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Month: January 2013

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Air/Climate

John Kerry, Climate Champion, Next U.S. Secretary of State

January 31, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on John Kerry, Climate Champion, Next U.S. Secretary of State

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 31, 2013 (ENS) – Combating climate change is important to Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, who was confirmed by the Senate 94-3 on Tuesday as [...]

industry, smoke
Air/Climate

Polluted Air Linked to Poor Birth Outcomes, Early Deaths

January 31, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Polluted Air Linked to Poor Birth Outcomes, Early Deaths

 

BRUSSELS, Belgium, January 31, 2013 (ENS) – Long-term exposure to fine particles of pollutants in the air can trigger adverse birth outcomes, childhood respiratory diseases and atherosclerosis, the [...]

traffic
Air/Climate

Poll: Cleaner Gasoline, Vehicles Endorsed by U.S. Voters

January 31, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Poll: Cleaner Gasoline, Vehicles Endorsed by U.S. Voters

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 31, 2013 (ENS) – An overwhelming majority of voters polled in a new American Lung Association survey support the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in setting [...]

fairy tern
Latest News

Pacific Atoll Rat-Free for the First Time Since WWII

January 31, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Pacific Atoll Rat-Free for the First Time Since WWII

 

HONOLULU, Hawaii, January 31, 2013 (ENS) – Birds, crabs and rare trees are expected to recover on Palmyra Atoll, a collection of islets located about 1,000 miles south [...]

rat, Boston
Latest News

U.S. EPA Bans D-Con Mouse and Rat Control Products

January 30, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. EPA Bans D-Con Mouse and Rat Control Products

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 30, 2013 (ENS) – The only rodenticide producer that has refused to adopt the U.S. EPA’s safety standards for all of its consumer products has [...]

refinery, San Francisco Bay
Latest News

U.S. Places San Francisco Bay-Estuary Under Treaty Protection

January 30, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Places San Francisco Bay-Estuary Under Treaty Protection

 

SAN FRANCISCO, California, January 30, 2013 (ENS) – The United States has named the San Francisco Bay and Estuary as its 35th Wetland of International Importance under the [...]

oil spill Nigeria
Energy

Dutch Court Finds Shell Liable for Nigeria Oil Damages

January 30, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Dutch Court Finds Shell Liable for Nigeria Oil Damages

 

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, January 30, 2013 – A Dutch court ruled today that Shell is responsible for not preventing the pollution of farmlands at Ikot Ada Udo [...]

KWS rangers
Latest News

Dispatch from the Wildlife Wars: Kenya

January 29, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Dispatch from the Wildlife Wars: Kenya

 

NAIROBI, Kenya, January 29, 2013 (ENS) – One suspected poacher from Tana River County was shot dead on a private ranch Sunday after a fierce gun battle with Kenya [...]

plutonium test
At Risk

U.S. Plans to Ship Plutonium Bomb Cores Across Three States

January 29, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Plans to Ship Plutonium Bomb Cores Across Three States

 

LIVERMORE, California, January 29, 2013 (ENS) – Environmental, legal and nuclear experts from California and New Mexico are holding a community forum Wednesday to reveal the “potentially illegal” [...]

bee demonstrators
Gov/Politics

Giant Bees Buzz British Prime Minister’s Office

January 29, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Giant Bees Buzz British Prime Minister’s Office

 

LONDON, UK, January 29, 2013 (ENS) – Giant bees appeared at Prime Minister David Cameron’s office at #10 Downing Street this morning to sting the government into delivering [...]

Vicksburg bridge
At Risk

Mississippi River Barge Hits Bridge, Spills Oil

January 29, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Mississippi River Barge Hits Bridge, Spills Oil

 

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, January 29, 2013 (ENS) – Crude oil spilling from a barge that hit the Vicksburg Railroad bridge across the lower Mississippi River has closed 16 [...]

Tyep 2 plug
Latest News

Europe Sets Common Standard for Electric Vehicle Charging

January 28, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Europe Sets Common Standard for Electric Vehicle Charging

 

BRUSSELS, Belgium, January 28, 2013 (ENS) – The “Type 2” plug developed by the German company Mennekes will be the common standard for charging electrified vehicles across the [...]

oil spill workers
At Risk

Woman Defrauds Fishermen With Fake Oil Spill Cleanup Training

January 27, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Woman Defrauds Fishermen With Fake Oil Spill Cleanup Training

 

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, January 27, 2013 (ENS) – A Louisiana woman admitted creating false identification documents and impersonating a federal hazwaste official with intent to defraud Southeast Asian [...]

Minamata, mercury
Latest News

Governments Strike First Global Mercury Control Treaty

January 26, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Governments Strike First Global Mercury Control Treaty

 

GENEVA, Switzerland, January 26, 2013 (ENS) – A worldwide ban on the manufacture, export and import of batteries and other products that contain mercury will be in place [...]

Tide detergents
Business

Procter & Gamble Must Scrub Carcinogen Dioxane From Tide

January 25, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Procter & Gamble Must Scrub Carcinogen Dioxane From Tide

 

SACRAMENTO, California, January 25, 2013 (ENS) – Procter & Gamble, makers of Tide and Tide Free & Gentle detergents, has agreed in a California court to reduce the [...]

USS Guardian
At Risk

U.S. Navy Ship Aground in Pristine Philippine Reef Park

January 25, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Navy Ship Aground in Pristine Philippine Reef Park

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 25, 2013 (ENS) – All of the fuel onboard a U.S. Navy minesweeper grounded in the Philippines’ Tubbataha Reefs Natural Marine Park was removed today [...]

Christine Lagarde
Air/Climate

World Economic Forum Feels Climate Change Pressure

January 25, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on World Economic Forum Feels Climate Change Pressure

 

DAVOS-KLOSTERS, Switzerland, January 25, 2013 (ENS) –  “Unless we take action on climate change, future generations will be roasted, toasted, fried and grilled,” Christine Lagarde, managing director of [...]

oil tanker
At Risk

Canadians Fear Spill From New Kinder Morgan Pipeline, Tankers

January 24, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Canadians Fear Spill From New Kinder Morgan Pipeline, Tankers

 

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, January 24, 2013 (ENS) – Canadian environmental groups today warned that a new proposal by Kinder Morgan pipeline company would “exponentially” raise the risk [...]

Whitehouse, Waxman
Air/Climate

Congressional Democrats Form Climate Change Task Force

January 24, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Congressional Democrats Form Climate Change Task Force

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 24, 2013 (ENS) – Climate change is getting renewed attention in Congress. Representative Henry Waxman of California and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, both [...]

Pacific bluefin
Food

Pacific Bluefin Tuna Population Down 96 Percent

January 24, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Pacific Bluefin Tuna Population Down 96 Percent

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 23, 2013 (ENS) – Pacific bluefin tuna numbers have dropped 96.4 percent from unfished levels due to decades of overfishing, finds a new stock assessment, [...]

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