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Month: April 2011

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Earth Day Network Aims for Billion Acts of Green

April 21, 2011 ENS Comments Off on Earth Day Network Aims for Billion Acts of Green
Earth Day Network Aims for Billion Acts of Green

WASHINGTON, DC, April 21, 2011 (ENS) – Earth Day Network and Facebook are collaborating to engage people worldwide in environmental [...]

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Japan Enforces No-Go Zone Around Crippled Nuclear Plant

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Japan Enforces No-Go Zone Around Crippled Nuclear Plant

TOKYO, Japan, April 21, 2011 (ENS) – The Japanese government will enforce a no-entry zone within 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) of [...]

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Georgia Court Rejects Air Permit for New Coal-Fired Power Plant

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Georgia Court Rejects Air Permit for New Coal-Fired Power Plant

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 20, 2011 (ENS) – A Georgia administrative law court has sided with two citizen groups opposed [...]

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BP Sues Transocean for $40 Billion Over Gulf Oil Spill

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BP Sues Transocean for $40 Billion Over Gulf Oil Spill

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 20, 2011 (ENS) – On the first anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig blowout [...]

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Bolivia Celebrates Law Granting Rights to Mother Earth

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Bolivia Celebrates Law Granting Rights to Mother Earth

LA PAZ, Bolivia, April 20, 2011 (ENS) – Bolivia today marked the International Day of Mother Earth with a ceremony in [...]

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Calculate Your Unique Carbon Footprint Online

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Calculate Your Unique Carbon Footprint Online

BERKELEY, California, April 20, 2011 (ENS) – With Earth Day around the corner many are taking a fresh look at how their actions [...]

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UN Chief Charts Five-Step Path to Global Nuclear Safety

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UN Chief Charts Five-Step Path to Global Nuclear Safety

KIEV, Ukraine, April 19, 2011 – As he prepared to visit Chernobyl 25 years after the world’s worst nuclear disaster, [...]

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U.S. Offers $5 Million to Advance Electric Vehicles

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U.S. Offers $5 Million to Advance Electric Vehicles

WASHINGTON, DC, April 19, 2011 (ENS) – U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu Tuesday announced $5 million in new funding for community [...]

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Entire Gulf of Mexico Reopened to Fishing a Year After BP Spill

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Entire Gulf of Mexico Reopened to Fishing a Year After BP Spill

WASHINGTON, DC, April 19, 2011 (ENS) – Federal regulators today reopened commercial and recreational fishing in all [...]

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Huge Texas Wildfires Scorch 1.5 Million Acres

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Huge Texas Wildfires Scorch 1.5 Million Acres

AUSTIN, Texas, April 19, 2011 (ENS) – A unprecedented wildfire situation in Texas has set more than 1.5 million acres ablaze, forced [...]

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BP Blowout One Year Later: Drilling Safety an Explosive Issue

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BP Blowout One Year Later: Drilling Safety an Explosive Issue

WASHINGTON, DC, April 18, 2011 (ENS) – Hundreds of activists protesting fossil fuels marched to the Department of the [...]

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Japan’s Nuclear Crisis Could Last Nine Months

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Japan’s Nuclear Crisis Could Last Nine Months

TOKYO, Japan, April 18, 2011 (ENS) – Tokyo Electric Power Company on Sunday issued a plan for cooling down the reactors and reducing [...]

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Killer Tornadoes Claim 44 Lives Across Southern States

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Killer Tornadoes Claim 44 Lives Across Southern States

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 17, 2011 (ENS) – From Thursday through Saturday, tornadoes ripped across communities of the southern United States [...]

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Staph Bacteria Found on Half U.S. Meat, Poultry

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Staph Bacteria Found on Half U.S. Meat, Poultry

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, April 17, 2011 (ENS) – Drug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus, a bacteria linked to a wide range of human [...]

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Electric Tricycles Debut in Metro Manila

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Electric Tricycles Debut in Metro Manila

MANILA, Philippines, April 16, 2011 (ENS) – Twenty bright yellow electric tricycles take to the streets of Mandaluyong City in Metro Manila this [...]

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EPA Considers Ban on Dangerous Chemicals in Spray Foam Insulation

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EPA Considers Ban on Dangerous Chemicals in Spray Foam Insulation

WASHINGTON, DC, April 16, 2011 (ENS) – The U.S. EPA is considering a ban or restriction on consumer insulation [...]

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Tokyo Electric Will Pay Damages to Nuclear Crisis Evacuees

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Tokyo Electric Will Pay Damages to Nuclear Crisis Evacuees

TOKYO, Japan, April 15, 2011 (ENS) – Japan’s government has ordered the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power [...]

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Critical Habitat Set Aside for Endangered Cook Inlet Beluga Whale

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Critical Habitat Set Aside for Endangered Cook Inlet Beluga Whale

JUNEAU, Alaska, April 8, 2011 (ENS) – Two areas of Alaska’s Cook Inlet will be designated as critical habitat [...]

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Japan’s Nuclear Crisis Prompts Petition for U.S. Inquiry, Licensing Suspension

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Japan’s Nuclear Crisis Prompts Petition for U.S. Inquiry, Licensing Suspension

WASHINGTON, DC, April 14, 2011 (ENS) – In view of the month-long and ongoing nuclear crisis at Japan’s Fukushima [...]

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Congress Pulls Wolves Off Endangered Species List

April 15, 2011 ENS Comments Off on Congress Pulls Wolves Off Endangered Species List
Congress Pulls Wolves Off Endangered Species List

WASHINGTON, DC, April 14, 2011 (ENS) – Congress today approved a budget bill that includes a rider removing wolves in Montana, Idaho, [...]

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