Month: December 2010

U.S. EPA to Set Greenhouse Gas Standards for Power Plants, Refineries

WASHINGTON, DC, December 23, 2010 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a two-year plan to [...]

Dead Sea Drilled to Reveal Climate in Jesus’ Lifetime

JERUSALEM, Israel, December 23, 2010 (ENS) – About 50 miles from Bethlehem, the town where Jesus was born, scientists are [...]

U.S. Senate Ratifies Nuclear Arms Treaty with Russia

WASHINGTON, DC, December 22, 2010 (ENS) – The U.S. Senate today ratified the New START Treaty with Russia. The nuclear arms [...]

U.S. Seeks Trade Talks to Protest China’s Wind Power ‘Subsidies’

WASHINGTON, DC, December 22, 2010 (ENS) – The United States government says China is illegally subsidizing the production of [...]

Giant Wind, Solar Projects Guaranteed with Recovery Act Funding

WASHINGTON, DC, December 22, 2010 (ENS) – This week, the Obama administration has finalized loan guarantees worth nearly $3 billion [...]

Lawsuit Threatened to Spur Wolf Recovery Plan

WASHINGTON, DC, December 21, 2010 (ENS) – The nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity today filed notice of intent to sue the Department [...]

DuPont Fined $3.3 Million for Toxic Chemical Reporting Violations

WASHINGTON, DC, December 21, 2010 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that DuPont has agreed to pay [...]

India to Establish More Tiger Reserves

NEW DELHI, India, December 21, 2010 (ENS) – India’s National Tiger Conservation Authority has granted approval “in-principle” for four tiger reserves across the [...]

UN Green-Lights New Biodiversity Science Policy Platform

NEW YORK, New York, December 21, 2010 (ENS) – The United Nations has capped its Biodiversity Year 2010 on a high note [...]

Total Lunar Eclipse Marks Winter Solstice: First in 372 Years

WASHINGTON, DC, December 20, 2010 (ENS) – On the night of December 20 to 21, a total lunar eclipse [...]

UN Panel to Probe UN Role in Haiti’s Cholera Crisis

NEW YORK, New York, December 17, 2010 (ENS) – The United Nations is creating an independent scientific panel to [...]

Afghan Saffron Venture Hit by Taliban

By Sadeq Behnam

HERAT, Afghanistan, December 17, 2010 (ENS) – Farmers taking part in an internationally-backed saffron-growing project in Herat province in western [...]

Solar Energy Zones Identified in Six Western States

WASHINGTON, DC, December 16, 2010 (ENS) – The Obama administration today proposed guidelines for solar development on public lands in the [...]

Green Groups Jump the Gun on Europe’s Million Signature Law

BRUSSELS, Belgium, December 16, 2010 (ENS) – European Union citizens will now be able to ask the European Commission [...]

Shell Oil Pledges $1.5 Million to Restore Fish Habitat

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, December 15, 2010 (ENS) – Independence Island in Louisiana’s Barataria Bay was once a popular fishing destination, [...]

U.S. Government Sues BP for Gulf Oil Spill

WASHINGTON, DC, December 15, 2010 (ENS) – The U.S. Justice Department today filed suit against BP Exploration and Production Inc. and [...]