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  CALIFORNIA: Conserves Record Levels of Lands, Coastal Waters

  July 8, 2025 Comments Off on CALIFORNIA: Conserves Record Levels of Lands, Coastal Waters

  SACRAMENTO, California, July 8, 2025 (ENS) – Building toward its goal of conserving 30 percent of its lands and coastal waters by 2030, the State of California has protected over one million acres of land [...]

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  Above-normal 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season Looms

  June 5, 2025 Comments Off on Above-normal 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season Looms

  SILVER SPRING, Maryland, June 1, 2025 (ENS) – On the first day of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, above-average Atlantic Ocean temperatures have set the stage, and now forecasters at NOAA’s National Weather Service predict [...]

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  Salvadoran Lawyer Arrested After Defending Deported Venezuelans

  June 5, 2025 Comments Off on Salvadoran Lawyer Arrested After Defending Deported Venezuelans

  GENEVA, Switzerland, June 5, 2025 (ENS) – The lead lawyer of a prominent Salvadoran human rights group representing the families of Venezuelan immigrants imprisoned in El Salvador after the Trump administration had them deported has [...]

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  Hawaiian Scientists Find Biggest Boom Since The Big Bang

  June 4, 2025 Comments Off on Hawaiian Scientists Find Biggest Boom Since The Big Bang

  HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 4, 2025 (ENS) – Astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi’s Institute for Astronomy have found the most energetic cosmic explosions yet discovered, naming the new class of events “extreme nuclear transients,” or [...]

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  Whole Milk, Plant Milks Welcomed Into U.S. Schools

  June 4, 2025 Comments Off on Whole Milk, Plant Milks Welcomed Into U.S. Schools

  WASHINGTON, DC, June 4, 2025 (ENS) – The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee has advanced provisions that will make it easier for students to access nondairy milk options in schools. The changes, included in the amended [...]

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  Congress Kills California Waivers for Clean Truck, Car Rules

  June 1, 2025 Comments Off on Congress Kills California Waivers for Clean Truck, Car Rules

  WASHINGTON, DC, June 1, 2025 (ENS) – President Donald Trump is expected to sign two Congressional resolutions that will revoke the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency waivers from federal standards for California car and truck emissions [...]

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  Trump Sued on Plan to Commercialize Pacific Islands Monument

  May 29, 2025 Comments Off on Trump Sued on Plan to Commercialize Pacific Islands Monument

  HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 29, 2025 (ENS) – Sheltering island habitats, coral reefs, and open ocean, the seven national wildlife refuges of the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument stretch across 490,000 square miles of the [...]

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  Dormant but Deadly: the New Middle East Landmine Crisis

  May 28, 2025 Comments Off on Dormant but Deadly: the New Middle East Landmine Crisis

  DAMASCUS, Syria, May 28, 2025 (ENS) – Landmines and explosive ordnance from 14 years of conflict are still spreading their deadly contamination, creating a humanitarian emergency across Syria, the United Nations and other humanitarian agencies [...]

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  Perfumes, Lotions Suppress Human Protective Air Shield

  May 28, 2025 Comments Off on Perfumes, Lotions Suppress Human Protective Air Shield

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 28, 2025 (ENS) – Fragrances and lotions change the way people smell, and new research shows they do much more than that. These personal care products act to alter the indoor [...]

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  NEW JERSEY: 3M to Pay $450 Million in Forever Chemicals Case

  May 28, 2025 Comments Off on NEW JERSEY: 3M to Pay $450 Million in Forever Chemicals Case

  TRENTON, New Jersey, May 28, 2025 (ENS) – The State of New Jersey has announced a landmark $450 million settlement with the 3M manufacturing company to resolve damages to the state’s natural resources from PFAS, [...]

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  World-First Global Pandemic Pact ‘Victory for Public Health’

  May 21, 2025 Comments Off on World-First Global Pandemic Pact ‘Victory for Public Health’

  GENEVA, Switzerland, May 20, 2025 (ENS) – The first Pandemic Agreement in the world was today formally adopted by consensus as the Member States of the World Health Organization, WHO, voted during the 78th World [...]

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  Pangolins, Elephants: Crime Networks Wiping Out Wild Africa

  May 19, 2025 Comments Off on Pangolins, Elephants: Crime Networks Wiping Out Wild Africa

  CAPE TOWN, South Africa, May 19, 2025 (ENS) – A new investigative report has laid bare the scale and complexity of wildlife trafficking across southern Africa, exposing a tangled web of corruption, organized crime and [...]

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  Virgin Raw Materials Clog Landfills in Weak Circular Economy

  May 17, 2025 Comments Off on Virgin Raw Materials Clog Landfills in Weak Circular Economy

  LONDON, England, May 17, 2025, (ENS) – May 2025 has become the month for advancing a global circular economy with events and conferences. The Festival of Circular Economy 2025 opens next week online and in [...]

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  U.S. EPA Chief Zeldin Backs Off Biden PFAS Clean Water Rules

  May 15, 2025 Comments Off on U.S. EPA Chief Zeldin Backs Off Biden PFAS Clean Water Rules

  WASHINGTON, DC, May 15, 2025 (ENS) – The Trump administration is rolling back drinking water protections from six PFAS, known as ‘forever chemicals,’ linked to decreased fertility in women, damaged child development, and higher cancer [...]

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  Trump’s Energy Dept. Dumps Regulations in 47 Different Ways

  May 12, 2025 Comments Off on Trump’s Energy Dept. Dumps Regulations in 47 Different Ways

  WASHINGTON, DC, May 12, 2025 (ENS) – The U.S. Department of Energy is undertaking what the Trump administration calls the “largest deregulatory effort in history.” The agency is proposing the elimination or reduction of 47 [...]

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  Methane Emissions Far Too High: International Energy Agency

  May 12, 2025 Comments Off on Methane Emissions Far Too High: International Energy Agency

  PARIS, France, May 12, 2025 (ENS) – Measures to tackle methane emissions are often cost-effective and could have brought an extra 100 billion cubic meters of gas to market in 2024, but now the International [...]

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  European Union Ending Dependence on Russian Energy

  May 8, 2025 Comments Off on European Union Ending Dependence on Russian Energy

  BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 8, 2025 (ENS) – The European Union will end its use of Russian energy by stopping the import of Russian gas and oil and phasing out Russian nuclear energy, while ensuring stable [...]

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  Kruger Park: 84 Vultures Saved in Shocking, Gruesome Incident

  May 8, 2025 Comments Off on Kruger Park: 84 Vultures Saved in Shocking, Gruesome Incident

  By Don Pinnock KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, South Africa, May 8, 2025 (ENS) – Eighty-four vultures have been rescued after a mass poisoning event in Kruger National Park, one of the largest incidents of its kind [...]

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  President Trump’s First 100 Days = Environmental Destruction

  May 1, 2025 Comments Off on President Trump’s First 100 Days = Environmental Destruction

  WASHINGTON, DC, May 1, 2025 (ENS) – President Donald J. Trump was inaugurated on January 20, 2025, the first day of his second term as President. His 100th day in office was April 30, 2025. [...]

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  “Our Power, Our Planet” Earth Day Theme Champions Renewables

  April 23, 2025 Comments Off on “Our Power, Our Planet” Earth Day Theme Champions Renewables

  WASHINGTON, DC, April 22, 2025 (ENS) – Today, on the 55th anniversary of Earth Day, polls confirm that the great majority of Americans support increasing investment in renewables and the immediate deployment of all forms [...]

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  Myanmar Quake Kills 3,700, Survivors Lack Food, Water, Shelter

  April 21, 2025 Comments Off on Myanmar Quake Kills 3,700, Survivors Lack Food, Water, Shelter

  YANGON, Myanmar, April 21, 2025 (ENS) – Military operations continue in Myanmar despite ceasefires declared after the recent 7.7-magnitude earthquake that killed more than 3,700 people, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday. [...]

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  Butterflies: Magnificent Victims of Intense Climate Change

  March 31, 2025 Comments Off on Butterflies: Magnificent Victims of Intense Climate Change

  NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 31, 2025 (ENS) – Climate change is altering butterfly habitats, turning their species-rich, mountain refuges into traps, finds new research by U.S. and German scientists. They think of it as the [...]

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  Three States Ban Petrochemical Food Dyes and Preservatives

  March 27, 2025 Comments Off on Three States Ban Petrochemical Food Dyes and Preservatives

  CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 27, 2025 (ENS) – West Virginia, where the state’s 1.7 million residents experience high rates of preventable deaths and a lower life expectancy than the national average, adopted a ban on [...]

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  Conservationists Shocked by Death of Top SA Cheetah Scientist

  March 20, 2025 Comments Off on Conservationists Shocked by Death of Top SA Cheetah Scientist

  By Don Pinnock CAPE TOWN, South Africa, March 20, 2025 (ENS) – Globally renowned South African conservationist and National Geographic Explorer, Vincent van der Merwe, who organised the transfer of cheetahs to India, was found [...]

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  Greenpeace Fined $660 Million in Dakota Access Pipeline Case

  March 19, 2025 Comments Off on Greenpeace Fined $660 Million in Dakota Access Pipeline Case

  MANDAN, North Dakota, March 19, 2025 (ENS) – A Morton County jury of nine reached a verdict Wednesday in Energy Transfer’s lawsuit against three Greenpeace entities, finding them liable for more than US$660 million in [...]

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  NEW YORK: Invests $1 Billion in Climate Action, Nuclear Power

  March 18, 2025 Comments Off on NEW YORK: Invests $1 Billion in Climate Action, Nuclear Power

  ALBANY, New York, March 18, 2025 (ENS) – It was more than two months ago, on January 14, during the last week of President Joe Biden’s administration, when New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced plans [...]

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  Trump EPA Chief Zeldin Brags: ‘EPA Ends the ‘Green New Scam’

  March 18, 2025 Comments Off on Trump EPA Chief Zeldin Brags: ‘EPA Ends the ‘Green New Scam’

  WASHINGTON, DC, March 18, 2025 – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has announced  31 actions the agency has taken to deregulate the American system of environmental protections across the country. Zeldin says he [...]

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  Russian Captain Charged with Manslaughter in North Sea Crash

  March 15, 2025 Comments Off on Russian Captain Charged with Manslaughter in North Sea Crash

  LONDON, UK, March 15, 2025 (ENS) – An international marine incident involving at least four countries, two large ships, and the death of a crew member is threatening environmental damage to the North Sea off [...]

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  GEORGIA: Cleanup of Lead-Poisoned Atlanta Park Begins

  March 12, 2025 Comments Off on GEORGIA: Cleanup of Lead-Poisoned Atlanta Park Begins

  ATLANTA, Georgia, March 11, 2025 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has begun cleanup of Lindsay Street Park in the English Avenue neighborhood of northwest Atlanta, now closed due to lead contamination. […]

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  365 Suspects Busted for Wildlife, Timber Trafficking

  March 10, 2025 Comments Off on 365 Suspects Busted for Wildlife, Timber Trafficking

  LYON, France, March 9, 2025 (ENS) – Some 20,000 live animals, all endangered or protected species, have been seized during Operation Thunder, the biggest global crackdown against wildlife and forestry trafficking networks in history, jointly [...]