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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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