Energy
Cooking Oil to Biodiesel Plant Planned for Colorado
BOULDER, Colorado, May 21, 2013 (ENS) – A new biodiesel production plant to be built in Boulder will make 11.5 million gallons a year of the clean burning [...]
Month: May 2013
At Risk
Oklahoma Twister Kills 51, Injures Dozens More
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, May 20, 2013 (ENS) – A powerful tornado tore through Moore and south Oklahoma City Monday, killing at least 51 people, including 20 children.
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India Bans Captive Dolphin Shows as ‘Morally Unacceptable’
NEW DELHI, India, May 20, 2013 (ENS) – India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests has decided to forbid the keeping of captive dolphins for public entertainment anywhere in [...]
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U.S. Musters Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Partners
WASHINGTON, DC, May 20, 2013 (ENS) – To foster the adoption of fuel cell electric vehicles, the U.S. Energy Department has embarked on a new public-private partnership to [...]
Energy
Sarawak Native Leader Barred from Hydropower World Congress
KUCHING, Sarawak, Malaysia, May 20, 2013 (ENS) – This morning Sarawak indigenous leader Peter Kallang, chairman of the SAVE Rivers network, which opposes a dozen dams planned for [...]
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California’s High Court Upholds Los Angeles Bag Law
SACRAMENTO, California, May 20, 2013 (ENS) – A plastic bag manufacturer’s appeal to the California Supreme Court against the Los Angeles County reusable bag ordinance has failed.
A [...]
At Risk
Six Die as 200 mph Tornado Howls Across Texas
AUSTIN, Texas, May 16, 2013 (ENS) – Six people have lost their lives and nearly 100 others were injured as tornadoes touched down in north-central Texas overnight. More [...]
Air/Climate
Arctic Council Prioritizes Sustainable Development, Climate Action
KIRUNA, Sweden, May 16, 2013 (ENS) – Ministers from the eight Arctic states and representatives of the Arctic Indigenous Peoples Wednesday adopted a shared vision statement for the [...]
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California Father and Son Rhino Horn Smugglers Imprisoned
LOS ANGELES, California, May 15, 2013 (ENS) – A father and son team from Orange County, described by prosecutors as being “at the apex of the rhino horn [...]
Energy
Loud Seismic Tests Probed for Harm to Whales, Dolphins
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 15, 2013 (ENS) – The U.S. federal agency that oversees offshore oil exploration will analyze the effects of noisy underwater seismic blasts on whales [...]
At Risk
Indian Ocean Cyclone Threatens Over Eight Million People
DHAKA, Bangladesh, May 15, 2013 (ENS) – A cyclone blowing across the Indian Ocean is expected to hit Bangladesh on Thursay, threatening the lives of 8.2 million people [...]
Energy
Damaged California Nuclear Plant Faces Restart Safety Hearing
WASHINGTON, DC, May 14, 2013 (ENS) – Southern California Edison’s request to restart its San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station will be decided by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission only [...]
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Florida Legislature Passes Natural Gas Vehicle Incentives
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 14, 2013 (ENS) – Florida lawmakers have approved three pieces of legislation to promote the use of natural gas fuel for vehicles in Florida. Governor [...]
Gov/Politics
Australia Trims Environmental Protection in Deficit Budget
CANBERRA, Australia, May 14, 2013 (ENS) – Environmentalists criticized tax breaks for the fossil fuel industry and cuts to renewable energy funding in the Australian government’s new budget, [...]
Air/Climate
Dalai Lama: Cultivate Inner Peace to Save the Planet
PORTLAND, Oregon, May 12, 2013 (ENS) – “The main thing is the oneness of humanity,” His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, said during an environmental summit [...]
Air/Climate
Atmospheric CO2 Hits 400 Parts Per Million Mark
MAUNA LOA OBSERVATORY, Hawaii, May 11, 2013 (ENS) – For the first time in human history, concentrations of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, CO2, have risen above 400 [...]
Land Use/Forests
Sandy Eco-Restoration Gets $1 Billion+ in Federal Grants
WASHINGTON, DC, May 8, 2013 (ENS) – The Department of the Interior is releasing $475.25 million in emergency Hurricane Sandy disaster relief appropriations to 234 projects that will [...]
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Terrafugia Develops Plug-in Hybrid Flying Car
WOBURN, Massachusetts, May 8, 2013 (ENS) – An American company on a mission to build practical flying cars has begun feasibility studies of a vertical takeoff and landing [...]
Air/Climate
U.S., South Korean Leaders Affirm Climate Change Cooperation
WASHINGTON, DC, May 7, 2013 (ENS) – In her first foreign visit since taking office in February, South Korean President Park Geun-hye joined with President Barack Obama today [...]
Air/Climate
Megacities to Create Common Climate Risk Assessment Standard
NEW YORK, New York, May 7, 2013 (ENS) – A network of large cities committed to addressing climate change is developing a new framework that will help all [...]