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Month: November 2009

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Water

Americans Using Less Water than 35 Years Ago

November 3, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Americans Using Less Water than 35 Years Ago

 

WASHINGTON, DC, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – The United States is using less water than during the peak years of 1975 and 1980, according to water use estimates [...]

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Air/Climate

Conservationists Petition EPA to Block Washington Coal Plant Permit

November 3, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Conservationists Petition EPA to Block Washington Coal Plant Permit

 

SEATTLE, Washington, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – Conservation and energy groups have filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency asking the agency to object to an [...]

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Wildlife

UN Biodiversity Chief Calls for ‘New Plans’ to Conserve Life

November 3, 2009 ENS Comments Off on UN Biodiversity Chief Calls for ‘New Plans’ to Conserve Life

 

By Haider Rizvi

NEW YORK, New York, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – A senior United Nations official today criticized world leaders for failing to match their words with [...]

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At Risk

Timor Sea Oil Rig Blaze Snuffed But Ecosystem Damage Done

November 3, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Timor Sea Oil Rig Blaze Snuffed But Ecosystem Damage Done

 

PERTH, Australia, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – PTTEP Australasia today confirmed it has killed a leaking oil well and stopped the main fire at the Montara well head [...]

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Wildlife

Rapid Pace of Species Extinctions Mounts to a ‘Crisis’

November 3, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Rapid Pace of Species Extinctions Mounts to a ‘Crisis’

 

GLAND, Switzerland, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – Nearly one-third of all known species of plants and animals are threatened with extinction, finds the International Union for the Conservation [...]

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Wildlife

Ships Sailing U.S. Atlantic Coast Must Slow for Whales

November 2, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Ships Sailing U.S. Atlantic Coast Must Slow for Whales

 

WASHINGTON, DC, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – The U.S. Coast Guard reminds operators of vessels 65 feet or greater in length that the Right Whale Ship Strike Reduction [...]

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Wildlife

Disney Spends $7 Million to Conserve Forests in Peru, Congo, USA

November 2, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Disney Spends $7 Million to Conserve Forests in Peru, Congo, USA

 

BURBANK, California, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – The Walt Disney Company, which for 60 years has portrayed the glories of nature in film, today announced a $7 million [...]

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Energy

Louisiana Copes With Oil Spill, High Winds, Flooding

November 2, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Louisiana Copes With Oil Spill, High Winds, Flooding

 

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – An oil spill south of New Orleans and flooding across northern and western parishes has made it a difficult weekend [...]

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Food

Rich Countries Feeding on Poor Countries’ Farmland

November 2, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Rich Countries Feeding on Poor Countries’ Farmland

 

By Haider Rizvi

NEW YORK, New York, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – Investors from capital-rich nations that cannot produce enough food for their own consumption are squeezing small [...]

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At Risk

Fire Breaks Out at Leaking Timor Sea Oil Well

November 2, 2009 ENS Comments Off on Fire Breaks Out at Leaking Timor Sea Oil Well

 

PERTH, Australia, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – A huge fire has been blazing at an oil rig in the Timor Sea since Sunday, after an attempt by the [...]

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