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  Bird Flu Infects Chickens, Turkeys Worldwide, Millions Killed

  April 1, 2022 Comments Off on Bird Flu Infects Chickens, Turkeys Worldwide, Millions Killed

  WASHINGTON, DC, April 1, 2022 (ENS) – Highly infectious outbreaks of bird flu in 23 states since January have led to the killing of more than 17 million chickens and turkeys, according to state and [...]

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  South Africa Inflates Value of Trophy Hunts to Conservation

  March 29, 2022 Comments Off on South Africa Inflates Value of Trophy Hunts to Conservation

  JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, March 29, 2022 (ENS) – The High Court of the Western Cape Friday ruled against South Africa’s Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment on its 2022 hunting and export quotas for [...]

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  Coal Waste Reimagined as ‘Ecofriendly’

  March 29, 2022 Comments Off on Coal Waste Reimagined as ‘Ecofriendly’

  WASHINGTON, DC, March 29, 2022 (ENS) – Turning coal waste from power plants into fire-resistant, strong, lightweight building materials is a project the U.S. Department of Energy is supporting, investing another $2.2 million this month [...]

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  Hunger Stalks the World as Russia Bombs Europe’s Breadbasket

  March 13, 2022 Comments Off on Hunger Stalks the World as Russia Bombs Europe’s Breadbasket

  ROME, Italy, March 13, 2022 (ENS) – While global attention is on Russia’s attack on Ukraine and its horrific humanitarian consequences there, a hidden hunger emergency is overwhelming South Sudan – an emergency intensified by [...]

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  TEXAS: Oil Exec Charged in Oilfield Deaths, Clean Air Crimes

  March 13, 2022 Comments Off on TEXAS: Oil Exec Charged in Oilfield Deaths, Clean Air Crimes

  MIDLAND, Texas, March 13, 2022 (ENS) – A federal grand jury in Midland has returned an indictment charging the oilfield company Aghorn Operating Inc. and an executive of the company with worker safety and environmental [...]

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  Congress OKs Climate, Energy, Water Spending in $1.5T Bill

  March 12, 2022 Comments Off on Congress OKs Climate, Energy, Water Spending in $1.5T Bill

  WASHINGTON, DC, March 12, 2022 (ENS) – In a bipartisan vote of 68-31, the U.S. Senate has passed an appropriations bill that will fund government climate, energy, water and wildfire activities, and provide $13.6 billion [...]

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  350 Companies Shut Russia Out of Energy, Food, Finance, Tech

  March 11, 2022 Comments Off on 350 Companies Shut Russia Out of Energy, Food, Finance, Tech

  WASHINGTON, DC, March 11, 2022 (ENS) – At least 350 companies have announced their withdrawal from Russia as a consequence of its invasion of Ukraine, including BP, ExxonMobil and Shell as well as Apple, Visa, [...]

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  Communication Lost With Russian-Held Chernobyl Nuclear Site

  March 11, 2022 Comments Off on Communication Lost With Russian-Held Chernobyl Nuclear Site

  VIENNA, Austria, March 11, 2022 (ENS) – Ukraine’s nuclear regulator lost all communications with the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the disaster site where radioactive spent fuel is stored, on Monday the day after the Russian-controlled [...]

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  TEXAS: Chevron Phillips Chemical Agrees to Cut Gas Flaring

  March 11, 2022 Comments Off on TEXAS: Chevron Phillips Chemical Agrees to Cut Gas Flaring

  HOUSTON, Texas, March 11, 2022 (ENS) – Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP has agreed to a legal settlement with the federal government that will eliminate thousands of tons of air pollution from gas flaring at [...]

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  MICHIGAN: Tribes, State Collaborate to Safeguard Wild Rice

  March 11, 2022 Comments Off on MICHIGAN: Tribes, State Collaborate to Safeguard Wild Rice

  ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 11, 2022 (ENS) – A $100,000 grant to help protect wild rice, one of Michigan’s most culturally and ecologically important native plants, has been awarded to the University of Michigan by [...]

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  CALIFORNIA: EPA Decision Restores State’s Clean Car Authority

  March 10, 2022 Comments Off on CALIFORNIA: EPA Decision Restores State’s Clean Car Authority

  WASHINGTON, DC, March 10, 2022 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reinstated California’s authority under the Clean Air Act to implement its own greenhouse gas emission standards for cars and light trucks, which [...]

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  U.S. to Defuel and Close Leaking Pearl Harbor Fuel Facility

  March 8, 2022 Comments Off on U.S. to Defuel and Close Leaking Pearl Harbor Fuel Facility

  HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 8, 2022 (ENS) – The underground Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in the hills above the Pearl Harbor Naval Station on Oahu will be de-fueled and permanently closed, Secretary of Defense [...]

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  Animals Can Form Viral Reservoirs Where Covid Variants Breed

  March 7, 2022 Comments Off on Animals Can Form Viral Reservoirs Where Covid Variants Breed

  GENEVA, Switzerland, March 7, 2022 (ENS) – SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is still spreading among people globally as we enter the third year of the coronavirus pandemic. The risk of future variants is [...]

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  Russia-Ukraine War Creates a Million Refugees, EU Admits Them

  March 6, 2022 Comments Off on Russia-Ukraine War Creates a Million Refugees, EU Admits Them

  GENEVA, Switzerland, March 6, 2022 (ENS) – On a press call to Geneva from Ukraine, Poland and Moldova on Friday, United Nations officials confirmed the vast numbers of Ukrainians who have been forced from their [...]

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  Russians Break Safety Rules at Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant

  March 6, 2022 Comments Off on Russians Break Safety Rules at Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant

  VIENNA, Austria, March 6, 2022 (ENS) – Ukraine informed the International Atomic Energy Agency today that although regular staff continues to operate the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant […]

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  Campaigners, Nations Encourage Japan to Close Ivory Market

  March 6, 2022 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 animals. Delegates will consider the [...]

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  MARYLAND: First State to Join DoE’s Better Climate Challenge

  March 5, 2022 Comments Off on MARYLAND: First State to Join DoE’s Better Climate Challenge

  ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, March 5, 2022 (ENS) – Ben Grumbles, Secretary of the Maryland Department of the Environment, attended the kickoff meeting of the Better Climate Challenge last Monday. He was representing Maryland, the only state [...]

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  NORTH DAKOTA: Hosts CO2 Capture, Storage from Midwest Ethanol Plants

  March 5, 2022 Comments Off on NORTH DAKOTA: Hosts CO2 Capture, Storage from Midwest Ethanol Plants

  CASSELTON, North Dakota, March 4, 2022 (ENS) – North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, a Republican, is convinced that carbon capture and storage is important to U.S. energy security. He supports a project that the company [...]

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  INDIANA: Utility Must Remove Coal Ash From Town of Pines

  March 4, 2022 Comments Off on INDIANA: Utility Must Remove Coal Ash From Town of Pines

  MICHIGAN CITY, Indiana, March 4, 2022 (ENS) – To resolve federal and state Superfund liability, Northern Indiana Public Service Company, NIPSCO, has agreed clean up soil contamination at individual residences within the Town of Pines [...]

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  Governments Agree to Draft Global Plastic Pollution Treaty

  March 3, 2022 Comments Off on Governments Agree to Draft Global Plastic Pollution Treaty

  NAIROBI, Kenya, March 3, 2022 (ENS) – To tackle plastic pollution accumulating across the globe, governments at the UN Environment Assembly here Tuesday approved the start of talks later this year to draft a legally [...]

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  MICHIGAN: Flint Water Civil Lawsuit Opens in Federal Court

  March 2, 2022 Comments Off on MICHIGAN: Flint Water Civil Lawsuit Opens in Federal Court

  ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 2, 2022 (ENS) – A federal civil trial related to the Flint drinking water crisis got underway in Ann Arbor on Monday, February 28. Four children from Flint are pursuing a [...]

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  New UN Climate Change Report “An Atlas of Human Suffering”

  March 1, 2022 Comments Off on New UN Climate Change Report “An Atlas of Human Suffering”

  BERLIN, Germany, March 1, 2022 (ENS) – “Today’s IPCC report is an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment of failed climate leadership,” declared UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres after reading the latest from the [...]

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  Plastics Pact, Wildfires Top UN Environment Assembly Agenda

  February 28, 2022 Comments Off on Plastics Pact, Wildfires Top UN Environment Assembly Agenda

  NAIROBI, Kenya, February 28, 2022 (ENS) – The world’s foremost environmental decision-making body, the United Nations Environment Assembly, opens its annual meeting today in Nairobi. For the next three days, representatives of the 193 UN [...]

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  Madagascar Trapped in Cycles of Cyclones and Droughts

  February 28, 2022 Comments Off on Madagascar Trapped in Cycles of Cyclones and Droughts

  ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, February 27, 2022 (ENS) – Cyclone Batsirai smashed into the east coast of Madagascar on February 5, destroying many buildings and disrupting power and communication services to the island nation lying close to [...]

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  Answering the Imperiled Ocean’s Silent Cries for Help

  February 27, 2022 Comments Off on Answering the Imperiled Ocean’s Silent Cries for Help

  BREST, France, February 25, 2022 (ENS) – “Immense, restless and wild,” the ocean is beset by dangers, but solutions do exist and Europe is ready to lead the way to healthier seas, European Commission President [...]

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  FLORIDA: Indian River Lagoon Gets Stormwater Treatment Help

  February 26, 2022 Comments Off on FLORIDA: Indian River Lagoon Gets Stormwater Treatment Help

  ORLANDO, Florida, February 26, 2022 (ENS) – “There is an ecological crisis in Indian River Lagoon. Large quantities of water with high levels of nutrient pollution from Lake Okeechobee and the St. Lucie Basin are [...]

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  Australia Fortifies Antarctic Territory Sovereignty, Science

  February 26, 2022 Comments Off on Australia Fortifies Antarctic Territory Sovereignty, Science

  CANBERRA, Australia, February 26, 2022 (ENS) – To strengthen Australia’s strategic and scientific capabilities in Antarctica, the Liberal government of Prime Minister Scott Morrison is making an A$804.4 million investment over the next 10 years. [...]

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  Mapping the Universe: Scientists Reveal 4.4 Million Galaxies

  February 25, 2022 Comments Off on Mapping the Universe: Scientists Reveal 4.4 Million Galaxies

  DURHAM, UK, February 25, 2022 (ENS) – Astronomers from Durham University collaborating with a team of international scientists have mapped more than a quarter of the northern sky using a pan-European radio telescope. The map [...]

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  KENTUCKY: Bird Flu Found in Wild Birds and on Poultry Farms

  February 24, 2022 Comments Off on KENTUCKY: Bird Flu Found in Wild Birds and on Poultry Farms

  FRANKFORT, Kentucky, February 24, 2022 (ENS) – Federal officials this week notified the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources that highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has been detected in Kentucky waterfowl [...]

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  GEORGIA: Reptile Dealer Caught Transporting Deadly Vipers

  February 24, 2022 Comments Off on GEORGIA: Reptile Dealer Caught Transporting Deadly Vipers

  VALDOSTA, Georgia, February 24, 2022 (ENS) – A Georgia man was sentenced to nearly three years in prison Wednesday for illegally transporting and falsely labeling dangerous venomous African snakes and harmless but rare American turtles [...]