Oil From Port Arthur Tanker-Barge Collision Stretches Nine Miles PORT ARTHUR, Texas, January 25, 2010 (ENS) – Cleanup crews and 27 skimmer boats are working to contain and remove oil […]
Federal Ghost Fleet Illegally Polluting San Francisco Bay SACRAMENTO, California, January 25, 2010 (ENS) – The federal agency in charge of more than 70 decaying naval vessels stored in northern […]
NEW YORK, New York, January 25, 2010 (ENS) – The year 2009 was tied for the second warmest year in the modern record, shows a new analysis of global […]
TOPEKA, Kansas, January 25, 2010 (ENS) – Westar Energy today settled an air pollution lawsuit brought by the federal government by agreeing to spend at least $500 million on […]
By Zafar Iqbal MUZAFFARABAD, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, January 25, 2010 (ENS) – Yousaf Butt, a timber worker in the Neelum Valley at the Line of Control in Kashmir, […]
ACCRA, Ghana, January 22, 2010 (ENS) – The government of Ghana has requested nearly $5 million in compensation from Denver-based Newmont Mining for negligently spilling cyanide at its Ahafo […]
LOS ANGELES, California, January 22, 2010 (ENS) – To raise money for the relief of Haitian earthquake survivors, Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief is […]
AUSTIN, Texas, January 22, 2010 (ENS) – Lower levels of air pollutants in four Texas cities prompted the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to remove these chemicals from the […]
WASHINGTON, DC, January 22, 2010 (ENS) – The last known wild jaguar in the United States captured and killed last year in Arizona, was intentionally caught by employees of […]
SAN FRANCISCO, California, January 21, 2010 (ENS) – San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced today that an additional $92 million has been secured for the cleanup of the contaminated […]
WASHINGTON, DC, January 21, 2010 (ENS) – At the request of the Haitian government, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration dispatched a portable, temporary control tower to […]
WASHINGTON, DC, January 21, 2010 (ENS) – Some 240 mayors from across the country gave President Barack Obama a standing ovation at the White House today with many interrupting […]
KUCHING, Sarawak, Malaysia, January 21, 2010 (ENS) – Sarawak’s natives have won two important court cases over native land issues, their attorney announced this morning in the Sarawak state […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, January 20, 2010 (ENS) – The strongest aftershock since the 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti eight days ago rattled the devastated island nation again early this morning. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, January 20, 2010 (ENS) – The Burmese python and eight other large constrictor snakes that threaten the Everglades and other sensitive ecosystems could be classified as “injurious […]
WASHINGTON, DC, January 20, 2010 (ENS) – One year after he was inaugurated with promises of “hope” and “change,” President Barack Obama has earned only a grade of “C” […]
IRVINE, California, January 20, 2010 (ENS) – The parasite that causes malaria in humans has been found in gorillas, along with two new species of malaria parasites, reports a […]
WASHINGTON, DC, January 19, 2010 (ENS) – Two of the world’s largest and most endangered birds – the California condor and the Andean condor – are expected to benefit […]
CHICAGO, Illinois, January 19, 2010 (ENS) – Asian carp are closing in on Lake Michigan, but today the U.S. Supreme Court denied a request by the state of Michigan […]
QUITO, Ecuador, January 19, 2010 (ENS) – Yasuní National Park, located in the core of the Ecuadorian Amazon, is the most biodiverse area in all of South America, a […]
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