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Month: August 2012

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Conservationists Howl as Feds Drop Wyoming Wolves From Endangered List

August 31, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Conservationists Howl as Feds Drop Wyoming Wolves From Endangered List

WASHINGTON, DC, August 31, 2012 (ENS) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today declared the Wyoming population of gray wolves to be recovered and removed federal protection under [...]

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At Risk

Philippine Quake Generates Pacific Tsunami Warning

August 31, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Philippine Quake Generates Pacific Tsunami Warning

 

MANILA, Philippines, August 31, 2012 (ENS) – A large earthquake jolted a sea area east of the Philippines on Friday and a tsunami warning was issued for the [...]

drillship
Energy

Shell to Start Arctic Drill Preparations, Lawsuit Filed

August 30, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Shell to Start Arctic Drill Preparations, Lawsuit Filed

 

WASHINGTON, DC, August 30, 2012 (ENS) – The Obama Administration today gave Shell approval to prepare for oil drilling in environmentally fragile Chukchi Sea off Alaska although a [...]

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Air/Climate

Europe, Australia to Link Carbon Emissions Trading Systems

August 30, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Europe, Australia to Link Carbon Emissions Trading Systems

 

BRUSSELS, Belgium, August 30, 2012 (ENS) – The Australian government and the European Commission intend to link Australia’s newly established greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme and the European [...]

Kumi Naidoo
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Cold Hands, Determined Hearts

August 30, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Cold Hands, Determined Hearts

By Kumi Naidoo, Executive Director, Greenpeace International

ONBOARD THE ARCTIC SUNRISE, August 28, 2012 (ENS) – When I spoke to my friends and family this weekend I was unanimously [...]

Russia EV
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Russia’s First Electric Car Debuts in Moscow

August 30, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Russia’s First Electric Car Debuts in Moscow

 

MOSCOW, Russia, August 30, 2012 (ENS) – Russia’s largest automaker AvtoVAZ unveiled its first electric car for journalists at the Moscow Auto Show on Wednesday.

AvtoVAZ said in [...]

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Food

Quarter of World’s Freshwater Used to Grow Wasted Food

August 29, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Quarter of World’s Freshwater Used to Grow Wasted Food

 

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, August 29, 2012 (ENS) – “More than one-fourth of all the water we use worldwide is taken to grow over one billion tons of food that [...]

New Caldonia
Latest News

New Caledonia to Safeguard Vast Pacific Ocean Area

August 29, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on New Caledonia to Safeguard Vast Pacific Ocean Area

 

RARATONGA, Cook Islands, August 29, 2012 (ENS) – The French Pacific Ocean territory of New Caledonia has pledged to create a vast marine protected area in its exclusive [...]

Hurricane Isaac
At Risk

Hurricane Isaac Hammers New Orleans

August 28, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Hurricane Isaac Hammers New Orleans

 

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, August 28, 2012 (ENS) – Strengthening into a hurricane just after noon on Tuesday, Isaac made landfall in far southeastern Louisiana in Plaquemines Parish at [...]

Chevy Volt
Business

Obama Sets 54.5 mpg Fuel Efficiency Standards

August 28, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Obama Sets 54.5 mpg Fuel Efficiency Standards

 

WASHINGTON, DC, August 28, 2012 (ENS) – The Obama Administration today finalized national fuel economy standards that will require model year 2025 cars and light-duty trucks to get [...]

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Energy

Jet Fuel Spill Near Chicago Closes Canal, Highway

August 28, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Jet Fuel Spill Near Chicago Closes Canal, Highway

CHICAGO, Illinois, August 28, 2012 (ENS) – A jet fuel pipeline that ruptured Monday near Chicago has forced closure of Route 83 and part of the Calumet Sag Channel [...]

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Air/Climate

Arctic Sea Ice Cover Lowest on Record, Melt Continues

August 28, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Arctic Sea Ice Cover Lowest on Record, Melt Continues

BOULDER, Colorado, August 28, 2012 (ENS) – Arctic sea ice cover has melted to its lowest extent in the 33-year satellite record, breaking the previous record low observed in [...]

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Air/Climate

Sinclair Oil to Pay $14 Million for Wyoming Air Pollution

August 27, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Sinclair Oil to Pay $14 Million for Wyoming Air Pollution

WASHINGTON, DC, August 27, 2012 (ENS) – The U.S. government alleges that Sinclair Oil Corp. violated air pollution limits established in a 2008 consent decree at refineries in Casper [...]

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Illinois Governor Vetos Ban on Plastic Bag Bans

August 27, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Illinois Governor Vetos Ban on Plastic Bag Bans

 

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, August 27, 2012 (ENS) – Illinois cities and towns can still pass ordinances to ban single-use plastic bags now that Governor Pat Quinn Sunday vetoed the Plastic [...]

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Energy

Greenpeace Battles Gazprom Over Russia’s Arctic Drill Rig

August 27, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Greenpeace Battles Gazprom Over Russia’s Arctic Drill Rig

 

MOSCOW, Russia, August 27, 2012 (ENS) – Two days after voluntarily ending its occupation of the first permanent oil rig in the offshore Russian Arctic, Greenpeace International has [...]

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Republican National Convention Spared Direct Hurricane Hit

August 27, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Republican National Convention Spared Direct Hurricane Hit

 

TAMPA, Florida, August 27, 2012 (ENS) – Tropical Storm Isaac has turned northwestward over the Gulf of Mexico, heading for the central Gulf states and striking only a [...]

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At Risk

Tropical Storm Isaac Delays Republican National Convention

August 26, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Tropical Storm Isaac Delays Republican National Convention

 

TAMPA, Florida, August 26, 2012 (ENS) – The Republican National Convention, scheduled to open Monday in Tampa, will be postponed by at least a day and a half, [...]

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America’s Oil City Relies on Electric Car-Sharing

August 24, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on America’s Oil City Relies on Electric Car-Sharing

 

HOUSTON, Texas, August 24, 2012 (ENS) – The Zipcar car sharing network has crafted a new partnership with the City of Houston for a municipal electric vehicle fleet-sharing [...]

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Food

Malawi Fears Hunger as Lake Chilwa Dries

August 24, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Malawi Fears Hunger as Lake Chilwa Dries

 

By Charles Mkoka

ZOMBA, Malawi, August 24, 2012 (ENS) – Malawi’s Lake Chilwa could dry up completely in 2013 or 2014, scientists warn. The prediction has created fears of [...]

Kumi Naidoo
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Greenpeace Occupies Gazprom Oil Rig in Russian Arctic

August 24, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Greenpeace Occupies Gazprom Oil Rig in Russian Arctic

 

MOSCOW, Russia, August 24, 2012 (ENS) – A team of six Greenpeace International activists, led by Executive Director Kumi Naidoo, boarded Gazprom’s ‘Prirazlomnaya’ Arctic oil platform early this morning [...]

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