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Tesla Model S Crowned 2013 World Green Car

March 29, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Tesla Model S Crowned 2013 World Green Car

 

NEW YORK, New York, March 29, 2013 (ENS) – The Tesla Model S was named the 2013 World Green Car Thursday at a press conference hosted by the [...]

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Air/Climate

Poll: Live on High-Risk U.S. Coastline? Prepare and Pay

March 28, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Poll: Live on High-Risk U.S. Coastline? Prepare and Pay

 

WASHINGTON, DC, March 28, 2013 (ENS) – The overwhelming majority of Americans in a new public opinion poll support stronger building codes to minimize damage from climate-induced sea [...]

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Energy

Japan Turns from Nuclear Fission to Nuclear Fusion

March 28, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Japan Turns from Nuclear Fission to Nuclear Fusion

 

TOKYO, Japan, March 28, 2013 (ENS) – The Japanese utility that supplies electricity to seven prefectures on Japan’s main island of Honshu today officially withdrew its plan to [...]

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Wastewater Injection Linked to Oklahoma’s Largest Earthquake

March 28, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Wastewater Injection Linked to Oklahoma’s Largest Earthquake

 

NEW YORK, New York, March 28, 2013 (ENS) – The rising number of earthquakes in normally calm parts of Arkansas, Texas, Ohio and Colorado are linked to the [...]

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Air/Climate

Australia, China Collaborate on Asia-Pacific Carbon Market

March 27, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Australia, China Collaborate on Asia-Pacific Carbon Market

 

SYDNEY, Australia, March 27, 2013 (ENS) – Australia and China are working in concert to develop their individual carbon trading markets as a first step towards a broader [...]

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First ‘Sex-on-the-Reef’ Recorded on India’s Only Coral Atolls

March 27, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on First ‘Sex-on-the-Reef’ Recorded on India’s Only Coral Atolls

 

LAKSHADWEEP, India, March 27, 2013 (ENS) – Coral spawning, locally called “sex-on-the-reef,” has been recorded for the first time along India’s southwest coast in the waters around Lakshadweep, a [...]

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Over Half U.S. River and Stream Miles in Poor Condition

March 26, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Over Half U.S. River and Stream Miles in Poor Condition

 

WASHINGTON, DC, March 26, 2013 (ENS) – Fifty-five percent of U.S. rivers and streams are in poor condition for aquatic life, finds the first comprehensive survey of the [...]

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Land Use/Forests

Obama Creates Five National Monuments to ‘Benefit All Americans’

March 25, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Obama Creates Five National Monuments to ‘Benefit All Americans’

 

WASHINGTON, DC, March 25, 2013 (ENS) – President Barack Obama today signed proclamations establishing five national monuments located in Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Ohio and Washington, using his [...]

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Earth Hour Plunges Planet into Healing Darkness

March 25, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Earth Hour Plunges Planet into Healing Darkness

 

SYDNEY, Australia, March 25, 2013 (ENS) – This year for the first time, Russia’s Kremlin, the residence of the President, and Red Square switched off their lights for [...]

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Actor Ezra Miller Heads to North Pole for Greenpeace

March 25, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Actor Ezra Miller Heads to North Pole for Greenpeace

 

NEW YORK, New York, March 25, 2013 (ENS) – Film star Ezra Miller will ski to the North Pole in early April to plant a “flag for the [...]

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International Cooperation Key to World Water Day 2013

March 22, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on International Cooperation Key to World Water Day 2013

 

NEW YORK, New York, March 22, 2013 (ENS) – “Water is central to the wellbeing of people and the planet,” UN Secretary General Ban Ki moon said in [...]

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Air/Climate

Coming Soon: U.S. Tier 3 Emissions and Fuel Standards

March 22, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Coming Soon: U.S. Tier 3 Emissions and Fuel Standards

 

 

WASHINGTON, DC, March 22, 2013  (ENS) – Sometime before the end of March, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose new national vehicle emissions and [...]

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Land Use/Forests

‘Zero Illegal Deforestation’ Target Set on First World Forests Day

March 22, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on ‘Zero Illegal Deforestation’ Target Set on First World Forests Day

 

ROME, Italy, March 22, 2013 (ENS) – On the first International Day of Forests, celebrated Thursday by the United Nations, Jose Graziano da Silva proposed that all countries [...]

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Low-Income, Minority Californians Suffer Worst Asthma

March 21, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Low-Income, Minority Californians Suffer Worst Asthma

 

SACRAMENTO, California, March 21, 2013 (ENS) – Low-income populations, racial and ethnic minorities in California are exposed to greater levels of some air pollutants than higher-income, Caucasian populations. [...]

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Pacemaker Wearers Safe in Electric Vehicles, Hybrids

March 21, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Pacemaker Wearers Safe in Electric Vehicles, Hybrids

 

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 21, 2013 (ENS) – Patients with implanted cardiac devices such as pacemakers and defibrillators can safely drive or ride in an electric car without risk [...]

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Sea Shepherd Seeks Dutch Prosecution of Japanese Whalers

March 21, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Sea Shepherd Seeks Dutch Prosecution of Japanese Whalers

 

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, March 21, 2013 (ENS) – The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is lodging a second complaint with the Netherlands Public Prosecutor’s Office for serious fraud and [...]

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Fossil Found on Brazilian Beach Key to Blue Whale Survival

March 21, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Fossil Found on Brazilian Beach Key to Blue Whale Survival

 

SAO PAULO, Brazil, March 21, 2013 (ENS) – The 1,800 year old fossil of a blue whale found on Sao Paulo’s southern coast may help prevent the extinction of [...]

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Civil Engineers Raise U.S. Infrastructure Grade to D+

March 20, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Civil Engineers Raise U.S. Infrastructure Grade to D+

 

WASHINGTON, DC, March 20, 2013 (ENS) – Over the past four years, the state of America’s infrastructure has improved from a grade of D to D+ but a [...]

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Battered but Proud, Sea Shepherd Fleet Docks in Melbourne

March 20, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Battered but Proud, Sea Shepherd Fleet Docks in Melbourne

 

MELBOURNE, Australia, March 20, 2013 (ENS) – Sea Shepherd Australia this morning welcomed to Melbourne its three ships and 110 crewmembers after their campaign defending whales in the [...]

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Kerry Supports Giant Marine Reserve in Antarctica’s Ross Sea

March 19, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Kerry Supports Giant Marine Reserve in Antarctica’s Ross Sea

 

WASHINGTON, DC, March 19, 2013 (ENS) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Monday urged creation of what would be the world’s largest marine reserve in Antarctica and [...]

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