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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 [...]
Month: January 2013
Air/Climate
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 [...]
At Risk
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’
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,” [...]
Gov/Politics
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 [...]
At Risk
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 [...]
Energy
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’
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, [...]
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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 [...]
Air/Climate
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 [...]
Energy
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 [...]
At Risk
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 [...]
Energy
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 [...]