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Month: October 2012

Jill Stein
Air/Climate

Sandy and Tar Sands Pipeline: Stein Arrest Connects the Dots

October 31, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Sandy and Tar Sands Pipeline: Stein Arrest Connects the Dots

 

WINNSBORO, Texas, October 31, 2012 (ENS) – Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was arrested this morning after bringing supplies to climate justice activists sitting in trees to [...]

building
Business

Europe Updates Environment Impact Assessment Law

October 31, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Europe Updates Environment Impact Assessment Law

 

BRUSSELS, Belgium, October 31, 2012 (ENS) – A modernization of Europe’s environmental impact assessment law now underway will enable governments, for the first time, to take into account [...]

Christie, Obama
At Risk

President Obama, Governor Christie Tour Damaged New Jersey

October 31, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on President Obama, Governor Christie Tour Damaged New Jersey

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 31, 2012 (ENS) – President Barack Obama joined New Jersey Governor Chris Christie today for a survey of the destruction left by Hurricane Sandy, which [...]

Hurricane Sandy
Air/Climate

Superstorm Sandy Is ‘What Global Warming Looks Like’

October 30, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Superstorm Sandy Is ‘What Global Warming Looks Like’

 

NEW YORK, New York, October 30, 2012 (ENS) – Many environmentalists are blaming climate change for the appearance of superstorm Sandy that has wreaked such devastation on New [...]

fallen tree
At Risk

Devastated: New York and New Jersey Survey the Damage

October 30, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Devastated: New York and New Jersey Survey the Damage

 

NEW YORK, New York, October 30, 2012 (ENS) – “Sadly, this storm claimed the lives of people throughout the region, including at least 10 in our city – [...]

Oyster Creek
At Risk

Four Nuclear Power Plants Jolted by Hurricane Sandy

October 30, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Four Nuclear Power Plants Jolted by Hurricane Sandy

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 30, 2012 (ENS) – Three nuclear power reactors in the U.S. Northeast shut down Monday during superstorm Sandy, while another – Oyster Creek in Lacey [...]

hurricane
At Risk

Vicious Superstorm Sandy Smashes U.S. Northeast Cities

October 29, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Vicious Superstorm Sandy Smashes U.S. Northeast Cities

 

NEW YORK, New York, October 29, 2012 (ENS) – After claiming 69 lives in the Caribbean countries it ravaged last week, Hurricane Sandy struck land near Atlantic City, [...]

fire map
Air/Climate

Atlas Aims to Ease Extreme Weather Impacts on Public Health

October 29, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Atlas Aims to Ease Extreme Weather Impacts on Public Health

 

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 29, 2012 (ENS) – As the changing climate brings more extreme weather – hurricanes, floods and drought – human health hazards are increasing, warn the [...]

New York National Guard
At Risk

New York City Evacuates 375,000 Ahead of Hurricane Sandy

October 28, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on New York City Evacuates 375,000 Ahead of Hurricane Sandy

 

NEW YORK, New York, October 28, 2012 (ENS) – Large and “extremely dangerous,” the National Weather Service says Hurricane Sandy is expected to bring “life-threatening storm surge flooding” [...]

Sunrise Haida Gwaii
At Risk

Hawaii Tsunami Scare Follows Violent Canada Earthquake

October 28, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Hawaii Tsunami Scare Follows Violent Canada Earthquake

 

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, October 28, 2012 (ENS) – A magnitude 7.7 earthquake off north-central British Columbia shook the coast at 8:04 pm local time Saturday, triggering a [...]

Songdo
Air/Climate

South Korea Will Host the Green Climate Fund

October 25, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on South Korea Will Host the Green Climate Fund

 

SONGDO, South Korea, October 25, 2012 (ENS) – The Green Climate Fund, a multi-billion dollar fund to help developing countries adapt to and mitigate climate change, is inching [...]

wind turbines
Energy

Investors Worth $800 Billion Lobby for Wind Energy Tax Credit

October 25, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Investors Worth $800 Billion Lobby for Wind Energy Tax Credit


BOSTON, Massachusetts, October 25, 2012 (ENS) – Two dozen investors with more than $800 billion in assets under management are urging an immediate extension of the production tax credit [...]

Virunga rangers
Latest News

Eight Dead in Attack on Virunga National Park Rangers

October 25, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Eight Dead in Attack on Virunga National Park Rangers

 

VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, Democratic Republic of Congo, October 25, 2012 (ENS) – Mai Mai rebels attacked a ranger patrol early this morning in Virunga National Park, killing two [...]

Hurricane Sandy
At Risk

Deadly Hurricane Sandy Blows North; U.S. East Coast on Alert

October 25, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Deadly Hurricane Sandy Blows North; U.S. East Coast on Alert

 

MIAMI, Florida, October 25, 2012 (ENS) – Hurricane Sandy howled across the Bahamas on Thursday as a powerful Category 2 storm, packing winds up to 105 miles per [...]

Canadian & Chinese officials
At Risk

Harper’s China-Canada Deal Overrides Environmental Protections

October 24, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Harper’s China-Canada Deal Overrides Environmental Protections

 

OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, October 24, 2012 (ENS) – To attract Chinese investment for development of the Alberta oil sands and other natural resources, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is [...]

child
At Risk

World’s Worst Pollution Problems: 2012

October 23, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on World’s Worst Pollution Problems: 2012

 

NEW YORK, New York, October 23, 2012 (ENS) – Industrial pollution is a critical public health threat on a par with malaria and tuberculosis, but while 125 million [...]

gas well
Energy

Environmental Goups Ask Court to Halt Fracking in California

October 23, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Environmental Goups Ask Court to Halt Fracking in California

 

OAKLAND, California, October 22, 2012 (ENS) – Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit charging that the California agency tasked with regulating oil and gas well activity has failed [...]

pipeline protest
Energy

Tar Sands Pipeline Protestors Swarm British Columbia Legislature

October 22, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Tar Sands Pipeline Protestors Swarm British Columbia Legislature

 

 

VICTORIA, British Columbia, Canada, October 22, 2012 (ENS) – Thousands of protesters from across the province and points east filled the lawn of the British Columbia Legislature [...]

Disney books
Business

Disney Rejects Paper from Indonesian Rainforest Destruction

October 22, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Disney Rejects Paper from Indonesian Rainforest Destruction

 

BURBANK, California, October 22, 2012 (ENS) – As part of its new paper sourcing policy, the Walt Disney Company has renounced the use of paper and fiber associated [...]

biodiesel
Energy

Biodiesel Exhaust Linked to Respiratory Illness

October 19, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Biodiesel Exhaust Linked to Respiratory Illness

 

BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia, October 19, 2012 (ENS) – Burning biodiesel produces compounds that can cause respiratory disease, researchers from Queensland University of Technology have found.

The scientists say the [...]

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