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Month: February 2013

illegal timber
Land Use/Forests

Interpol Arrests 194 in Illegal Logging Sting

February 20, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Interpol Arrests 194 in Illegal Logging Sting

 

LYON, France, February 20, 2013 (ENS) – Interpol’s first international operation against illegal logging and forest crimes has resulted in nearly 200 arrests and the seizure of millions [...]

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At Risk

Japanese Whaler Rams Sea Shepherd Ships in Australian Waters

February 19, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Japanese Whaler Rams Sea Shepherd Ships in Australian Waters

 

SOUTHERN OCEAN, February 20, 2013 (ENS) – The Japanese whaling factory ship Nisshin Maru has collided with two whale conservation vessels and its own refueling tanker in Australia’s [...]

personal care products
At Risk

Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals Linked to Cancers: WHO/UNEP Report

February 19, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals Linked to Cancers: WHO/UNEP Report

 

GENEVA, Switzerland, February 19, 2013 (ENS) – Chemicals in household and industrial products that disrupt the human hormone system are linked to high global rates of breast, ovarian, [...]

Hybrid Air car
Latest News

Hybrid Air Car Debuts at Geneva Motor Show

February 19, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Hybrid Air Car Debuts at Geneva Motor Show

 

PARIS, France, February 19, 2013 (ENS) – PSA Peugeot-Citroën has developed a unique hybrid car powered by gasoline and compressed air called Hybrid Air that will debut in [...]

Cylvia Hayes
Latest News

Oregon Welcomes Japanese Tsunami Debris Activists

February 18, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Oregon Welcomes Japanese Tsunami Debris Activists

 

LINCOLN CITY, Oregon, February 18, 2013 (ENS) – Japanese environmentalists concerned about marine debris scattered across the Pacific by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami came to Lincoln [...]

lizard
Latest News

One in Every Five Reptiles Faces Extinction

February 18, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on One in Every Five Reptiles Faces Extinction

 

GLAND, Switzerland, February 18, 2013 (ENS) – They may not be cute and cuddly like pandas, nor charismatic like tigers, but many reptiles, too, are at risk of [...]

rally flag
Air/Climate

‘Forward on Climate’ Rally Draws Nearly 50,000

February 17, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on ‘Forward on Climate’ Rally Draws Nearly 50,000

 

WASHINGTON, DC, February 17, 2013 (ENS) – Tens of thousands of people from across the country rallied in the nation’s capital on this chilly day to demand that [...]

meteor
At Risk

Meteor Strikes Russia, Hundreds Injured

February 15, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Meteor Strikes Russia, Hundreds Injured

 

CHELYABINSK, Russia, February 15, 2013 (ENS) – An asteroid several meters in diameter exploded in the atmosphere above the city of Chelyabinsk today at about 9:30 in the [...]

No Picture
Transport

New York’s Mayor Bloomberg Gives Electric Cars a Boost

February 15, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on New York’s Mayor Bloomberg Gives Electric Cars a Boost

 

NEW YORK, New York, February 15, 2013 (ENS) – In his final State of the City address, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed to add 10,000 public parking [...]

Kerry, Ban
At Risk

Climate, Syria, Nuclear Test, High on Global Risk Agenda

February 14, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Climate, Syria, Nuclear Test, High on Global Risk Agenda

 

WASHINGTON, DC, February 14, 2013 (ENS) – Secretary of State John Kerry and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held talks in Washington D.C. today focused on high risk issues, [...]

Deepwater Horizon fire
Energy

Transocean Fined $400 Million for Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

February 14, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Transocean Fined $400 Million for Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

 

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, February 14, 2013 (ENS) – Transocean Deepwater Inc. pleaded guilty today to a violation of the Clean Water Act for its illegal conduct leading to [...]

Sea Shepherd crew
Latest News

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Sea Shepherd Appeal

February 14, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Supreme Court Denies Sea Shepherd Appeal

 

WASHINGTON, DC, February 14, 2013 (ENS) – The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a request by the marine mammal conservation group Sea Shepherd to end restrictions on the [...]

Gene Dodaro
Air/Climate

Climate Change, Weather Satellites New on U.S. Govt Risk List

February 14, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Climate Change, Weather Satellites New on U.S. Govt Risk List

 

WASHINGTON, DC, February 14, 2013 (ENS) – The U.S. Government Accountability Office has added two new areas to the agency’s High Risk List – limiting the government’s fiscal [...]

Passaic River
Latest News

New Jersey Water Officials Charged With Poisoning Drinking Water

February 13, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on New Jersey Water Officials Charged With Poisoning Drinking Water

 

TRENTON, New Jersey, February 13, 2013 (ENS) – Two top officials of the East Orange Water Commission have been charged with conspiring to close contaminated wells before monthly [...]

protesters
Air/Climate

Dozens Arrested at White House Protest of Keystone XL Pipeline

February 13, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Dozens Arrested at White House Protest of Keystone XL Pipeline

 

WASHINGTON, DC, February 13, 2013 (ENS) – Today, 48 prominent environmental, civil rights, and community leaders from across the country demonstrated at the White House demanding that President [...]

President Obama
Air/Climate

Union: Obama Vows Climate Change Action ‘Before It’s Too Late’

February 12, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Union: Obama Vows Climate Change Action ‘Before It’s Too Late’

 

WASHINGTON, DC, February 12, 2013 (ENS) – In a State of the Union Address focused on rebuilding the U.S. economy, President Barack Obama tonight pledged to fight climate [...]

Beijing traffic
Air/Climate

Beijing Bans Polluting Petrol-Powered Cars

February 12, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Beijing Bans Polluting Petrol-Powered Cars

 

BEIJING, China, February 12, 2013 (ENS) – To help cut record levels of air pollution in Beijing, the city is making zero-emission and alternative-energy vehicles more desirable by [...]

butter bombs
Latest News

Sea Shepherd Takes Whale War to U.S. Supreme Court

February 11, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Sea Shepherd Takes Whale War to U.S. Supreme Court

 

WASHINGTON, DC, February 11, 2013 (ENS) – The marine mammal conservation group Sea Shepherd has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a lower court order forbidding its [...]

skier Sochi
Business

Dark Side of the Sochi Winter Olympics: Environmental Damage

February 11, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Dark Side of the Sochi Winter Olympics: Environmental Damage

 

SOCHI, Russia, February 11, 2013 (ENS) – “Large-scale destruction of the environment and substantial environmental damage” is being wrought by preparation for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, a [...]

power plant
Air/Climate

Northeast States to Lower CO2 Emissions Cap 45 Percent

February 11, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Northeast States to Lower CO2 Emissions Cap 45 Percent

NEW YORK, New York, February 11, 2013 (ENS) – The Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, RGGI, have proposed to reduce the 2014 regional emissions [...]

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