ocean, Texas
Latest News

Obama Issues National Plan for Ocean Economy, Health

WASHINGTON, DC, April 16, 2013 (ENS) – The Obama Administration today released its final plan for translating the National Ocean Policy into actions that administration officials say will enable cooperation among the 27 federal agencies that follow and enforce more than 100 ocean-related laws. […]

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Air/Climate

Keystone XL Pipeline Would Hasten Climate Change: Report

WASHINGTON, DC, April 16, 2013 (ENS) – In a new report, “Cooking the Books: How The State Department Analysis Ignores the True Climate Impact of the Keystone XL Pipeline,” environmental groups and scientists opposed to the pipeline warn of “climate disaster” if President Barack Obama approves it. […]

Greenpeace, North Pole
Air/Climate

Greenpeacers Lower Flag, Time Capsule Beneath North Pole

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, April 15, 2013 (ENS) – Four trekkers on a mission with Greenpeace International planted a flag on the seabed beneath the North Pole on Sunday. The flag is attached to a time capsule with the names of 2.7 million people who joined the Save the Arctic campaign. […]

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Latest News

Dalai Lama Headlines Environmental Summit in Oregon

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 12, 2013 (ENS) – His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, will be in Oregon May 9 through 11 to lead a three-day conference on the environment called the Environmental Summit: Universal Responsibility and the Global Environment. […]

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Energy

ConocoPhillips Puts 2014 Arctic Drilling Plans on Hold

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 11, 2013 (ENS) – ConocoPhillips has called a halt to its 2014 oil exploration plans in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea “given the uncertainties of evolving federal regulatory requirements and operational permitting standards,” the company announced Wednesday. […]

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Gov/Politics

Jewell Will Handle $11.9 Billion Interior Budget in 2014

WASHINGTON, DC, April 11, 2013 (ENS) – President Barack Obama’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget, “starts getting the Department of the Interior out of a ditch,” said outgoing Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Wednesday, just after the budget was released. “It’s a thoughtful budget and we’re proud of it.” […]

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At Risk

Seven Dead in China as Bird Flu Virus Infects Humans

BEIJING, China, April 8, 2013 (ENS) – A new form of bird flu is alarming Chinese and World Health Organization officials. Since March 29, when human infection with the influenza A(H7N9) virus was first reported, a total of 24 cases have been confirmed; seven people have died. […]