At Risk
Stranded Cargo Ship Spills Oil in Vietnam Fishing Grounds
HANOI, Vietnam, October 8, 2013 (ENS) – Oil is spilling from a cargo vessel that ran aground on the reefs off Vietnam’s Ly Son island, roughly 730 kilometers [...]
Month: October 2013
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U.S. Government Spends $20M on VIA Motors Electric Trucks
OREM, Utah, October 8, 2013 (ENS) – VIA Motors, a Utah company that electrifies new pickup trucks and vans from major automakers with its proprietary electric power train, [...]
Air/Climate
Kansas Supreme Court Reverses Holcomb Coal Plant Air Permit
TOPEKA, Kansas, October 7, 2013 (ENS) – The Kansas Supreme Court Friday invalidated the 2010 air pollution permit granted to Sunflower Electric Power Corp. by the Kansas Department [...]
At Risk
Russia Charges Greenpeace Arctic Protesters with Piracy
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, October 4, 2013 (ENS) – Russian prosecutors have charged 30 people with piracy – 28 Greenpeace activists and two journalists – following what Greenpeace describes [...]
Gov/Politics
U.S. Government Grinds to a Halt, Costing the Country Billions
WASHINGTON, DC, October 3, 2013 (ENS) – Due to the shutdown of the U.S. federal government caused by the lapse in appropriations as of October 1, the National [...]