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Month: April 2013

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Italy Clarifies Plastic Bag Law, Enforcement Starts in May

April 8, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Italy Clarifies Plastic Bag Law, Enforcement Starts in May

 

ROME, Italy, April 8, 2013 (ENS) – A year after passing a nationwide plastic bag ban, the Italian government has identified the technical characteristics of plastic bags that [...]

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Energy

Global Solar Photovoltaic Industry Becomes Net Energy Producer

April 8, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Global Solar Photovoltaic Industry Becomes Net Energy Producer

 

STANFORD, California, April 8, 2013 (ENS) – The rapid growth of the solar power industry over the past 10 years may have worsened the global warming situation it [...]

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EV Pioneer Detroit Electric Reveals Hot Electric Sports Car

April 5, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on EV Pioneer Detroit Electric Reveals Hot Electric Sports Car

 

DETROIT, Michigan, April 5, 2013 (ENS) – A success in the early 1900s, electric automaker Detroit Electric is back – with a $135,000 limited-edition battery-powered sports car.

The [...]

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Business

National Basketball Association Tips Off Green Week

April 4, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on National Basketball Association Tips Off Green Week

 

NEW YORK, New York, April 4, 2013 (ENS) – NBA Cares Green Week starts today for all teams in the National Basketball Association, with community greening projects, cell [...]

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Energy

New Niagara Tunnel Helps Ontario Replace Coal with Hydro

April 4, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on New Niagara Tunnel Helps Ontario Replace Coal with Hydro

 

TORONTO, Ontario, Canada, April 4, 2013 (ENS) – The province of Ontario is harnessing more renewable electricity from Niagara Falls through the just-completed Niagara Tunnel Project, as part [...]

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Indonesia, Malaysia Agree to Save Last 100 Sumatran Rhinos

April 4, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Indonesia, Malaysia Agree to Save Last 100 Sumatran Rhinos

 

SINGAPORE, April 4, 2013 (ENS) – The governments of Indonesia and Malaysia today agreed for the first time to collaborate on saving the Critically Endangered Sumatran rhino, the [...]

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Air/Climate

NASA’s Top Climate Scientist Retires to Activist Life

April 3, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on NASA’s Top Climate Scientist Retires to Activist Life

NEW YORK, New York, April 3, 2013 (ENS) – Outspoken climate scientist James Hansen, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, is retiring as director of the cutting-edge [...]

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Canada Turns Its Back on International Drought Treaty

April 2, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Canada Turns Its Back on International Drought Treaty

 

OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, April 2, 2013 (ENS) – The Government of Canada is quietly withdrawing from the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, UNCCD, the only legally binding international [...]

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Air/Climate

Dominion Energy Must Pay $14 Million for Air Pollution

April 1, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Dominion Energy Must Pay $14 Million for Air Pollution

 

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, April 1, 2013 (ENS) – Dominion Energy has agreed to pay a $3.4 million civil penalty and spend $9.75 million on environmental mitigation projects to resolve [...]

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Energy

Arkansas Tar Sands Spill Amps Up Keystone XL Debate

April 1, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Arkansas Tar Sands Spill Amps Up Keystone XL Debate

 

MAYFLOWER, Arkansas, April 1, 2013 (ENS) – An ExxonMobil pipeline carrying tar sands oil from Canada broke open in Arkansas on Friday, spilling thousands of gallons of black [...]

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Air/Climate

U.S. EPA Raises Standards for Clean Fuels, Vehicles

April 1, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. EPA Raises Standards for Clean Fuels, Vehicles

 

WASHINGTON, DC, April 1, 2013 (ENS) – New rules to reduce air pollution from passenger cars and trucks proposed Friday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will soon be [...]

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