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Month: June 2013

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Land Use/Forests

Towering Peaks, Vast Deserts Added to World Heritage List

June 28, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Towering Peaks, Vast Deserts Added to World Heritage List

 

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, June 28, 2013 (ENS) – The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has added five natural areas of outstanding universal value to the World Heritage List during [...]

Cambodian tailorbird
Latest News

Scientists Find New Bird in Cambodia’s Capital City

June 27, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Scientists Find New Bird in Cambodia’s Capital City

 

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, June 27, 2013 (ENS) – There are 1.5 million people living in Cambodia’s capital city, Phnom Penh, so secluded hiding places for a loud-voiced bird [...]

Drayson
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Drayson Sets New World Electric Land Speed Record

June 27, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Drayson Sets New World Electric Land Speed Record

ELVINGTON AIRFIELD, England, June 27, 2013 (ENS) – Drayson Racing has set a new World Electric Land Speed Record of 204.185 mph, smashing the previous record which had stood [...]

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Food

Europe Adopts Greener Agricultural Policy

June 26, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Europe Adopts Greener Agricultural Policy

 

BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 26, 2013 (ENS) – Europe’s Common Agricultural Policy will be reformed so that specific environmental practices will be a condition of payments to EU Member [...]

Earth
Air/Climate

Obama’s Climate Action Plan: Highlights and Reactions

June 25, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Obama’s Climate Action Plan: Highlights and Reactions

 

WASHINGTON, DC, June 25, 2013 (ENS) – “We don’t have time for a meeting of the Flat Earth Society,” declared President Barack Obama today at Georgetown University, taking [...]

President Obama
Air/Climate

President Obama’s Climate Change Speech: Full Text

June 25, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on President Obama’s Climate Change Speech: Full Text

WASHINGTON, DC, Georgetown University, June 25, 2013 – Thank you! (Applause.) Thank you, Georgetown! Thank you so much. Everybody, please be seated. And my first announcement today is that [...]

President Obama
Air/Climate

President Obama Takes Executive Action on Climate Change

June 25, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on President Obama Takes Executive Action on Climate Change

 

WASHINGTON, DC, June 25, 2013 (ENS) – President Barack Obama today will present his three-pronged plan to deal with climate change – reduce carbon emissions, prepare the United [...]

officials
Air/Climate

U.S. and India Build Climate, Clean Energy Cooperation

June 24, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. and India Build Climate, Clean Energy Cooperation

 

NEW DELHI, India, June 24, 2013 (ENS) – India and the United States will combat global climate change, collaborate on energy security and support the development of low-carbon [...]

electric cars
Latest News

Alternative Fuels Star at Clean Transport Expo

June 24, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Alternative Fuels Star at Clean Transport Expo

 

WASHINGTON, DC, June 24, 2013 (ENS) – Electric cars and trucks and expanding electric vehicle charging infrastructure will be a special focus of attention at the Alternative Clean [...]

Air/Climate

U.S. Supreme Court to Review Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

June 24, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Supreme Court to Review Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

 

WASHINGTON, DC, June 24, 2013 (ENS) – The U.S. Supreme Court today indicated it will review an appeals court rejection of the U.S. EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, [...]

Elbow River Bridge
At Risk

Wet Weekend in Flooded Alberta; 100,000 Displaced

June 24, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Wet Weekend in Flooded Alberta; 100,000 Displaced

 

CALGARY, Alberta, Canada, June 23, 2013 (ENS) – Three days after record-breaking floodwaters from the Bow and Elbow rivers displaced more than 100,000 people in Calgary, the mayor [...]

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At Risk

Racing the Monsoon, India Rescues Thousands but 550 Die

June 21, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Racing the Monsoon, India Rescues Thousands but 550 Die

 

DEHRADUN, India, June 21, 2013 (ENS) – “On a war footing” India has mobilized military and civilian emergency personnel to rescue tens of thousands of people stranded outdoors [...]

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Air/Climate

Poll: Americans Shop With Climate on Their Minds

June 21, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Poll: Americans Shop With Climate on Their Minds

 

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 21, 2013 (ENS) – Half of all Americans consider environmental impacts when deciding whether or not to buy a product at least occasionally, according [...]

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Latest News

Thirdhand Tobacco Smoke Damages Human Cells

June 21, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Thirdhand Tobacco Smoke Damages Human Cells

 

BERKELEY, California, June 21, 2013 (ENS) – For the first time, scientists have documented that thirdhand smoke – the noxious residue that clings to virtually all surfaces long [...]

Radford
Latest News

Students Win U.S. EPA Grants for Environmental Solutions

June 21, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Students Win U.S. EPA Grants for Environmental Solutions

 

WASHINGTON, DC, June 21, 2013 (ENS) – Better biodiesel, better household cleaners, building materials made with a 3D printer – these are a few of the innovations that [...]

Park Ranger
At Risk

Violent Attacks on U.S. Park Police, Rangers Hit Record High

June 20, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Violent Attacks on U.S. Park Police, Rangers Hit Record High

 

WASHINGTON, DC, June 20, 2013 (ENS) – Federal employees in national parks, wildlife refuges and marine sanctuaries experienced more attacks and threats in 2012 than in the previous [...]

minaret Aleppo
Latest News

Syria’s World Heritage Sites Placed on ‘Danger’ List

June 20, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Syria’s World Heritage Sites Placed on ‘Danger’ List

 

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, June 20, 2013 (ENS) – The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has decided to place the six World Heritage sites of the Syrian Arab Republic on [...]

Roewe E50
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China to Phase Out Electric Vehicle Subsidies

June 19, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on China to Phase Out Electric Vehicle Subsidies

 

SHANGHAI, China, June 20, 2013 (ENS) – The government of China plans to phase out direct financial incentives the purchase of electric vehicles in favor of supporting research [...]

Air/Climate

G8 Leaders Pledge Global Climate Deal by 2015

June 19, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on G8 Leaders Pledge Global Climate Deal by 2015

 

LOUGH ERNE, Northern Ireland, June 19, 2013 (ENS) – Declarations of cooperation on climate change, extractive industries, nuclear safety and chemical weapons in Syria and marked this week’s [...]

gorilla
At Risk

World Heritage Body Wants Drilling Ban in Gorilla Sanctuary

June 17, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on World Heritage Body Wants Drilling Ban in Gorilla Sanctuary

 

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, June 17, 2013 (ENS) – The international body that oversees World Heritage Sites today requested the cancellation of oil exploration permits in Virunga National Park [...]

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