MELBOURNE, Australia, October 18, 2013 (ENS) – Swedish pension fund authorities have followed the lead of counterparts in Norway and New Zealand in divesting all holdings in the American company Freeport McMoRan, which operates the world’s biggest copper and gold mine in the contested province of Papua, in Indonesia. […]
ROCHESTER, New York, October 18, 2013 (ENS) – Sleep clears the brain of toxins that have accumulated in the body during waking hours, American scientists have demonstrated for the first time. The results suggest a new role for sleep in health and disease. […]
LYON, France, October 17, 2013 (ENS) – Outdoor air pollution “causes lung cancer” and increases the risk of bladder cancer, the specialized cancer agency of the World Health Organization said for the first time today. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, October 17, 2013 (ENS) – In a public opinion poll released today, almost two-thirds of Americans said they opposed the near shutdown of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency during the 16 day-long government shutdown that ended today, and they want the agency’s 15,000 furloughed employees back on the job. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, October 16, 2013 (ENS) – The U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday that it will review an appeals court ruling that unanimously upheld the Environmental Protection Agency’s right to regulate greenhouse gases emitted from power plants and factories. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, October 16, 2013 (ENS) – A compound derived from cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and kale can protect rats and mice from lethal doses of radiation, Georgetown University Medical Center researchers have discovered. […]
DAEGU, South Korea, October 16, 2013 (ENS) – South Korean President Park Geun Hye told world energy leaders today that increased international cooperation is needed to solve a three-pronged “energy trilemma.” […]
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, October 16, 2013 (ENS) – Ford Motor Co., the state of Michigan and the University of Michigan are teaming up to establish a unique $8 million battery lab at the university’s Energy Institute. […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio, October 15, 2013 (ENS) – Cycling along on his rocket trike, an anti-tar sands pipeline activist Monday left Cleveland heading for the White House to deliver a petition calling on President Barack Obama to stop construction of an oil pipeline from Cushing, Oklahoma to the Texas Gulf Coast. […]
IRVINE, California, October 14, 2013 (ENS) – Collegiate teams from Austria, Las Vegas and Czech Republic took the top three spots in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013, a global competition to build the most energy-efficient solar-powered house. […]
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, October 14, 2013 (ENS) – The first-year results of a University of Michigan sustainability awareness and behaviors evaluation released today shows that while students, faculty and staff care about sustainability on campus, there is much room for improvement. […]
DELHI, India, October 14, 2013 (ENS) – Cyclone Phailin is weakening today after it made landfall on the coast of eastern India late Saturday, yet heavy rains are still falling – hardest hit were the states of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand and West Bengal and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. […]
CRESCENTINO, Italy, October 14, 2013 (ENS) – The world’s first commercial-scale refinery to produce bioethanol from agricultural residues and energy crops has opened in northern Italy. When fully implemented, the system will provide 75 million liters of bioethanol annually for the European market. […]
OSLO, Norway, October 11, 2013 (ENS) – The Nobel Peace Prize for 2013 goes to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons. The honor comes as the OPCW oversees the destruction by Syria of its chemical weapons stockpiles with a deadline of mid-2014. […]
KRASNODAR, Russia, October 10, 2013 (ENS) – Police from Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs today attempted to arrest the coordinator of Environmental Watch on the North Caucasus, after tapping his office phone. The environmental watchdog has been critical of damage done to Sochi National Park ahead of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics to be held February 7-23. […]
KUMAMOTO, Japan, October 10, 2013 (ENS) – Japan, where residents of Minamata suffered lethal mercury poisoning in the mid-1950s, today became one of the first countries to sign a new international treaty to reduce mercury emissions and to phase out many products containing the toxic metal. […]
QUITO, Ecuador, October 9, 2013 (ENS) – Decisions in two branches of Ecuador’s government have set the stage for a final battle over oil extraction in Yasuni National Park, a mega-diverse rainforest reserve in that country’s portion of the Amazon Basin where President Rafael Correa has decided to drill for oil. […]
NEW YORK, New York, October 9, 2013 (ENS) – Iran’s recent election of President Hassan Rouhani, who ran on the promise of offering greater space and protections to Iran’s civil society, has energized the efforts of Iran’s environmental activists. […]
SAN DIEGO, California, October 9, 2013 (ENS) – The first public EV charging station in the United States that supports all models of electric vehicles has opened in San Diego. It can charge the batteries of cars that operate on any of the three existing connection systems. […]
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, October 8, 2013 (ENS) – Target Corporation, the second-largest discount retailer in the United States, Monday debuted a new sustainability standard for the household cleaners, personal care and beauty, and baby care products it sells. […]
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