AmeriScan
AmeriScan: Feb. 17, 2014
Building Collisions Kill Billion Birds a Year, Yellowstone Kills Bison, Vermont Kills Biomass Power Plant, New York Tries Microbeads Ban, Plastic Bags Become Diesel
Billion Birds Die Annually in [...]
Month: February 2014
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Global Wildlife Crime Sting Arrests 400+ Suspects
NAIROBI, Kenya, February 17, 2014 (ENS) – Working together, law enforcement officers from 28 countries have made over 400 arrests of wildlife crime suspects and more than 350 [...]
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Canadian Groups Win At-Risk Species Protection Case
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, February 14, 2014 (ENS) – The Canadian Federal Court ruled today that two Cabinet ministers acted unlawfully in delaying for several years the production [...]
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Forty-Six Nations Agree to Stamp Out Illegal Wildlife Trade
LONDON, UK, February 14, 2014 (ENS) – Wildlife poachers watch out! At the Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference, held Thursday in London, world leaders from 46 nations agreed on“decisive [...]
Business
Booming Globally, Bike-Sharing Spins Its Wheels in Montreal
MONTREAL, Canada, February 14, 2014 (ENS) – “Today there are an estimated 639 bicycle-sharing schemes operating in 53 countries located in almost every region of the world, boasting [...]
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Obama Bans U.S. Commercial Trade of Elephant Ivory
WASHINGTON, DC, February 12, 2014 (ENS) – The Obama administration Tuesday announced a new National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking that marshals the resources of all executive branch [...]
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Nations, Groups Unite to Fight Criminal Wildlife Trade
LONDON, UK, February 12, 2014 (ENS) – To combat a global epidemic of criminal wildlife poaching and trafficking, the leaders of 50 countries are meeting this week at [...]
Air/Climate
Obama, Hollande Cooperate on 2015 Global Climate Change Pact
WASHINGTON, DC, February 11, 2014 (ENS) – The leaders of France and the United States today agreed to expand their work to curb climate change in advance of [...]
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Electric Cars Now and Then at the Chicago Auto Show
CHICAGO, Illinois, February 11, 2014 (ENS) – In 1901, visitors to the first Chicago Auto Show in the old Chicago Coliseum saw the latest models of electric cars [...]
At Risk
Three Oil Spills in Two Weeks Foul Singapore’s Waters
SINGAPORE, February 11, 2014 (ENS) – A containership and a chemical tanker collided in the Singapore Strait Monday afternoon, spilling some 80 metric tonnes of bunker fuel, the [...]
At Risk
World First: U.S. to Destroy Syrian Chemical Weapons at Sea
THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, February 10, 2014 (ENS) – Syria’s chemical weapons are being moved to a U.S. Navy ship for destruction in the world’s first mission of [...]
AmeriScan
AmeriScan: Feb. 10, 2014
New York Cockfighting Bust, Duke Coal Ash Spill, W.R. Grace Fined $63 Million, Voters Support Carbon Limits, Oil & Gas Chemical Emissions, Oregon Chub Recovered
New York Executes ‘Operation [...]
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The Vortex Project Transforms Ocean Plastic Into Fashion
NEW YORK, New York, February 9, 2014 (ENS) – People who love the oceans and people who love fashion have joined forces in The Vortex Project, a new [...]
Food
Obama Signs $1 Trillion Farm Bill Into Law
WASHINGTON, DC, February 7, 2014 (ENS) – Today, President Barack Obama signed into law the nearly $1 trillion farm bill, H.R. 2642, the Agriculture Act of 2014, which [...]
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West Virginia’s Water Nightmare Closes Schools
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, February 7, 2014 (ENS) – Crude MCHM, one of two chemicals that leaked into West Virginia’s Elk River last month, was detected in the water [...]
At Risk
‘Massive’ Coastal Floods Predicted as Storms Flood Britain
LONDON, UK, February 7, 2014 (ENS) – Met Office forecasters warn that strong winds and big waves will bring risk of flooding and damaging winds along Britain’s southern [...]
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Toxics Pervade Kids’ Products, Washington Disclosure Law Shows
SEATTLE, Washington, February 6, 2014 (ENS) – Makers of children’s products report that they are using toxic chemicals in children’s toys, clothing, safety products and bedding. The reports [...]
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New Species of Deep-diving Beaked Whale Identified
SYDNEY, Australia, February 6, 2014 (ENS) – A species of beaked whale that was previously misnamed has been correctly identified as a new species, based on the study [...]
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Global Electric Vehicle Production to Skyrocket This Year
SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, February 6, 2014 (ENS) – Driven by stricter European emission standards, worldwide production of electric vehicles is forecast to rise by 67 percent this year, according [...]
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France Crushes Three Tonnes of Smuggled Ivory
PARIS, France, February 6, 2014 (ENS) – Today in Paris, beside the Eiffel Tower, the government of France crushed 3.5 metric tonnes of illegal ivory seized over a [...]