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Toxic Waste Sites in Poor Nations Cause Child Disease, Death
NEW YORK, New York, May 7, 2013 (ENS) – Children living near toxic waste sites in India, Indonesia and the Philippines may absorb high levels of lead into [...]
Month: May 2013
Land Use/Forests
Australia Moves Toward Cape York World Heritage Nomination
CANBERRA, Australia, May 6, 2013 (ENS) – Parts of Cape York Peninsula, one of the last wilderness areas on Earth, will be nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage [...]
Energy
BP Agrees to 28 Early Restoration Projects for Gulf States
WASHINGTON, DC, May 6, 2013 (ENS) – The British oil company BP has agreed to pay $600 million to cover 28 early restoration projects in the Gulf Coast [...]
At Risk
Wildfire Out of Control in Dry Southern California
CAMARILLO, California, May 3, 2013 (ENS) – A Red Flag Warning for high fire danger remains in effect for much of Southern California due to high temperatures, low [...]
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Threatened Grizzly Bears in Montana to Lose Federal Protection
MISSOULA, Montana, May 3, 2013 (ENS) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is preparing to remove a population of grizzly bears from the Endangered Species Act, under [...]
Business
General Motors First Automaker to Sign Climate Declaration
SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 2, 2013 (ENS) – General Motors is the first automaker among 40 U.S. corporations to sign a new climate declaration, asserting that responding to [...]
Food
Honey Bee Decline Due to ‘Complex’ Multiple Factors
WASHINGTON, DC, May 2, 2013 (ENS) – Multiple factors are responsible for the steep decline in honey bees across the United States, including parasites and disease, genetics, poor [...]
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Australia’s Top Attorney to Argue Japan Whaling Case
CANBERRA, Australia, May 1, 2013 (ENS) – Australian Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus will argue Australia’s whaling case against Japan in a three week hearing before the International Court of [...]