CHARLESTON, West Virginia, October 20, 2009 (ENS) – Seven opponents of mountaintop removal mining, ages 18 to 22, were arrested Monday afternoon as they staged a sit-in at the […]
SAN FRANCISCO, California, October 20, 2009 (ENS) – The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a formal petition asking the federal government to protect 83 imperiled coral species under […]
NEW YORK, New York, October 20, 2009 (ENS) – The most recent drought in the southeastern United States destroyed billions of dollars worth of crops, drained reservoirs and touched […]
WASHINGTON, DC, October 19, 2009 (ENS) – The emergence of a home retrofit market that would increase energy efficiency and cut home energy bills has been hampered by lack […]
WASHINGTON, DC, October 19, 2009 (ENS) – The White House today opened a two-week window for federal employees to suggest their own clean energy and green ideas and vote […]
GREENBELT, Maryland, October 19, 2009 (ENS) – Powerful tropical cyclones have developed on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, according to NASA satellite data, and the governments of Mexico […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, October 19, 2009 (ENS) – “Climate change has catapulted forests onto the international agenda after years of languishing in the dusty corridors of UN meetings,” Dr. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, October 16, 2009 (ENS) – Team Germany, the student team from Darmstadt, Germany, won first place in the 2009 Solar Decathlon today by designing, building, and operating the […]
DES MOINES, Iowa, October 16, 2009 (ENS) – The 2009 World Food Prize has been awarded to Dr. Gebisa Ejeta of Ethiopia, whose sorghum hybrids resistant to drought and […]
WASHINGTON, DC, October 15, 2009 (ENS) – The Toyota Prius hybrid leads the 2010 model cars in fuel efficiency with 51 miles per gallon on the highway and 48 […]
WASHINGTON, DC, October 15, 2009 (ENS) – At a Congressional hearing today held to mark the 37th year since passage of the Clean Water Act, U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa […]
GAINESVILLE, Florida, October 15, 2009 (ENS – Five giant exotic snake species already in the United States would pose high risks to the health of U.S. ecosystems if they […]
BALTIMORE, Maryland, October 15, 2009 (ENS) – The Maryland Department of Environment will issue a general discharge permit, effective December 1, 2009, for Maryland Animal Feeding Operations (MAFOs) and […]
LONDON, UK, October 15, 2009 (ENS) – The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew celebrated a milestone in plant conservation today, the collection and banking of 10 percent of the world’s […]
NEW YORK, New York, October 15, 2009 (ENS) – To help limit climate change, the international air transport industry has made a commitment to cut its carbon emissions in […]
LOS ANGELES, California, October 14, 2009 (ENS) – The Natural Resources Defense Council is mounting a new campaign to save Alaska’s Bristol Bay, the world’s most productive salmon fishery, […]
WASHINGTON, DC, October 14, 2009 (ENS) – A criminal case that began in 2004 when a man dumped toxic chemicals down the drain in West Bountiful, Utah ended today […]
NEW YORK, New York, October 14, 2009 (ENS) – Each year, a few reproductively active humpback whales swim between breeding grounds in the South Atlantic and Indian oceans, an […]
BEIJING, China, October 14, 2009 (ENS) – Blood tests on 968 children in China’s largest lead smelting area have shown “excessive lead levels,” the official Chinese news agency Xinhua […]
WASHINGTON, DC, October 13, 2009 (ENS) – U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that $55 million will be made available to develop advanced technologies that can capture carbon […]
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