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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
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
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
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
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 [...]
Land Use/Forests
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 [...]
Health
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
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
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
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
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
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 [...]
Sci/Tech
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 [...]
At Risk
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 [...]