 24, 2014 (ENS) – The Hong Kong government has decided to destroy one of the world’s largest ivory stockpiles as a deterrent to poachers [...]

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Land Use/Forests

China’s Corals Fall Victim to ‘Wicked Environmental Problems’

December 28, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on China’s Corals Fall Victim to ‘Wicked Environmental Problems’

 

TOWNSVILLE, Queensland, Australia, December 28, 2012 (ENS) – China’s coral reefs have declined by 80 percent in the past three decades, destroyed by the consequences of economic development, [...]

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Hong Kong Probes Liability for Plastic Pellet Spill

August 14, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Hong Kong Probes Liability for Plastic Pellet Spill

HONG KONG, China, August 14, 2012 (ENS) – Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying says he supports the investigation into who is responsible for the plastic pellet spill, in [...]

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Typhoon Dumps Tons of Plastic Pellets on Hong Kong Beaches

August 8, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Typhoon Dumps Tons of Plastic Pellets on Hong Kong Beaches

 

HONG KONG, China, August 8, 2012 (ENS) – Containers full of plastic pellets swept from a ship during Typhoon Vicente last month have broken open, scattering the pellets [...]

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EU Raises Ship Recycling Standards to Protect Workers, Environment

June 4, 2012 ENS Comments Off on EU Raises Ship Recycling Standards to Protect Workers, Environment
EU Raises Ship Recycling Standards to Protect Workers, Environment

BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 23, 2012 (ENS) – European ships must be recycled only in ship-breaking facilities that are safe for [...]

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Hong Kong Customs Seizes Rhino Horns, Ivory Worth Millions

November 16, 2011 ENS Comments Off on Hong Kong Customs Seizes Rhino Horns, Ivory Worth Millions
Hong Kong Customs Seizes Rhino Horns, Ivory Worth Millions

HONG KONG, China, November 16, 2011 ENS – Hong Kong Customs officials Monday smashed a smuggling case and seized 33 [...]

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MARYLAND: State Seeks $100M Compensation for Ship Grounding

April 26, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on MARYLAND: State Seeks $100M Compensation for Ship Grounding

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, April 26, 2022 (ENS) – The State of Maryland has requested that the Evergreen Shipping Agency pay $100 million as a “Responsibility Fund” against the damages to the [...]

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Campaigners, Nations Encourage Japan to Close Ivory Market

March 6, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Campaigners, Nations Encourage Japan to Close Ivory Market

LYON, France, March 6, 2022 (ENS) – Africa’s elephants top a packed agenda for the CITES Standing Committee meeting opening Monday that covers protection for 30+ species of plants and [...]

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Bloomberg Healthy Cities Partnership Expands to 70 Cities

August 20, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Bloomberg Healthy Cities Partnership Expands to 70 Cities

NEW YORK, New York, August 20, 2021 (ENS) – Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced a $31 million investment to bring six new cities on three continents into its Partnership for Healthy [...]

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Rare, Exceptional Places Chosen for World Heritage Status

August 3, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Rare, Exceptional Places Chosen for World Heritage Status

PARIS, France, August 3, 2021 (ENS) – Sheltering endangered animals, birds and butterflies, giant trees, pristine waters – five natural sites are so precious to the world that they deserve [...]

Energy

Strong Winds to Spin Power Turbines for Vietnam, Laos

June 22, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Strong Winds to Spin Power Turbines for Vietnam, Laos

TOKYO, Japan, June 22, 2021 (ENS) – Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation has just boosted development of what will be Southeast Asia’s largest onshore wind farm in southern Laos, by announcing a [...]

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Oceans’ Distress Motivates Action For a Day and a Decade

June 9, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Oceans’ Distress Motivates Action For a Day and a Decade

NEW YORK, New York, June 8, 2021 (ENS) – Oceans cover 70 percent of the Earth and produce at least half of the planet’s oxygen, the United Nations reminds us [...]

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Blackout Circles the World Tonight for Earth Hour

March 27, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Blackout Circles the World Tonight for Earth Hour

WASHINGTON, DC, March 27, 2021 (ENS) – Wherever you are at 8:30 o’clock tonight, it will be Earth Hour, so turn off your lights for one hour to recognize the [...]

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$100 Million for a More Sustainable Fashion Industry

December 23, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on $100 Million for a More Sustainable Fashion Industry

 

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, December 21, 2020 (ENS) – Two fashion organizations, one on each side of the globe – the nonprofit H&M Foundation in Stockholm and the government of Hong [...]

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New Book Links Southeast Asia’s Wildlife Trade to COVID

December 8, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on New Book Links Southeast Asia’s Wildlife Trade to COVID

 

HANOI, Vietnam, December 8, 2020 (ENS) – “The price of the private dining room would be included in the price of the pangolin, along with the rest of the [...]

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Race for a Virus Shield: 50 Vaccines in Development

April 1, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Race for a Virus Shield: 50 Vaccines in Development

 

WASHINGTON, DC, April 1, 2020 (ENS) – Vaccine researchers around the world are laser-focused on developing a vaccine to defeat COVID-19, the deadly disease caused by the novel [...]

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  • IDAHO: Need for Better Science Halts USDA Carnivore Killing
    July 1, 2022 Comments Off on IDAHO: Need for Better Science Halts USDA Carnivore Killing
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    June 27, 2022 Comments Off on RHODE ISLAND: Requires 100 Percent Renewable Power by 2033
  • PENNSYLVANIA: Air Pollution Costs U.S. Steel $1.5 Million
    May 17, 2022 Comments Off on PENNSYLVANIA: Air Pollution Costs U.S. Steel $1.5 Million
  • MARYLAND: State Seeks $100M Compensation for Ship Grounding
    April 26, 2022 Comments Off on MARYLAND: State Seeks $100M Compensation for Ship Grounding

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