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Water Bills Pass California Legislature Ending Years of Wrangling

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Water Bills Pass California Legislature Ending Years of Wrangling

SACRAMENTO, California, November 4, 2009 (ENS) – The California state Legislature today approved a far-reaching water package featuring an $11-billion [...]

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World Faith Leaders Join Forces to Battle Global Warming

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World Faith Leaders Join Forces to Battle Global Warming

LONDON, UK, November 4, 2009 (ENS) – The world’s religions have a crucial role to play in the fight against [...]

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Americans Using Less Water than 35 Years Ago

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Americans Using Less Water than 35 Years Ago

WASHINGTON, DC, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – The United States is using less water than during the peak years of 1975 [...]

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Conservationists Petition EPA to Block Washington Coal Plant Permit

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Conservationists Petition EPA to Block Washington Coal Plant Permit

SEATTLE, Washington, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – Conservation and energy groups have filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection [...]

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UN Biodiversity Chief Calls for ‘New Plans’ to Conserve Life

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UN Biodiversity Chief Calls for ‘New Plans’ to Conserve Life

By Haider Rizvi

NEW YORK, New York, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – A senior United Nations official today criticized [...]

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Timor Sea Oil Rig Blaze Snuffed But Ecosystem Damage Done

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Timor Sea Oil Rig Blaze Snuffed But Ecosystem Damage Done

PERTH, Australia, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – PTTEP Australasia today confirmed it has killed a leaking oil well and [...]

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Rapid Pace of Species Extinctions Mounts to a ‘Crisis’

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Rapid Pace of Species Extinctions Mounts to a ‘Crisis’

GLAND, Switzerland, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – Nearly one-third of all known species of plants and animals are threatened with [...]

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Ships Sailing U.S. Atlantic Coast Must Slow for Whales

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Ships Sailing U.S. Atlantic Coast Must Slow for Whales

WASHINGTON, DC, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – The U.S. Coast Guard reminds operators of vessels 65 feet or greater in [...]

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Disney Spends $7 Million to Conserve Forests in Peru, Congo, USA

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Disney Spends $7 Million to Conserve Forests in Peru, Congo, USA

BURBANK, California, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – The Walt Disney Company, which for 60 years has portrayed the [...]

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Louisiana Copes With Oil Spill, High Winds, Flooding

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Louisiana Copes With Oil Spill, High Winds, Flooding

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – An oil spill south of New Orleans and flooding across northern and western [...]

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Rich Countries Feeding on Poor Countries’ Farmland

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Rich Countries Feeding on Poor Countries’ Farmland

By Haider Rizvi

NEW YORK, New York, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – Investors from capital-rich nations that cannot produce enough food for [...]

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Fire Breaks Out at Leaking Timor Sea Oil Well

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Fire Breaks Out at Leaking Timor Sea Oil Well

PERTH, Australia, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – A huge fire has been blazing at an oil rig in the Timor [...]

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Up to Half of Global Food Production Wasted

January 11, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Up to Half of Global Food Production Wasted

 

LONDON, UK, January 11, 2013 (ENS) – Four billion tonnes of food a year are produced globally. Yet, due to poor practices in harvesting, storage and transportation, as [...]

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National Council to Build 21st Century Conservation Corps

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WASHINGTON, DC, January 11, 2013 (ENS) – A National Council drawn from eight federal agencies signed on Thursday to shape the Obama Administration’s new 21st Century Conservation Service [...]

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Governor Cuomo Proposes $1 Billion New York Green Bank

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ALBANY, New York, January 10, 2013 (ENS) – In his 2013 State of the State Address, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed a $1 billion Green Bank to [...]

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Court Upholds Public Process in Nuclear Plant Safety ‘Exemptions’

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NEW YORK, New York, January 9, 2013 (ENS) – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission must permit public participation in decisions about exempting nuclear power plants from federal regulations or [...]

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Americans Sicker, Die Sooner Than Peers in Rich Nations

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WASHINGTON, DC, January 9, 2013 (ENS) – Environmental factors contribute to higher rates of disease and injury among Americans compared to people in other high-income countries, , finds [...]

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Supreme Court Ruling Leaves Los Angeles With Polluted Stormwater

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WASHINGTON, DC, January 9, 2013 (ENS) – The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Los Angeles County’s Flood Control District can side-step responsibility for the high levels [...]

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2012 Hottest Year Since Record Keeping Began in 1895

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ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, January 8, 2013 (ENS) – The year 2012 was warmest year for the continental United States since record keeping began 107 years ago, the U.S. [...]

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U.S. Arctic Offshore Drilling Gets High-Level, Expedited Review

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WASHINGTON, DC, January 8, 2013 (ENS) – Federal ocean safety regulators have launched an expedited, high-level assessment of the 2012 offshore Arctic drilling program in the Beaufort and [...]

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