2011 | - Part 44

Globally, 2010 Was a Good Year for Sharks

January 25, 2011 Jim Crabtree Comments Off

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 [...]

Recycling Haiti’s Earthquake Rubble Into Safe, Strong Concrete

January 25, 2011 Jim Crabtree Comments Off

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 [...]

Land of 10,000 Lakes Gets Serious About Water Protection

January 25, 2011 Jim Crabtree Comments Off

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 [...]

Oceanic Plastic Trash Troubling Enough Without Exaggeration

January 25, 2011 Jim Crabtree Comments Off

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 [...]

California Sued to Block Strawberry Fumigant Methyl Iodide

January 25, 2011 Jim Crabtree Comments Off

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 [...]

Three Million Chemicals Are Candidates for First EU Inventory of Hazards

January 25, 2011 Jim Crabtree Comments Off

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 [...]

California’s Klamath River Water Quality Plan Approved

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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 [...]

Blackbirds That Fell on Arkansas Died of Trauma

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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 [...]

Eight Killed in Virunga National Park Ambush

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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 [...]

Judge Upholds Forest Service Off-road Vehicle Ban in Wild Montana

January 24, 2011 Jim Crabtree Comments Off

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 [...]