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E-Waste in West Africa: a Million Tonnes a Year
E-Waste in West Africa: a Million Tonnes a Year
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 15, 2012 (ENS) – Electronic waste is piling up in West Africa at the rate of up [...]
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Norway Gives $1.2 Million to Armenia Reforestation Project
Norway Gives $1.2 Million to Armenia Reforestation Project
YEREVAN, Armenia, March 15, 2012 (ENS) – The Armenia Tree Project’s 18-year-long effort to reforest the Caucasus country with tree planting, [...]
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Sea-Levels Rising: Millions in Coastal USA at Risk
Sea-Levels Rising: Millions in Coastal USA at Risk
PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 14, 2012 (ENS) – Nearly four million Americans are at risk of severe flooding as climate change [...]
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Senate Passes Transportation Bill, Rejects Oil Drilling in Arctic Refuge
Senate Passes Transportation Bill, Rejects Oil Drilling in Arctic Refuge
WASHINGTON, DC, March 14, 2012 (ENS) – The U.S. Senate today passed a $109 billion transportation funding bill that [...]
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Scotts Miracle-Gro Pleads Guilty to Breaking Federal Pesticide Law
Scotts Miracle-Gro Pleads Guilty to Breaking Federal Pesticide Law
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 14, 2012 (ENS) – Ohio lawn and garden care company Scotts Miracle-Gro has pleaded guilty to breaching [...]
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South Sudan Safeguards Wildlife Amidst Interethnic Warfare
South Sudan Safeguards Wildlife Amidst Interethnic Warfare
BOMA NATIONAL PARK, South Sudan, March 13, 2012 (ENS) – A new headquarters building was inaugurated in wildlife-rich Boma National Park on [...]
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EPA Adds Nine Hazardous Waste Sites to Superfund List
EPA Adds Nine Hazardous Waste Sites to Superfund List
WASHINGTON, DC, March 13, 2012 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today added nine new hazardous waste sites to [...]
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Nitrate From Fertilizers Contaminates California Drinking Water
Nitrate From Fertilizers Contaminates California Drinking Water
DAVIS, California, March 13, 2012 (ENS) – One in every 10 people living in California’s most productive agricultural areas is at risk [...]
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Wind, Solar Could Supply All Minnesota’s Power Needs
Wind, Solar Could Supply All Minnesota’s Power Needs
ST. PAUL, Minnesota, March 13, 2012 (ENS) – All of Minnesota’s electricity generation needs can be met by wind and solar [...]
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Biomass Cogeneration Replaces Coal-Fired Power at Savannah River Site
Biomass Cogeneration Replaces Coal-Fired Power at Savannah River Site
AIKEN, South Carolina, March 13, 2012 (ENS) – A new biomass cogeneration facility was ceremonially opened Monday at the Department [...]
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Bank Urges Asia-Pacific to Prepare for Climate Migrants
Bank Urges Asia-Pacific to Prepare for Climate Migrants
BANGKOK, Thailand, March 13, 2012 (ENS) – Climate change will cause an upward surge in migration this century, and governments in [...]
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Energy Efficiency Standards to Save Americans $1.1 Trillion by 2035
Energy Efficiency Standards to Save Americans $1.1 Trillion by 2035
WASHINGTON, DC, March 12, 2012 (ENS) – National efficiency standards for appliances, lighting and other equipment will save consumers [...]
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Feds, Conservationists Clash Over Endangered Species Act Definition
Feds, Conservationists Clash Over Endangered Species Act Definition
WASHINGTON, DC, March 12, 2012 (ENS) – A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal to define a five-word phrase in the [...]
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Water Scarcity Threatens Much of the World, UN Report
Water Scarcity Threatens Much of the World, UN Report
MARSEILLES, France, March 12, 2012 (ENS) – “If we fail today to make water an instrument of peace, it might [...]
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Japan Stands Still on Fukushima Disaster Anniversary
Japan Stands Still on Fukushima Disaster Anniversary
TOKYO, Japan, March 11, 2012 (ENS) – Japan stopped for a moment on Sunday to mark the one-year anniversary of the earthquake [...]
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Antarctic Again to Be Whaling Battleground
Antarctic Again to Be Whaling Battleground
ST. HELIER, Jersey, UK, July 12, 2011 (ENS) – The seas around Antarctica will be the scene of confrontations over whaling again this year. [...]
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Sea Shepherd Declares Victory as Japanese Whalers Head Home
Sea Shepherd Declares Victory as Japanese Whalers Head Home
WILLIAMSTOWN, Australia, March 9, 2012 (ENS) – The whale conservation group Sea Shepherd is celebrating victory as Japan ends its [...]
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Obama Proposes $1 Billion Worth of Clean Vehicle Incentives
Obama Proposes $1 Billion Worth of Clean Vehicle Incentives
WASHINGTON, DC, March 8, 2012 (ENS) – Visiting the Daimler truck manufacturing plant in Mount Holly, North Carolina Wednesday, President [...]
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Indigenous Ecuadorians March Against Canadian Copper Mine
Indigenous Ecuadorians March Against Canadian Copper Mine
QUITO, Ecuador, March 8, 2012 (ENS) – Several hundred members of the largest Ecuadorian indigenous organization today began marching to the capital, [...]
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Friends of the Earth Sues U.S. EPA Over Lead in Aviation Fuel
Friends of the Earth Sues U.S. EPA Over Lead in Aviation Fuel
WASHINGTON, DC, March 7, 2012 (ENS) – The nonprofit group Friends of the Earth filed a lawsuit [...]