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Month: January 2013

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High-Tech Cars Invade Consumer Electronics Show

January 8, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on High-Tech Cars Invade Consumer Electronics Show

 

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, January 8, 2013 (ENS) – The Consumer Electronics Show is bigger than ever this year, and among all the new high-tech TVs and tablets, automotive [...]

bushfire, Tasmania
Air/Climate

Bushfires Erupt Under Australia’s ‘Dome of Heat’

January 7, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Bushfires Erupt Under Australia’s ‘Dome of Heat’

 

CANBERRA, Australia, January 7, 2013 (ENS) – Days of bushfires have left parts of Australia’s island state, Tasmania, in ruins, and now the rest of the country is [...]

Kulluk
At Risk

Shell, Coast Guard Refloat Grounded Drill Rig

January 7, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Shell, Coast Guard Refloat Grounded Drill Rig

 

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, January 7, 2013 (ENS) – Late Sunday night crews were successful in refloating the Shell drilling rig Kulluk that grounded in the Gulf of Alaska on [...]

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Matt Damon Exposes Fracking in ‘Promised Land’

January 6, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Matt Damon Exposes Fracking in ‘Promised Land’

By Tina Gerhardt

LOS ANGELES, California, January 6, 2013 (ENS) – Hydraulic fracturing, known colloquially as fracking, is a contentious issue, and Hollywood has not overlooked it. “Promised Land,” [...]

No Picture
Gov/Politics

General Assembly Strengthens UN’s ‘Voice of the Environment’

January 6, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on General Assembly Strengthens UN’s ‘Voice of the Environment’

 

NEW YORK, New York, January 6, 2013 (ENS) – The UN General Assembly has decided to ‘strengthen and upgrade’ the United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP, and establish universal [...]

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At Risk

Congress Votes to Borrow $9.7 Billion for Sandy Relief

January 4, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Congress Votes to Borrow $9.7 Billion for Sandy Relief

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 4, 2013 (ENS) – Congress approved a bill Friday that allows the National Flood Insurance Program to load on $9.7 billion in new debt to [...]

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Energy

Biotech Bacteria Could Convert Methane to Liquid Diesel

January 4, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Biotech Bacteria Could Convert Methane to Liquid Diesel

 

SEATTLE, Washington, January 4, 2013 (ENS) – Genetically modified bacteria are the central feature of a newly funded research project that aims to convert the methane found in [...]

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New York Funds Three New Clean-Energy ‘Idea Incubators’

January 3, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on New York Funds Three New Clean-Energy ‘Idea Incubators’

 

ALBANY, New York, January 3, 2013 (ENS) – Inventors and scientists are getting $15 million worth of help from the State of New York to turn their high-tech, [...]

Latest News

Bison Group’s Victory Affects All U.S. Public Records Requests

January 3, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Bison Group’s Victory Affects All U.S. Public Records Requests

 

WEST YELLOWSTONE, Montana, January 3, 2013 (ENS) – The nonprofit bison advocacy group Buffalo Field Campaign and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have reached a settlement that requires [...]

Hurricane Sandy
Air/Climate

U.S. Catastrophes Dominate 2012 Global Disaster Losses

January 3, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Catastrophes Dominate 2012 Global Disaster Losses

 

MUNICH, Germany, January 3, 2012 (ENS) – A series of severe weather-related catastrophes in 2012 pushed the United States into a higher proportion of global natural disaster losses [...]

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Energy

Transocean Guilty in Deepwater Horizon Spill, Fined $1.4 Billion

January 3, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Transocean Guilty in Deepwater Horizon Spill, Fined $1.4 Billion

 

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, January 3, 2013 (ENS) – Transocean Deepwater Inc. admitted violating the Clean Water Act and will pay $1.4 billion in civil and criminal fines for [...]

Kulluk
At Risk

Shell Arctic Drilling Rig Aground in Gulf of Alaska

January 2, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Shell Arctic Drilling Rig Aground in Gulf of Alaska

 

KODIAK CITY, Alaska, January 2, 2013 (ENS) – No oil is leaking from a Shell oil drilling vessel that ran aground off an Alaska island during a severe [...]

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Energy

Fiscal Cliff Deal Extends Wind Energy, Biodiesel Tax Credits

January 2, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Fiscal Cliff Deal Extends Wind Energy, Biodiesel Tax Credits

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 2, 2013 (ENS) – With a vote of 257-167 late Tuesday night, the House of Representatives concurred with the Senate in passing a bill to [...]

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