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Month: January 2010

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Land Use/Forests

Korean Police Arrest Protesters Against Jeju Island Naval Base

January 19, 2010 ENS Comments Off on Korean Police Arrest Protesters Against Jeju Island Naval Base

 

GANGJEONG, Jeju Island, South Korea, January 18, 2010 (ENS) – Once it was known as an eco-paradise, a resort island of peace, but today hundreds of police clashed [...]

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Food

Disaster Declared: Alaska’s Yukon River Chinook Salmon Run Fails

January 19, 2010 ENS Comments Off on Disaster Declared: Alaska’s Yukon River Chinook Salmon Run Fails

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 18, 2010 (ENS) – There has been a commercial “fishery failure” for Alaska’s Yukon River Chinook salmon due to low salmon returns, Commerce Secretary Gary [...]

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Energy

Algae Research Expected to Yield Green Jet Fuel, Diesel, Gas

January 19, 2010 ENS Comments Off on Algae Research Expected to Yield Green Jet Fuel, Diesel, Gas

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 18, 2010 (ENS) – To create green aviation fuels, diesel, and gasoline that can be transported and sold using existing fueling infrastructure, the Obama administration [...]

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Water

Florida First State for EPA Nutrient Limits in Surface Waters

January 19, 2010 ENS Comments Off on Florida First State for EPA Nutrient Limits in Surface Waters

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 18, 2010 (ENS) – The U.S. EPA is planning to impose limits on phosphorus and nitrogen in Florida waters that will be the first federal [...]

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At Risk

Earthquake Responders Save 62, Distribution of Relief Begins

January 18, 2010 ENS Comments Off on Earthquake Responders Save 62, Distribution of Relief Begins

 

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, January 17, 2010 (ENS) – Search and rescue teams combing the rubble of Haiti’s earthquake stricken capital have pulled 62 people alive from the ruins this [...]

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Energy

Runners for Rainforest Ejected From Chevron Houston Marathon Expo

January 16, 2010 ENS Comments Off on Runners for Rainforest Ejected From Chevron Houston Marathon Expo

 

HOUSTON, Texas, January 15, 2010 (ENS) – A Rainforest Action Network team of runners that is openly critical of Chevron’s human rights record in Ecuador was kicked out [...]

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At Risk

Donors Open Their Hearts and Their Wallets for Quake Victims

January 16, 2010 ENS Comments Off on Donors Open Their Hearts and Their Wallets for Quake Victims

 

NEW YORK, New York,January 16, 2010 (ENS) – The United Nations is appealing for $562 million to help victims of the catastrophic earthquake which struck Haiti this week, [...]

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At Risk

Animal Welfare Groups Partner to Help Animals in Haiti

January 16, 2010 ENS Comments Off on Animal Welfare Groups Partner to Help Animals in Haiti

 

BRUSSELS, Belgium, January 15, 2010 (ENS) – The International Fund for Animal Welfare and the World Society for the Protection of Animals have agreed to head up a [...]

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Air/Climate

Sunflower Electric Reapplies for Coal-Fired Power Plant Expansion

January 15, 2010 ENS Comments Off on Sunflower Electric Reapplies for Coal-Fired Power Plant Expansion

 

TOPEKA, Kansas, January 14, 2010 (ENS) – A southwest Kansas electric cooperative Wednesday filed a revised permit application for construction of a controversial 895 megawatt coal-fired electrical generating [...]

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Wildlife

German Dealer Fined for Smuggling Endangered Corals

January 15, 2010 ENS Comments Off on German Dealer Fined for Smuggling Endangered Corals

 

PORTLAND, Oregon, January 14, 2010 (ENS) – Gunther Wenzek, a German national, was sentenced today to serve three years on probation and pay a criminal penalty of over [...]

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At Risk

Relief From Across the Globe Headed for Haiti

January 15, 2010 ENS Comments Off on Relief From Across the Globe Headed for Haiti

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 14, 2010 (ENS) – Nations and aid organizations from around the world are rushing relief to Haiti, where the capital Port-au-Prince was devastated by a [...]

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Air/Climate

Investors Representing $13 Trillion Call for Climate Action Now

January 14, 2010 ENS Comments Off on Investors Representing $13 Trillion Call for Climate Action Now

 

NEW YORK, New York, January 14, 2010 (ENS) – The world’s largest investors today issued a statement calling on the United States and other governments to “act now [...]

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Sci/Tech

Soybean Genome Sequenced in All Its Complexity

January 14, 2010 ENS Comments Off on Soybean Genome Sequenced in All Its Complexity

 

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, January 13, 2010 (ENS) – The soybean, one of the world’s most important sources of protein and oil, is now the first major crop legume [...]

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Air/Climate

Landfill Methane Awards: From Greenhouse Gas to Energy Source

January 14, 2010 ENS Comments Off on Landfill Methane Awards: From Greenhouse Gas to Energy Source

 

BALTIMORE, Maryland, January 13, 2010 (ENS) – Eight landfill methane capture projects were recognized by the U.S. EPA Tuesday for innovation in generating renewable energy and reducing greenhouse [...]

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At Risk

Worldwide 2009 Earthquake Death Toll: 1,783 People

January 14, 2010 ENS Comments Off on Worldwide 2009 Earthquake Death Toll: 1,783 People

 

RESTON, Virginia, January 13, 2010 (ENS) – At least 1,783 deaths resulted from earthquake activity in 2009, according to a new global report issued today by the U.S. [...]

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At Risk

Deadly Earthquake Leaves Haitian Capital in Ruins

January 14, 2010 ENS Comments Off on Deadly Earthquake Leaves Haitian Capital in Ruins

 

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, January 13, 2010 (ENS) – Hundreds of thousands of people are believed to have died in the most violent earthquake to strike Haiti in 200 years, [...]

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Land Use/Forests

Tennessee Expands the Cumberland Trail

January 13, 2010 ENS Comments Off on Tennessee Expands the Cumberland Trail

 

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, January 12, 2010 (ENS) – Tennessee officials announced today they have closed a land acquisition that will add more than 3,200 acres and 10 linear miles [...]

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Wildlife

Ginseng Dealer Imprisoned for Interstate Exports Worth $109,000

January 12, 2010 ENS Comments Off on Ginseng Dealer Imprisoned for Interstate Exports Worth $109,000

 

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, January 12, 2010 (ENS) – A Hayesville, North Carolina man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Asheville to serve one year in prison [...]

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Wildlife

Endangered U.S. Jaguars to Get Critical Habitat, Recovery Plan

January 12, 2010 ENS Comments Off on Endangered U.S. Jaguars to Get Critical Habitat, Recovery Plan

 

TUCSON, Arizona, January 12, 2010 (ENS) – After years of neglect and indifference, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that it will designate critical habitat for [...]

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Air/Climate

Port of Long Beach Sued Over ‘Backroom’ Deal With Truckers

January 5, 2010 ENS Comments Off on Port of Long Beach Sued Over ‘Backroom’ Deal With Truckers

 

LOS ANGELES, California, January 5, 2010 (ENS) – A “backroom agreement” between the American Trucking Associations and the Long Beach Harbor Commission could illegally reverse efforts to improve [...]

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