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Elephant Poachers Blamed for Killings at DRC’s Okapi Reserve
JACKSONVILLE, Florida, June 28, 2012 (ENS) – Six, not 10, people were killed in the Sunday morning attack by Mai Mai rebels on the headquarters of the government [...]
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Gabon’s President Burns Ivory to Combat Elephant Poaching
Gabon’s President Burns Ivory to Combat Elephant Poaching
LIBREVILLE, Gabon, June 27, 2012 (ENS) – The President of Gabon today set fire to the country’s government-owned ivory stockpile, sending [...]
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Obama to Visit Colorado Springs Fire Disaster
Obama to Visit Colorado Springs Fire Disaster
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, June 27, 2012 (ENS) – An intense fire swallowed dozens of houses overnight in Colorado’s second-largest city, while choking [...]
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Fire Ruins Forests in Kashmir
Fire Ruins Forests in Kashmir
By Zafar Iqbal
MUZAFFARABAD, Jammu and Kashmir, June 25, 2012 (ENS) – Wildfires have destroyed an area of forest stretching several kilometers along the [...]
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Tropical Storm Debby Hits Florida Gulf Coast with Flooding Rain
Tropical Storm Debby Hits Florida Gulf Coast with Flooding Rain
MIAMI, Florida, June 25, 2012 (ENS) – Tropical Storm Debby gained strength Sunday as it struck the northeastern Gulf [...]
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Rio+20: Billions Committed for Sustainable Energy, Transport
Rio+20: Billions Committed for Sustainable Energy, Transport
RIO de JANEIRO, Brazil, June 21, 2012 (ENS) – More than 100 commitments and actions have been mobilized in support of the [...]
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Rio+20: Civil Society Protesters Upstage World Leaders
Rio+20: Civil Society Protesters Upstage World Leaders
RIO de JANEIRO, Brazil, June 21, 2102 (ENS) – Demanding withdrawal of any reference to civil society support in the official outcome [...]
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New York State Funded for 325 EV Charging Stations
New York State Funded for 325 EV Charging Stations
ALBANY, New York, June 21, 2012 (ENS) – At least 325 new electric vehicle charging stations will be installed across [...]
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Court: New York State Can Continue Carbon Cap-and-Trade Program
Court: New York State Can Continue Carbon Cap-and-Trade Program
ALBANY, New York, June 19, 2012 (ENS) – The Albany County State Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit that attempted [...]
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Damaged California Nuclear Plant to Remain Shut All Summer
Damaged California Nuclear Plant to Remain Shut All Summer
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, California, June 19, 2012 (ENS) – Steam generator tubes that emitted radioactive steam at California’s San Onofre [...]
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EPA’s New Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Survive Senate Vote
EPA’s New Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Survive Senate Vote
WASHINGTON, DC, June 20, 2012 (ENS) – Today, the U.S. Senate rejected a resolution that would have prevented the [...]
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Warnings Resound as World Leaders Gather at Rio+20
Warnings Resound as World Leaders Gather at Rio+20
RIO de JANEIRO, Brazil, June 20, 2012 (ENS) – More than 100 heads of state and government today gathered in Rio [...]
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Canada’s New Budget ‘Guts’ Environmental Protections
Canada’s New Budget ‘Guts’ Environmental Protections
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, June 19, 2012 (ENS) – Late last night, Canada’s House of Commons passed Bill C-38, the budget of the majority [...]
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Megacities Slash Greenhouse Gases, Share Best Practices
Megacities Slash Greenhouse Gases, Share Best Practices
RIO de JANEIRO, Brazil, June 19, 2012 (ENS) – Mayors of the world’s megacities today announced that the existing actions of the [...]
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Rio+20 Negotiators Report ‘Progress,’ NGOs Call It ‘Weak’
Rio+20 Negotiators Report ‘Progress,’ NGOs Call It ‘Weak’
RIO de JANEIRO, Brazil, June 18, 2012 (ENS) – Rapid progress is being made on negotiation of the outcome document at [...]
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Japanese Mayors Protest Restart of Nuclear Power Plant
Japanese Mayors Protest Restart of Nuclear Power Plant
TOKYO, Japan, June 17, 2012 (ENS) – A group of Japanese local government elected officials is protesting the decision of Prime [...]
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Hundreds Occupy Brazil’s Belo Monte Dam Construction Site
Hundreds Occupy Brazil’s Belo Monte Dam Construction Site
ALTAMIRA, Brazil, June 17, 2012 (ENS) – As Brazil hosts the Rio+20 UN summit on sustainable development in Rio de Janeiro, [...]
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No Endangered Species Status for Dunes Sagebrush Lizard
No Endangered Species Status for Dunes Sagebrush Lizard
WASHINGTON, DC, June 15, 2012 (ENS) – A rare lizard once proposed for listing as endangered under federal law must now [...]
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EPA Tightens Clean Air Standards for Soot Pollution
EPA Tightens Clean Air Standards for Soot Pollution
WASHINGTON, DC, June 15, 2012 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed to update its national air quality standard [...]
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Future Earth: Global Sustainability Science Plan Debuts at Rio+20
Future Earth: Global Sustainability Science Plan Debuts at Rio+20
RIO de JANEIRO, Brazil, June 15, 2012 (ENS) – Future Earth, a new 10-year platform to coordinate scientific research for [...]