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U.S. Crushes Six-Ton Ivory Stockpile

DENVER, Colorado, November 14, 2013 (ENS) – The United States today destroyed its six-ton stock of confiscated elephant ivory, sending a message that the nation will not tolerate wildlife crime that threatens to wipe out the African elephant and other species around the world. […]

Food

Typhoon Spares Philippines’ Rice Fields

MANILA, Philippines, November 14, 2013 (ENS) – Amidst the deaths and devastation wrought by Super Typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan that lashed the Philippines last weekend, the island nation has caught a much-needed break. The rice crop was spared because the storm struck in between planting seasons, say officials with the International Rice Research Institute. […]

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AmeriScan

AmeriScan: Nov. 13, 2013

Obama Partners With Tribal Nations on Climate … Climate Scientists Urge Halt to California Fracking … Biofuel From Beetle-Killed Trees … Rains Fail to Fill West Texas Reservoirs …, Controlling Lake Erie’s Toxic Algal Blooms … Shreveport’s $342 Million Sewer Upgrade […]

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Air/Climate

Philippines Climate Negotiator Vows Hunger Strike

WARSAW, Poland, November 12, 2013 (ENS) – Seasoned climate negotiators from around the world were moved to tears as Naderev “Yeb” Saño, head of the Philippines delegation, made an emotional statement to the UN Climate Change Conference on the disaster in his country caused by Typhoon Haiyan on the weekend. […]

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Air/Climate

UN Climate Talks at Warsaw National Stadium ‘Not a Game’

WARSAW, Poland, November 11, 2013 (ENS) – The annual United Nations Climate Change Conference opened today with calls for governments to harness the groundswell of action on climate change across all levels of government, business and society and make real progress here towards a successful global climate change agreement in 2015. […]

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At Risk

Philippines Devastated by Typhoon, Millions Affected

MANILA, Philippines, November 10, 2013 (ENS) – Super Typhoon Yolanda, known outside the Philippines as Haiyan, battered parts of the Philippine archipelago on Friday, making landfall six times before blowing westward on Saturday over the South China Sea towards northern Vietnam and southern China. […]

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Air/Climate

Greenhouse Gases Hit New Record High, Forcing Climate Change

GENEVA, Switzerland, November 8, 2013 (ENS) – The concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new record high in 2012, “continuing an upward and accelerating trend which is driving climate change and will shape the future of our planet for hundreds and thousands of years,” the World Meteorological Organization is warning. […]

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At Risk

Super Typhoon Strikes Philippines, Four Confirmed Dead

MANILA, Philippines, November 9, 2013 (ENS) – In the Philippines they call it Super Typhoon Yolanda, the rest of the world calls it Typhoon Haiyan, but everyone agrees this storm is one of the most powerful and dangerous typhoons ever to strike the storm-prone island nation. […]

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Latest News

Tesla CEO to Advise UK Government on Electric Cars

LONDON, UK, November 8, 2013 (ENS) – Britain’s Coalition government has called on Elon Musk, CEO and co-founder of U.S. electric car company Tesla Motors, to personally advise the government on how to get British drivers into electric vehicles more quickly. […]

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Paul Watson Tells Seattle Court: ‘We’re Not Pirates’

SEATTLE, Washington, November 7, 2013 (ENS) – “Protesting against illegal activity is not piracy,” Captain Paul Watson told a U.S. appeals court in Seattle on Wednesday. Founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which for the past nine years has disrupted Japanese lethal “research” whaling in the Southern Ocean, Watson told the court, “I don’t care what people call us. We’re not pirates.” […]

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Gov/Politics

Washington Voters Nix GMO Labels; Colorado Cities Ban Fracking

OLYMPIA, Washington, November 6, 2013 (ENS) – The ballot measure to require labeling of genetically modified foods in Washington State, Initiative 522, was defeated Tuesday by a record spending campaign by America’s food manufacturing giants and agribusiness corporations, who financed a deluge of TV ads appearing just before election day. […]

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Air/Climate

EU Parliament Lowers CO2 Emission Limits for Vans

BRUSSELS, Belgium, November 6, 2013 (ENS) – The CO2 emission standard for new light commercial vehicles sold in the European Union is being cut to achieve climate targets under draft legislation approved by the European Parliament’s Environment Committee on Tuesday. […]

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Food

GMO Labeling a Hot Ballot Fight in Washington State

OLYMPIA, Washington, November 4, 2013 (ENS) – With one day before the election in Washington State, grassroots organization Food Democracy Now! is urging its 650,000 members and citizens everywhere to make calls urging voters to support Yes on 522, a ballot initiative that would require labeling of foods containing genetically modified organisms. […]

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At Risk

Greenpeace ‘Arctic 30’ Fail to Stop Gazprom Drilling Plans

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, November 4, 2013 (ENS) – Russia is moving the 30 Greenpeacers who tried to scale a Gazprom drilling platform in the Barents Sea from the Arctic port of Murmansk to St. Petersburg. Despite global demonstrations of support for the “Arctic 30,” Russia has piled charges of hooliganism and vandalism on top of piracy charges. […]