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Air/Climate

11 Billion-Dollar Weather, Climate Disasters Hit U.S. in 2012

December 31, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on 11 Billion-Dollar Weather, Climate Disasters Hit U.S. in 2012

 

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, December 31, 2012 (ENS) – In 2012, the United States experienced 11 extreme weather and climate events that cost more than $1 billion in losses, [...]

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Rainforest Action Network Leader Rebecca Tarbotton Dies at 39

December 28, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Rainforest Action Network Leader Rebecca Tarbotton Dies at 39

 

SAN FRANCISCO, California, December 28, 2012 (ENS) – Rainforest Action Network and its members are mourning the sudden loss of Executive Director Rebecca Tarbotton, who died Wednesday on [...]

coral, China
Land Use/Forests

China’s Corals Fall Victim to ‘Wicked Environmental Problems’

December 28, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on China’s Corals Fall Victim to ‘Wicked Environmental Problems’

 

TOWNSVILLE, Queensland, Australia, December 28, 2012 (ENS) – China’s coral reefs have declined by 80 percent in the past three decades, destroyed by the consequences of economic development, [...]

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Feds Fund Honolulu’s Rail Transit But Burials Complicate Route

December 28, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Feds Fund Honolulu’s Rail Transit But Burials Complicate Route

 

HONOLULU, Hawaii, December 28, 2012 (ENS) – The federal government has signed an agreement to provide $1.55 billion to the City and County of Honolulu to build Hawaii’s [...]

Lisa Jackson
Air/Climate

U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Resigns

December 27, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Resigns

 

WASHINGTON, DC, December 27, 2012 (ENS) – Lisa Jackson, who has headed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency during President Obama’s first term in office, is leaving the Cabinet [...]

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California’s 1st Ultra-Clean Car: 2014 Honda Accord Plug-in Hybrid

December 26, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on California’s 1st Ultra-Clean Car: 2014 Honda Accord Plug-in Hybrid

 

SACRAMENTO, California, December 27, 2012 (ENS) – The California Air Resources Board has approved Honda’s first plug-in hybrid as the first car that meets the state’s newest and [...]

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Food

Genetically Engineered Salmon Closer to U.S. Approval

December 26, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Genetically Engineered Salmon Closer to U.S. Approval

 

WASHINGTON, DC, December 26, 2012 (ENS) – Genetically engineered salmon are likely to appear on American dinner plates for the first time in the near future, following the [...]

Havana, Cuba
At Risk

Cholera Spreads in Cuba After Hurricane Sandy

December 26, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Cholera Spreads in Cuba After Hurricane Sandy

HAVANA, Cuba, December 26, 2012 (ENS) – A rise in cholera cases in the Cuban capital Havana is being traced back to parts of the country hardest hit by [...]

Porritt
Latest News

World’s Largest Concentrated Solar Power Plant

December 26, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on World’s Largest Concentrated Solar Power Plant

 

By Jonathan Porritt, Co-Founder, Forum for the Future

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, December 26, 2012 (ENS) – I am seriously delighted at this photo. That’s me and [...]

Latest News

Obama Proposes to Expand Two California Marine Sanctuaries

December 21, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Obama Proposes to Expand Two California Marine Sanctuaries

 

WASHINGTON, DC, December 21, 2012 (ENS) – The size of two national marine sanctuaries off the coast of north-central California could be doubled if the expansion proposed today [...]

Rome, traffic
Latest News

EU Environment Committee Moves to Muffle Vehicle Noise

December 21, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on EU Environment Committee Moves to Muffle Vehicle Noise

 

STRASBOURG, France, December 20, 2012 (ENS) – Vehicle noise limits must be lowered to protect the health of EU citizens, said Environment Committee MEPs, who approved a legislative [...]

No Picture
At Risk

New Lethal Bird Flu Strain Emerges in Indonesian Ducks

December 18, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on New Lethal Bird Flu Strain Emerges in Indonesian Ducks

 

JAKARTA, Indonesia, December 18, 2012 (ENS) – Indonesia has identified the bird flu virus that has killed hundreds of thousands of ducks over the past few weeks as [...]

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Energy

Wind Developers, Eco Groups Reach Whale Protection Pact

December 17, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Wind Developers, Eco Groups Reach Whale Protection Pact

WASHINGTON, DC, December 17, 2012 (ENS) – In an unprecedented collaboration, offshore wind developers have agreed to voluntary measures that will protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, while [...]

refinery gases
Air/Climate

Canada Leaves Kyoto Protocol, Lets China Buy Into Oil Sands

December 17, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Canada Leaves Kyoto Protocol, Lets China Buy Into Oil Sands

 

OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, December 17, 2012 (ENS) – Canada’s withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol took legal effect on Saturday, December 15. Canada is the only nation out of [...]

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Latest News

Swiss Parliament Passes Plastic Bag Ban

December 17, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Swiss Parliament Passes Plastic Bag Ban

 

BERNE, Switzerland, December 17, 2012 (ENS) – Switzerland’s Parliament has approved a motion banning single-use plastic shopping bags.

Both houses of the Swiss Parliament Thursday voted to forbid [...]

drought Australia
Air/Climate

Leaked UN Report Predicts ‘Irreversible’ Climate Change

December 17, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Leaked UN Report Predicts ‘Irreversible’ Climate Change

 

WASHINGTON, DC, December 17, 2012 (ENS) – A leaked early draft of the UN’s latest climate change study shows human activities to be responsible for climate warming that [...]

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Business

World’s Largest Companies Embracing Clean Energy

December 17, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on World’s Largest Companies Embracing Clean Energy

 

WASHINGTON, DC, December 17, 2012 (ENS) – A majority of the world’s largest companies are not waiting for governments to mandate renewable energy and lower greenhouse gas emissions, [...]

Salem Harbor
Air/Climate

EPA Sets Stricter Clean Air Standard for Soot

December 15, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on EPA Sets Stricter Clean Air Standard for Soot

 

WASHINGTON, DC, December 14, 2012 (ENS) – Under a court order, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today finalized an update to its national air quality standards for harmful [...]

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Air/Climate

Passions Run High at Cherry Point Coal Terminal Hearing

December 14, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Passions Run High at Cherry Point Coal Terminal Hearing

 

SEATTLE, Washington, December 13, 2012 (ENS) – Citizens concerned about coal’s contribution to global warming and the potential impact to the Puget Sound ecosystem spoke out Thursday against [...]

Latest News

Petition: Plastic in NW Hawaiian Islands Needs Superfund Cleanup

December 13, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Petition: Plastic in NW Hawaiian Islands Needs Superfund Cleanup

 

SAN FRANCISCO, California, December 12, 2012 (ENS) – Appalled by the amount of plastic debris floating in the Pacific Ocean, the nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity is petitioning [...]

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