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Month: June 2013

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Air/Climate

Mayors Vow to Strengthen Defenses Against Extreme Weather

June 17, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Mayors Vow to Strengthen Defenses Against Extreme Weather

 

WASHINGTON, DC, June 17, 2013 (ENS) – As unprecedented extreme weather and climate change wreak havoc across the country, 48 local elected officials today committed themselves to fortifying [...]

oil spill
Energy

ExxonMobil Sued Over Arkansas Pipeline Oil Spill

June 14, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on ExxonMobil Sued Over Arkansas Pipeline Oil Spill

 

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 14, 2013 (ENS) – The United States and the State of Arkansas Thursday filed a joint enforcement action against ExxonMobil Pipeline Company and Mobil [...]

Colorado fire
At Risk

Rain Dampens Colorado’s Worst-Ever Wildfire

June 14, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Rain Dampens Colorado’s Worst-Ever Wildfire

 

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, June 14, 2013 (ENS) – A welcome rain this afternoon is helping to extinguish the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history. The Black Forest Fire [...]

bodies, children
At Risk

U.S. Confirms Syrian Attacks With Outlawed Chemical Sarin

June 13, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Confirms Syrian Attacks With Outlawed Chemical Sarin

 

WASHINGTON, DC, June 13, 2013 (ENS) – Based on a new “high confidence assessment” by the U.S. intelligence community that the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad has used [...]

2013 Toyota Prius
Business

Automakers Dominate 2013 Best Global Green Brands Report

June 13, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Automakers Dominate 2013 Best Global Green Brands Report

 

NEW YORK, New York, June 13, 2013 (ENS) – Riding on a wave of green innovations, automotive brands dominate the top 10 in this year’s Best Global Green [...]

Geismar fire
At Risk

Louisiana Chemical Plant Explosion Kills One, Injures Dozens

June 13, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Louisiana Chemical Plant Explosion Kills One, Injures Dozens

 

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 13, 2013 (ENS) – A large explosion and fire at a petrochemical plant in the industrial district of Geismar, Louisiana Thursday morning has claimed [...]

Perry, Tyler
Latest News

Aerosmith’s Joe Perry, Steven Tyler Support Sea Shepherd

June 12, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Aerosmith’s Joe Perry, Steven Tyler Support Sea Shepherd

 

MELBOURNE, Australia, June 12, 2013 (ENS) – Sea Shepherd crewmembers were honored in May to host two of rock’s greatest legends, Aerosmith’s Joe Perry and Steven Tyler, on [...]

Mayor Bloomberg
Air/Climate

Mayor Bloomberg’s $20 Billion Climate Plan to Fortify New York

June 12, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Mayor Bloomberg’s $20 Billion Climate Plan to Fortify New York

 

NEW YORK, New York, June 12, 2013 (ENS) – Mayor Michael Bloomberg has offered a $20 billion dollar plan with more than 250 recommendations for making New York [...]

Nissan Leaf charging
Latest News

Electric or Gas? New ‘eGallon’ Pricing Helps Drivers Compare

June 11, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Electric or Gas? New ‘eGallon’ Pricing Helps Drivers Compare

 

WASHINGTON, DC, June 11, 2013 (ENS) – The U.S. Energy Department today launched “eGallon,” a quick and easy online state-by-state system for drivers to compare the cost of [...]

oil spill boom
At Risk

Oil Spilled Into Ecuador’s Rivers Reaches Peru

June 11, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Oil Spilled Into Ecuador’s Rivers Reaches Peru

 

QUITO, Ecuador, June 11, 2013 (ENS) – Oil spilled from Petroecuador’s Trans-Ecuador pipeline after a May31 landslide in the Andean foothills has reached the Peruvian Amazon.

The landslide [...]

Latest News

Gray Wolves Could Come Off U.S. Endangered Species List

June 11, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Gray Wolves Could Come Off U.S. Endangered Species List

 

WASHINGTON, DC, June 11, 2013 (ENS) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking public comments on its proposal to remove the gray wolf, Canis lupus, [...]

power plant
Air/Climate

World ‘Drifting Off-track’ for Two Degree Climate Limit

June 10, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on World ‘Drifting Off-track’ for Two Degree Climate Limit

 

LONDON, UK, June 10, 2013 (ENS) – The world is heading toward a skyrocketing global temperature increase of at least 3.6 degrees and up to 5.3 degrees Celsius, [...]

Obama, Xi
Air/Climate

U.S, China Presidents Agree on Joint Climate Protection

June 10, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on U.S, China Presidents Agree on Joint Climate Protection

 

WASHINGTON, DC, June 10, 2013 (ENS) – For the first time, the United States and China will work together and with other countries to phase down the consumption [...]

Safina, Longobardi
Latest News

Marine Debris Gyre Expedition Sets Sail

June 10, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Marine Debris Gyre Expedition Sets Sail

 

SEWARD, Alaska, June 10, 2013 (ENS) – “How sad it is that garbage and debris are what is calling us to wild shores,” Carl Safina said as he [...]

San Onofre
Energy

California’s Damaged San Onofre Nuclear Plant to Be Retired

June 7, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on California’s Damaged San Onofre Nuclear Plant to Be Retired

 

ROSEMEAD, California, June 7, 2013 (ENS) – Southern California Edison has decided to permanently retire Units 2 and 3 of its San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, SONGS, due [...]

climate delegates
Air/Climate

UN Climate Negotiators in the Hot Seat

June 6, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on UN Climate Negotiators in the Hot Seat

 

BONN, Germany, June 6, 2013 (ENS) – The fate of Earth’s climate hangs on UN climate negotiations taking place in Bonn this week to shape a global climate [...]

snowboarder Stevens Pass
Air/Climate

115 U.S. Ski Areas Seek Climate Change Action From Congress

June 6, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on 115 U.S. Ski Areas Seek Climate Change Action From Congress

 

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, June 6, 2013 (ENS) – Ski areas from 24 states have signed the Climate Declaration, which calls on U.S. federal policymakers and legislators to seize the [...]

Latest News

Cuban Port Town Swamped by Sewage

June 6, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Cuban Port Town Swamped by Sewage

 

By Osniel Carmona Breijo

HAVANA, Cuba, June 6, 2013 (ENS) – Residents of a port town south of Havana say that their streets are constantly flooded with raw [...]

schizophrenia
Latest News

Lead Exposure Shown to Trigger Schizophrenia

June 5, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Lead Exposure Shown to Trigger Schizophrenia

 

NEW YORK, New York, June 5, 2013 (ENS) – For the first time, an experiment on animals shows that exposure to the environmental toxin lead could cause people [...]

No Picture
At Risk

Sea Turtle Conservationist Murdered in Costa Rica

June 5, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Sea Turtle Conservationist Murdered in Costa Rica

 

LIMÓN, Costa Rica, June 5, 2013 (ENS) – Costa Rican environmentalist Jairo Mora Sandoval was murdered on May 30, while attempting to protect leatherback turtle nests on Moín [...]

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