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Globally, 2010 Was a Good Year for Sharks
Globally, 2010 Was a Good Year for Sharks
WASHINGTON, DC, January 6, 2010 (ENS) – Although many shark species are still at risk of extinction, around the world shark [...]
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Recycling Haiti’s Earthquake Rubble Into Safe, Strong Concrete
Recycling Haiti’s Earthquake Rubble Into Safe, Strong Concrete
ATLANTA, Georgia, January 6, 2011 (ENS) – Nearly one year after a severe earthquake devastated Haiti, most of the damaged areas [...]
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Land of 10,000 Lakes Gets Serious About Water Protection
Land of 10,000 Lakes Gets Serious About Water Protection
ST. PAUL, Minnesota, January 5, 2011 (ENS) – Water sustainability is one of the first items of business in Minnesota’s [...]
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Oceanic Plastic Trash Troubling Enough Without Exaggeration
Oceanic Plastic Trash Troubling Enough Without Exaggeration
CORVALLIS, Oregon, January 5, 2011 (ENS) – There is a “troubling” amount of plastic trash floating in the Pacific Ocean, warns an [...]
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California Sued to Block Strawberry Fumigant Methyl Iodide
California Sued to Block Strawberry Fumigant Methyl Iodide
SAN FRANCISCO, California, January 5, 2011 (ENS) – A coalition of farmworkers, community advocates and environmental health organizations is suing to [...]
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Three Million Chemicals Are Candidates for First EU Inventory of Hazards
Three Million Chemicals Are Candidates for First EU Inventory of Hazards
BRUSSELS, Belgium, January 5, 2011 (ENS) – More than three million notices classifying chemical substances in line with [...]
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California’s Klamath River Water Quality Plan Approved
California’s Klamath River Water Quality Plan Approved
SAN FRANCISCO, California, January 4, 2011 (ENS) – Capping 13 years of state and federal efforts to develop pollution limits for North [...]
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Blackbirds That Fell on Arkansas Died of Trauma
Blackbirds That Fell on Arkansas Died of Trauma
BEEBE, Arkansas, January 4, 2011 (ENS) – Thousands of dead blackbirds that fell from the sky in Beebe, Arkansas on New [...]
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Eight Killed in Virunga National Park Ambush
Eight Killed in Virunga National Park Ambush
VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, Democratic Republic of Congo, January 24, 2011 (ENS) – Three rangers and five Congolese soldiers were killed this morning [...]
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Judge Upholds Forest Service Off-road Vehicle Ban in Wild Montana
GREAT FALLS, Montana, January 24, 2011 (ENS) – A federal judge in Great Falls has upheld a U.S. Forest Service travel plan that limits access by wheeled motor [...]