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Month: September 2012

coal ash spill
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300 Public Interest Groups Enter Coal Ash Control Battle

September 17, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on 300 Public Interest Groups Enter Coal Ash Control Battle

 

WASHINGTON, DC, September 17, 2012 (ENS) – More than 300 public interest groups representing millions of people from all 50 states sent a letter to the U.S. Senate [...]

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Air/Climate

Ozone Layer Recovers as Montreal Protocol Turns 25

September 17, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Ozone Layer Recovers as Montreal Protocol Turns 25

 

NEW YORK, New York, September 17, 2012 (ENS) – Earth’s ozone layer is now on track to recover during the next 50 years, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said [...]

Caracas
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Venezuela to Clean Guaire River in Capital Caracas

September 17, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Venezuela to Clean Guaire River in Capital Caracas

 

WASHINGTON, DC, September 17, 2012 (ENS) – Polluted with raw sewage and industrial waste, the Guaire River in Venezuela’s capital city, Caracas, is to be cleaned with a [...]

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Judge Upholds San Francisco’s Plastic Bag Law

September 17, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Judge Upholds San Francisco’s Plastic Bag Law

 

SAN FRANCISCO, California, September 16, 2012 (ENS) – A San Francisco Superior Court judge has upheld the validity of a local ordinance extending San Francisco’s ban on non-compostable [...]

Coda
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San Francisco Opens Cornucopia of Electric Vehicles

September 15, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on San Francisco Opens Cornucopia of Electric Vehicles

 

SAN FRANCISCO, California, September 17, 2012 (ENS) – Called EV Week, San Francisco’s new EV public education campaign really lasts just two days – September 17 and 18 [...]

jaguar
Latest News

Andes to Cloud Forest: Bolivian Park a Wildlife Haven

September 14, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Andes to Cloud Forest: Bolivian Park a Wildlife Haven

 

JEJU Island, South Korea, September 14, 2012 (ENS) – Jaguar and ocelots stalk the forest and harpy eagles soar high above Bolivia’s Madidi National Park, where more than [...]

Fukushima Daiichi
Energy

Japan to Zero Out Nuclear Power by 2030s

September 14, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Japan to Zero Out Nuclear Power by 2030s

 

TOKYO, Japan, September 14, 2012 (ENS) – The Japanese government has decided to phase out nuclear power by sometime in the 2030s and shift the country in the [...]

Oscar Loayza
Latest News

Inspiring Conservationists Honored at IUCN World Congress

September 13, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Inspiring Conservationists Honored at IUCN World Congress

 

JEJU ISLAND, South Korea, September 13, 2012 (ENS) – The spotlight shone this week on four high achieving conservation pioneers as awards were presented at the International Union [...]

Whanganui
Latest News

New Zealand’s Whanganui River Gets Personhood Status

September 13, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on New Zealand’s Whanganui River Gets Personhood Status

 

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, September 13, 2012 (ENS) – New Zealand’s longest navigable river, the Whanganui, has been given “legal standing and an independent voice” under a framework agreement [...]

Lesula
Latest News

Rare Discovery: New Monkey Species Identified in Africa

September 12, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Rare Discovery: New Monkey Species Identified in Africa

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, September 12, 2012 (ENS) – Scientists have discovered a new species of monkey in a remote forested part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, [...]

plastic bag
Latest News

Delhi’s New Plastic Bag Ban Carries Stiff Penalties

September 12, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Delhi’s New Plastic Bag Ban Carries Stiff Penalties

 

NEW DELHI, India, September 12, 2012 (ENS) – The government of India’s capital city says its some 17 million residents will have to learn to shop without plastic [...]

Hainan gibbon
At Risk

Human Ethical Choice Could Save 100 Most Endangered Species

September 11, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Human Ethical Choice Could Save 100 Most Endangered Species


JEJU ISLAND, South Korea, September 11, 2012 (ENS) – The 100 species at greatest risk of extinction were named for the first time today at the World Conservation Congress [...]

Tree marked for timber
Land Use/Forests

Enviros Fight Industry Lawsuit Over U.S. Forest Planning Rule

September 11, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Enviros Fight Industry Lawsuit Over U.S. Forest Planning Rule

 

WASHINGTON, DC, September 11, 2012 (ENS) – Two Pacific Northwest conservation organizations are seeking permission from a federal court in Washington to fight a lawsuit that aims to [...]

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Energy

Two Dead in Protest of India’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant

September 11, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Two Dead in Protest of India’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant

 

KOODANKULAM, Tamil Nadu, India, September 11, 2012 (ENS) – A young girl and a fisherman were killed in a protest Monday against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant under [...]

Clinton and Lavrov
Land Use/Forests

U.S. and Russia Link Parks Across Bering Strait

September 10, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. and Russia Link Parks Across Bering Strait

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, September 10, 2012 (ENS) – To protect their shared natural and cultural resources on both sides of the Bering Strait, the United States and Russia will create [...]

Colombia landslides
Land Use/Forests

IUCN’s New Red List for Ecosystem Alerts, Green List for Rewards

September 9, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on IUCN’s New Red List for Ecosystem Alerts, Green List for Rewards

 

JEJU ISLAND, South Korea, September 9, 2012 (ENS) – A new conservation tool – the Red List of Ecosystems – debuted today at the World Conservation Congress to [...]

Pope Benedict
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Renault Gives Pope Benedict Two Electric Vehicles

September 9, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Renault Gives Pope Benedict Two Electric Vehicles

 

VATICAN CITY, September 7, 2012 (ENS) – French automaker Renault has presented Pope Benedict XVI with two electric vehicles designed and built to meet the the pontiff’s needs. [...]

birds
Latest News

Scotts Miracle-Gro Fined $12.5 Million for Toxics in Wild Bird Food

September 8, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Scotts Miracle-Gro Fined $12.5 Million for Toxics in Wild Bird Food

 

COLOMBUS, Ohio, September 8, 2012 (ENS) – Scotts Miracle-Gro, a producer of pesticides for commercial and consumer lawn and garden uses, was sentenced Friday in federal district court [...]

Barack Obama
Energy

Obama, Romney Present Stark Choice on Environment, Energy

September 7, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Obama, Romney Present Stark Choice on Environment, Energy

 

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, September 7, 2012 (ENS) – Of all the areas of life where the two candidates now running for election to the U.S. presidency differ, the [...]

Toronto
Latest News

U.S., Canada Update Great Lakes Water Quality Protections

September 7, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on U.S., Canada Update Great Lakes Water Quality Protections

 

WASHINGTON, DC, September 7, 2012 (ENS) – Provisions to deal with aquatic invasive species, habitat degradation and the effects of climate change are featured in the newly amended [...]

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