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Month: October 2013

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At Risk

Syria Meets Chemical Weapons Equipment Destruction Deadline

October 31, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Syria Meets Chemical Weapons Equipment Destruction Deadline

 

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, October 31, 2013 (ENS) – Syria’s chemical weapons facilities are now “inoperable,” the Joint Mission of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons [...]

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Latest News

Sea Shepherd Founder Watson in USA, Ends 15 Months Exile at Sea

October 31, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Sea Shepherd Founder Watson in USA, Ends 15 Months Exile at Sea

 

SEATTLE, Washington, October 31, 2013 (ENS) – Captain Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, who has been living in exile at sea since he left [...]

Fenway Park
Air/Climate

Climate Change Puts Red Sox’ Fenway Park at Risk

October 30, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Climate Change Puts Red Sox’ Fenway Park at Risk

 

 

BOSTON, Massachusetts, October 30, 2013 (ENS) – Boston’s 101-year-old Fenway Park – where the World Series was won by the Boston Red Sox tonight for the first [...]

mine sign
At Risk

Bosnian Countryside Scarred with Landmines

October 30, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Bosnian Countryside Scarred with Landmines

 

By Ajdin Kamber

SARAJEVO, Bosnia, October 30, 2013 (ENS) – Large areas of land across Bosnia still need to be cleared of mines and other munitions before the [...]

governors
Air/Climate

Pacific Coast Leaders Align Carbon Pricing for Climate Relief

October 29, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Pacific Coast Leaders Align Carbon Pricing for Climate Relief

 

SAN FRANCISCO, California, October 29, 2013 (ENS) – Oregon and Washington states have agreed to put a price on emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, aligning their [...]

Rockaway
At Risk

Sandy Anniversary Brings Federal Grants, Resiliency Upgrades

October 29, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Sandy Anniversary Brings Federal Grants, Resiliency Upgrades

 

NEW YORK, New York, October 29, 2013 (ENS) – Today, on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell launched a $100 million [...]

Hoboken
Latest News

Analysis: Waterworld USA: Climate Harming Regional Waters

October 29, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Analysis: Waterworld USA: Climate Harming Regional Waters

 

By Sharon Guynup

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, October 29, 2013 (ENS) – Rising temperatures and shifting, capricious precipitation patterns are affecting where, when, and how much water fills America’s [...]

plane
Land Use/Forests

Small Illicit Gold Mines Devour Peru’s Amazon Rainforest

October 28, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Small Illicit Gold Mines Devour Peru’s Amazon Rainforest

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 28, 2013 (ENS) – The area covered by gold mining in the biologically rich Madre De Dios region in the Peruvian Amazon has quadrupled in [...]

lettuces
Food

Real Food Short Film Contest Offers Cash Prizes

October 28, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Real Food Short Film Contest Offers Cash Prizes

 

SAN FRANCISCO, California, October 28, 2013 (ENS) – The Real Food Media Film Contest, a new competition seeking short films about sustainable food and farming, is welcoming entries [...]

oil palm expansion
Energy

Malaysia to Increase Palm Oil Component of Biodiesel

October 28, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Malaysia to Increase Palm Oil Component of Biodiesel

 

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, October 28, 2013 (ENS) – Malaysia is about to require a higher concentration of palm oil in its biodiesel fuel blend, government and industry and  [...]

Damascus suburb
At Risk

Syria: Ghouta Residents Live in Fear of More Chemical Attacks

October 25, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Syria: Ghouta Residents Live in Fear of More Chemical Attacks

DAMASCUS, Syria, October 25, 2013 (ENS) – Fears of another chemical attack are still evident in Hamouriyeh, a town of some 25,000 people outside the Syrian capital Damascus.

Fears [...]

BMWi3
Business

Plug-in Versions of Popular Cars Attract U.S. Buyers

October 25, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Plug-in Versions of Popular Cars Attract U.S. Buyers

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 25, 2013 (ENS) – In the United States, sales of both plug-in hybrids and battery electrics are way up over last year, with more than [...]

knife
Energy

Russia Refuses Law of the Sea Arbitration in Greenpeace Case

October 24, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Russia Refuses Law of the Sea Arbitration in Greenpeace Case

 

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, October 24 2013 (ENS) – Russia will not accept an international arbitration process under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea at which [...]

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Latest News

Joburg’s New Bus Rapid Transit Route Cleaner, Greener, Safer

October 24, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Joburg’s New Bus Rapid Transit Route Cleaner, Greener, Safer

 

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, October 24, 2013 (ENS) – In a decisive move away from private vehicle use towards public transport, bicycle routes and pedestrian walkways, the City of [...]

firefighters
At Risk

Australian Army Started Bushfire Blazes, Climate Also Blamed

October 23, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Australian Army Started Bushfire Blazes, Climate Also Blamed

 

SYDNEY, Australia, October 23, 2013 (ENS) – Live ordnance training exercises conducted by the Australian Army last week touched off a catastrophic bushfire that has burned
more than [...]

paints
Latest News

Children in Developing Countries Exposed to Toxic Lead Paint

October 23, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Children in Developing Countries Exposed to Toxic Lead Paint

NAIROBI, Kenya, October 23, 2013 (ENS) – Pregnant mothers and young children in the developing world are still exposed to “astonishingly high and dangerous levels of lead” through unsafe [...]

Beijing
Air/Climate

Smoggy Beijing Restricts Drivers to Alternate Days

October 22, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Smoggy Beijing Restricts Drivers to Alternate Days

 

BEIJING, China, October 22, 2013 (ENS) – Beijing drivers will be allowed to use their cars only every other day when a red air pollution alert is issued [...]

Greenpeace ship seized
Energy

Netherlands Requests Law of the Sea Arbitration Re: Greenpeace

October 22, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Netherlands Requests Law of the Sea Arbitration Re: Greenpeace

 

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, October 22, 2013 (ENS) – The Netherlands has requested arbitration by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in a dispute with Russia [...]

Atlanta
Air/Climate

U.S. Carbon Emissions Fell Last Year While Economy Grew

October 21, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Carbon Emissions Fell Last Year While Economy Grew

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 21, 2013 (ENS) – In 2012, U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide emissions were at their lowest level since 1994 and more than 12 percent below the [...]

bleached coral
Air/Climate

Climate Change to Cause ‘Massive’ Ocean Damage by 2100

October 18, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Climate Change to Cause ‘Massive’ Ocean Damage by 2100

 

HONOLULU, Hawaii, October 18, 2013 (ENS) – By the year 2100, about 98 percent of the oceans will be affected by acidification, warming temperatures, low oxygen, or lack [...]

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