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Million Petitioners Want to Halt Bee-Toxic Pesticide

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Million Petitioners Want to Halt Bee-Toxic Pesticide

WASHINGTON, DC, March 21, 2012 (ENS) – More than a million citizens signed an emergency legal petition filed with the U.S. EPA today [...]

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Supreme Court: Property Owners Can Sue the U.S. EPA

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Supreme Court: Property Owners Can Sue the U.S. EPA

WASHINGTON, DC, March 21, 2012 (ENS) – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that landowners can file a lawsuit to [...]

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Palestinians Lose Water Access as Israelis Take Over Springs

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Palestinians Lose Water Access as Israelis Take Over Springs

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 21, 2012 (ENS) – Palestinians are losing access to water sources in the West Bank as Israeli [...]

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Thousands of Protesters Fail to Block India’s Nuclear Power Plant

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IDINTHAKARAI, Tamil Nadu, India, March 21, 2012 (ENS) – Police Monday arrested 190 demonstrators objecting to the start of work at the stalled Kudankulam nuclear power plant in [...]

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McDonald’s ‘Mainstreams’ Sustainability, Tests Paper Cups to Replace Foam

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McDonald’s ‘Mainstreams’ Sustainability, Tests Paper Cups to Replace Foam

OAK BROOK, Illinois, March 20, 2012 (ENS) – In response to a 2011 shareholder resolution filed by shareholder advocacy organization [...]

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National Parks Hit With Bat Disease

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National Parks Hit With Bat Disease

GATLINBURG, Tennessee, March 20, 2012 (ENS) – The National Park Service announced today that white-nose syndrome, an emergent infectious disease that has killed [...]

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Pennsylvania to Host Online Sessions on New Marcellus Shale Law

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Pennsylvania to Host Online Sessions on New Marcellus Shale Law

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 20, 2012 (ENS) – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will host online information sessions on [...]

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EPA to Limit New Uses of Potentially Harmful Chemicals

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EPA to Limit New Uses of Potentially Harmful Chemicals

WASHINGTON, DC, March 20, 2012 (ENS) – Companies would be required to report to the federal government all new uses [...]

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Air Pollution Experts Awarded 2012 Tyler Environmental Prize

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Air Pollution Experts Awarded 2012 Tyler Environmental Prize

LOS ANGELES, California, March 20, 2012 (ENS) – The Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement today announced that it is honoring two [...]

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Six Exceptional Animal Conservationists Vie for Indianapolis Prize

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Six Exceptional Animal Conservationists Vie for Indianapolis Prize

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 20, 2012 (ENS) – Six animal conservation leaders have been selected as finalists for the 2012 Indianapolis Prize, [...]

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Australian Fight Heats Up as Senate OKs Nuclear Waste Dump

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Australian Fight Heats Up as Senate OKs Nuclear Waste Dump

CANBERRA, Australia, March 14, 2012 (ENS) – The Australian government has approved a bill creating the country’s first nuclear [...]

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Experts: Avoid Disaster, Overhaul Global Environmental Governance

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Experts: Avoid Disaster, Overhaul Global Environmental Governance

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, March 19, 2012 (ENS) – A fundamental overhaul of global environmental governance is needed now to avoid dangerous “tipping [...]

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Wind, Solar, Hydro Benefit from Inter-American Development Bank Policy Shift

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Wind, Solar, Hydro Benefit from Inter-American Development Bank Policy Shift

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, March 20, 2012 (ENS) – The Inter-American Development Bank is ramping up its investments in private sector [...]

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Indian Police Arrest 19 at Nuclear Power Plant Protest

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Indian Police Arrest 19 at Nuclear Power Plant Protest

IDINTHAKARAI, Tamil Nadu, India, March 19, 2012 (ENS) – Thousands of police today surrounded thousands of anti-nuclear protestors demonstrating against [...]

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Oregon First to Juice Up West Coast Electric Highway

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Oregon First to Juice Up West Coast Electric Highway

CENTRAL POINT, Oregon, March 19, 2012 (ENS) – Electric vehicle drivers can now cruise along the southern Oregon stretch of [...]

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Court Upholds Limits on Sea Turtle Deaths in Hawaii’s Longline Fishery

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Court Upholds Limits on Sea Turtle Deaths in Hawaii’s Longline Fishery

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 16, 2012 (ENS) – In a decision Thursday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has [...]

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Tribes Receive $4.2 Million in Conservation Grants

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Tribes Receive $4.2 Million in Conservation Grants

WASHINGTON, DC, March 16, 2012 (ENS) – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced more than $4.2 million in Tribal Wildlife [...]

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Phthalate Exposure as Fetuses Alters Reproduction of Female Mice

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Phthalate Exposure as Fetuses Alters Reproduction of Female Mice

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 16, 2012 (ENS) – Female mouse fetuses exposed to very high doses of a common industrial [...]

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First All-Electric Coda Rolls Off Assembly Line

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First All-Electric Coda Rolls Off Assembly Line

BENICIA, California, March 15, 2012 (ENS) – As employees cheered, the first all-electric Coda sedan for sale to a customer came rolling [...]

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World Water Forum Refreshes Goal of Clean Water for All

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World Water Forum Refreshes Goal of Clean Water for All

MARSEILLE, France, March 16, 2012 (ENS) – Ministers and heads of delegations from 130 countries at the World Water [...]

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