Energy
American Cities Embrace Green Buildings
PHOENIX, Arizona, November 16, 2009 (ENS) – More than one in five large U.S. cities surveyed by the American Institute of Architects has a policy of promoting green buildings, and […]
Month: November 2009
Air/Climate
Brazil’s President Will Attend Copenhagen Climate Conference
BRASILIA, Brazil, November 16, 2009 (ENS) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva confirmed today that he will go to Copenhagen in December for the UN climate conference. He […]
Air/Climate
Obama: World is Watching U.S.-China Leadership on Climate
SHANGHAI, China, November 16, 2009 (ENS) – “There are very few global challenges that can be solved unless the United States and China agree,” President Barack Obama told an audience […]
Land Use/Forests
Valuing Ecosystem Services Makes Economic Sense, Experts Report
BRUSSELS, Belgium, November 16, 2009 (ENS) – Decision makers who factor the planet’s multi-trillion dollar ecosystem services into their national and international investment strategies are likely to see far higher […]
Land Use/Forests
INSIGHTS: Death at Dawn in a Peruvian Mining Camp
By Alejandro Zegarra Pezo PIURA, Peru, November 13, 2009 (ENS) – It is four in the morning on Sunday, November 1 in the paramo and cloud forest of Huancabamba, Piura […]
Waste
City of Akron Must Stop Discharging Sewage to Cuyahoga River
AKRON, Ohio, November 13, 2009 (ENS) – The City of Akron, Ohio, has agreed to make extensive improvements to its sewer system to reduce or eliminate sewage overflows that have […]
Water
Two More Suits Filed in Legal War Over Bay-Delta Smelt
SAN FRANCISCO, California, November 13, 2009 (ENS) – The Center for Biological Diversity today filed two lawsuits against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to protect two […]
Water
Enviros Disappointed in Federal Chesapeake Bay Strategy
WASHINGTON, DC, November 13, 2009 (ENS) – The Obama administration says “expanded action and increased accountability by the federal government” are the focus of a draft strategy for restoring […]
Wildlife
Lawsuit Seeks to End Government Killing of Yellowstone Bison
MISSOULA, Montana, November 13, 2009 (ENS) – A coalition of conservation groups, Native Americans, and Montana residents is suing the National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service over […]
Land Use/Forests
Message of Merida: Saving Wild Places Will Save the Planet
By Greg Harman MÉRIDA, Mexico, November 13, 2009 (ENS) – For the first time in decades, the eggs of endangered sea turtles buried on a small strip of Nicaraguan […]
Air/Climate
Obama and Hatoyama Pledge ‘Success’ at Copenhagen Climate Summit
TOKYO, Japan, November 13, 2009 (ENS) – Meeting for the first time on Japanese soil, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and President Barack Obama today committed their governments to “a […]
Air/Climate
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Down in One-Third of States
WASHINGTON, DC, November 12, 2009 (ENS) – Emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas produced by burning coal, oil and gas, increased by 19 percent in the United States […]
Air/Climate
U.S. Record High Temperatures Double Record Lows Since 2000
BOULDER, Colorado, November 12, 2009 (ENS) – Daily record high temperatures occurred twice as often as record lows over the last decade across the continental United States, according to […]
Air/Climate
Greenland Ice Cap Melt Accelerating
BRISTOL, UK, November 12, 2009 (ENS) – Satellite observations and a state-of-the art regional atmospheric model have independently confirmed that the Greenland ice sheet is losing mass at an […]
Wildlife
Japanese Government Funding Cuts Could End ‘Research’ Whaling
TOKYO, Japan, November 12, 2009 (ENS) – A review of Japanese government spending now underway could put an end to Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, according […]
Oceans
Swarms of Mini Oceanbots Funded for Development
SAN DIEGO, California, November 11, 2009 (ENS) – Swarms of miniature robotic floats that travel with ocean currents, sense the environment and report their findings back to researchers have […]
Energy
Giant New Utah Wind Farm Will Power Los Angeles
MILFORD, Utah, November 11, 2009 (ENS) – The largest wind farm in Utah and one of the largest in the western United States was commissioned with a ribbon-cutting ceremony […]
Toxics
Toxic Fish Found in Lakes, Reservoirs Across 47 States
WASHINGTON, DC, November 11, 2009 (ENS) – Fish from lakes and reservoirs across the Lower 48 U.S. states are riddled with toxic chemicals, according to a new study released […]
Air/Climate
Climate Action Under Ozone Treaty on Hold for Copenhagen Deal
PORT GHALIB, Egypt, November 11, 2009 (ENS) – Two separate proposals to expand the Montreal Protocol on Ozone-Depleting Substances to include the gases known as hydrofluorocarbons, HFCs, have failed […]
Wildlife
Brown Pelican Soars Off U.S. Endangered Species List
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, November 11, 2009 (ENS) – The brown pelican, a species once nearly exterminated by hunting and the pesticide DDT, has recovered and is being removed from […]