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U.S. Joins Effort to Clean Up Space Environment

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U.S. Joins Effort to Clean Up Space Environment

HERZLIYA, Israel, January 30, 2012 (ENS) – Decades of space activity have littered low Earth orbit with debris, and as the [...]

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California Adopts Advanced Clean Car Rules

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California Adopts Advanced Clean Car Rules

SACRAMENTO, California, January 30, 2012 (ENS) – The California Air Resources Board has unanimously approved new emissions rules for cars and light trucks [...]

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Freezing Fukushima Nuclear Plant Leaks Water

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Freezing Fukushima Nuclear Plant Leaks Water

TOKYO, Japan, January 30, 2012 (ENS) – The temperature fell to minus 8.7 degrees Celsius on Sunday morning near Japan’s crippled nuclear power [...]

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Book Exposes Elimination of America’s Wild Horses

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Book Exposes Elimination of America’s Wild Horses

MINDEN, Nevada, January 27, 2012 (ENS) – Wildlife expert, author and ENS contributor Craig Downer has published a new book that he [...]

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FirstEnergy to Retire Six Older Coal-Fired Power Plants

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FirstEnergy to Retire Six Older Coal-Fired Power Plants

AKRON, Ohio, January 27, 2012 (ENS) – FirstEnergy Corp. subsidiary companies will retire six older coal-fired power plants located in Ohio, [...]

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NASA Discovers Our Galaxy ‘Loaded’ With Exoplanets

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NASA Discovers Our Galaxy ‘Loaded’ With Exoplanets

MOFFETT FIELD, California, January 27, 2012 (ENS) – The Kepler spacecraft has discovered 11 new planetary systems hosting 26 confirmed planets, the [...]

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Green Policies Drive Washington Auto Show in U.S. Capital

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Green Policies Drive Washington Auto Show in U.S. Capital

WASHINGTON, DC, January 27, 2012 (ENS) – The 70th Washington Auto Show: “Safety and Sustainability in Motion” opens to the [...]

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Enviros, Tribes Sue to Protect Marine Mammals from U.S. Navy

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Enviros, Tribes Sue to Protect Marine Mammals from U.S. Navy

SAN FRANCISCO, California, January 26, 2012 (ENS) – A coalition of conservation groups and American Indian tribes today sued [...]

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Obama’s New Forest Planning Rule Fails to Satisfy Conservationists

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Obama’s New Forest Planning Rule Fails to Satisfy Conservationists

WASHINGTON, DC, January 26, 2012 (ENS) – The Obama administration today proposed a new forest planning rule that will guide [...]

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Afghan Olive Farms Waiting for Water

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Afghan Olive Farms Waiting for Water

By Hejratullah Ekhtiyar

JALALABAD, Nangarhar, Afghanistan, January 26, 2012 (ENS) – The southeastern Afghan province of Nangarhar was once home to thousands of [...]

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Biodiversity Loss Costs EU 450 Billion Euros a Year

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Biodiversity Loss Costs EU 450 Billion Euros a Year

BRUSSELS, Belgium, January 26, 2012 (ENS) – A silent crisis of biodiversity loss is costing the European Union 450 billion [...]

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Judge Declares California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard Unconstitutional

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Judge Declares California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard Unconstitutional

FRESNO, California, January 24, 2012 (ENS) – A federal judge has ruled that California Air Resources Board’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard [...]

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Five Electric Snowmobiles Enter the Clean Snowmobile Challenge

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Five Electric Snowmobiles Enter the Clean Snowmobile Challenge

HOUGHTON, Michigan, January 26, 2012 (ENS) – Running zero emissions snowmobiles, teams of engineering students from five universities are among the [...]

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State of the Union: Obama Opens Public Land and Waters to Energy Industry

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State of the Union: Obama Opens Public Land and Waters to Energy Industry

WASHINGTON, DC, January 24, 2012 (ENS) – President Barack Obama used his State of the Union [...]

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Energy Race to 2035: Renewables, Efficiency, Domestic Oil and Gas Win

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Energy Race to 2035: Renewables, Efficiency, Domestic Oil and Gas Win

WASHINGTON, DC, January 24, 2012 (ENS) – Increased oil, natural gas and renewable energy production within the United [...]

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POET and Royal DSM Partner to Produce Cellulosic Bio-ethanol

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POET and Royal DSM Partner to Produce Cellulosic Bio-ethanol

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, January 24, 2012 (ENS) – An American ethanol producer and a Dutch life and materials sciences [...]

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‘Extinct’ Monkey Rediscovered in Borneo

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‘Extinct’ Monkey Rediscovered in Borneo

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, January 24, 2012 (ENS) – Miller’s grizzled langur, a species of monkey that was believed to be extinct or on [...]

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Sydney Welcomes Year of the Dragon With Komodo Dragon Conservation

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Sydney Welcomes Year of the Dragon With Komodo Dragon Conservation

SYDNEY, Australia, January 23, 2012 (ENS) – The City of Sydney and Taronga Zoo have launched the Year of [...]

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Automotive CEOs Plan Eco-Friendly Products, Green Jobs

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Automotive CEOs Plan Eco-Friendly Products, Green Jobs

DAVOS, Switzerland, January 23, 2012 (ENS) – Eighty percent of automotive CEOs see developing environmentally-friendly products or services as an “important part” [...]

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Italian Shipwreck Salvors Bring in Oil Spill Response Vessel, Double Booms

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Italian Shipwreck Salvors Bring in Oil Spill Response Vessel, Double Booms

ROME, Italy, January 23, 2012 (ENS) – As the cruise ship Costa Concordia lies on its side on [...]

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