Chesapeake Bay Gets Clean Water Funding; $1.5B More for Stormwater Proposed WASHINGTON, DC, November 5, 2009 (ENS) – To pay for better clean water accountability and regulatory enforcement in the […]
African Nations, Activists Disrupt Barcelona Climate Talks BARCELONA, Spain, November 5, 2009 (ENS) – About 70 activists blocked the main entrance to the UN climate change negotiations in Barcelona on […]
EPA Proposes Labeling to Control Pesticide Drift, Evaluates Petition WASHINGTON, DC, November 4, 2009 (ENS) Pesticide labeling to reduce off-target spray and dust drift was proposed today by the […]
Water Bills Pass California Legislature Ending Years of Wrangling SACRAMENTO, California, November 4, 2009 (ENS) – The California state Legislature today approved a far-reaching water package featuring an $11-billion bond […]
World Faith Leaders Join Forces to Battle Global Warming LONDON, UK, November 4, 2009 (ENS) – The world’s religions have a crucial role to play in the fight against global […]
Americans Using Less Water than 35 Years Ago WASHINGTON, DC, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – The United States is using less water than during the peak years of 1975 and […]
Conservationists Petition EPA to Block Washington Coal Plant Permit SEATTLE, Washington, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – Conservation and energy groups have filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency […]
UN Biodiversity Chief Calls for ‘New Plans’ to Conserve Life By Haider Rizvi NEW YORK, New York, November 3, 2009 (ENS) A senior United Nations official today criticized world […]
Timor Sea Oil Rig Blaze Snuffed But Ecosystem Damage Done PERTH, Australia, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – PTTEP Australasia today confirmed it has killed a leaking oil well and stopped […]
Rapid Pace of Species Extinctions Mounts to a ‘Crisis’ GLAND, Switzerland, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – Nearly one-third of all known species of plants and animals are threatened with extinction, […]
Ships Sailing U.S. Atlantic Coast Must Slow for Whales WASHINGTON, DC, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – The U.S. Coast Guard reminds operators of vessels 65 feet or greater in length […]
Disney Spends $7 Million to Conserve Forests in Peru, Congo, USA BURBANK, California, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – The Walt Disney Company, which for 60 years has portrayed the glories […]
Louisiana Copes With Oil Spill, High Winds, Flooding NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – An oil spill south of New Orleans and flooding across northern and western parishes […]
Rich Countries Feeding on Poor Countries’ Farmland By Haider Rizvi NEW YORK, New York, November 2, 2009 (ENS) Investors from capital-rich nations that cannot produce enough food for their […]
Fire Breaks Out at Leaking Timor Sea Oil Well PERTH, Australia, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – A huge fire has been blazing at an oil rig in the Timor Sea […]
LONDON, UK, January 11, 2013 (ENS) – Due to poor practices in harvesting, storage and transportation, market and consumer wastage, up to 50 percent of all food produced globally each year never feeds a human being. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, January 11, 2013 (ENS) – A National Council drawn from eight federal agencies signed on Thursday to shape the Obama Administration’s new 21st Century Conservation Service Corps, 21CSC, a jobs program to put youth and returning veterans to work protecting and restoring public lands, waterways and cultural sites. […]
ALBANY, New York, January 10, 2013 (ENS) – In his 2013 State of the State Address, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed a $1 billion Green Bank to spur a clean economy and improve the environment in New York by “lowering capital costs and bringing green energy to scale.” […]
NEW YORK, New York, January 9, 2013 (ENS) – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission must permit public participation in decisions about exempting nuclear power plants from federal regulations or explain to the public why it will not do so, following a ruling by a federal appeals court this week. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, January 9, 2013 (ENS) – Environmental factors contribute to higher rates of disease and injury among Americans compared to people in other high-income countries, , finds a new report from the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. […]
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