AmeriScan
AmeriScan: August 17, 2014
Arkansas Train Fire Kills Two, Injures Two Others … U.S. Awards $55 Million to Advance Efficient Vehicles … Bacon Bike Sizzles on Film … Songbird Habitat Safeguards Benefit Rivers [...]
Month: August 2014
AmeriScan
AmeriScan: August 15, 2014
Hurricane Iselle Affects Voting in Hawaii … California Will Vote on $7.5 Billion Water Bond … FDA: Beware Online Sales of Fraudulent Ebola Medicine … Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals Contaminate Landfill [...]
Business
China Must Lift Trade Restrictions on Rare Earth Elements
GENEVA, Switzerland, August 13, 2014 (ENS) – In a decision that affects automakers around the world, the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, has ruled that [...]
At Risk
Stray Dogs Spread Rabies Menace in Afghanistan
By Qaisar Khosti
KHOST, Afghanistan, August 13, 2014 (ENS) – Sari, a resident of Motun in the Khost province of southeast Afghanistan, wept as he described how he [...]
At Risk
Canada Donates Experimental Vaccine to Fight Ebola
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, August 12, 2014 (ENS) – Canada will donate at least 800 doses of an experimental Ebola vaccine to the World Health Organization, WHO, to fight [...]
Latest News
McCartney-Inscribed Martin Guitar Auctioned for Elephants
ARLINGTON, Virginia, August 12, 2014 (ENS) – To mark World Elephant Day, August 12, The Nature Conservancy will auction a Martin D-28 left-handed guitar autographed by Sir Paul [...]
Energy
Greenpeace Ship Freed by Russia Sails Into Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, August 11, 2014 (ENS) – The Greenpeace icebreaker Arctic Sunrise sailed back into Dutch territorial waters Saturday after more than 300 days in Russian custody. [...]
Latest News
Cameron Government Pours £900,000 More Into Clean Transport
LONDON, UK, August 10, 2014 (ENS) – Seven communities in England will benefit from £900,000 in additional government funding to extend their sustainable transport efforts, Transport Minister Baroness [...]
Latest News
Mine Tailings Spill Devastates British Columbia Lakes
QUESNEL, British Columbia, Canada, August 8, 2014 (ENS) – A tailings pond breach at the Mount Polley copper and gold mine in south-central British Columbia early Monday has [...]
Latest News
Tortoises Learn Touchscreen Technology
LINCOLN, UK, August 7, 2014 (ENS) – Tortoises have learned how to use touchscreens as part of a study which aimed to teach the land-dwelling reptiles navigational techniques. [...]
AmeriScan
AmeriScan: August 6, 2014
Hawaii Braces for Twin Hurricanes … New Jersey Criminalizes Sales of Ivory, Rhino Horn … Okinawa Dugongs Bring U.S. Military Airstrip Into Court … Migratory Songbirds Fly to Expanded [...]
Air/Climate
Massive Peoples’ Climate March Planned for UN Opening
WASHINGTON, DC, August 6, 2014 (ENS) – Hundreds of thousands of activists plan to head for New York City on September 21 to take part in the People’s [...]
Air/Climate
Beijing Bans Coal-Burning to Clear the Air
BEIJING, China, August 6, 2014 (ENS) – China’s capital city of Beijing will ban coal sales and the burning of coal in its six main districts by the [...]
Latest News
Used Cigarette Butts Transformed Into Supercapacitors
SEOUL, South Korea, August 6, 2014 (ENS) – How can used cigarette butts contribute to the development of superior electric vehicles? South Korean researchers have found a way. [...]
Gov/Politics
$100 Million for Global Resilience at U.S.-Africa Summit
WASHINGTON, DC, August 5, 2014 (ENS) – U.S.-Africa cooperation on climate, wildlife trafficking and food security are center stage in Washington this week as President Barack Obama, the [...]
At Risk
Ebola-Stricken Doctor Arrives in Atlanta, 729 Die in Africa
ATLANTA, Georgia, August 4, 2014 (ENS) – The Emory University Hospital in Atlanta is treating the first American infected with the deadly Ebola virus in a specially built [...]
Business
Tesla, Panasonic to Build ‘Gigafactory’ for Electric Car Batteries
PALO ALTO, California, August 4, 2014 (ENS) – Electric car batteries are about to get cheaper and more abundant. Panasonic Corporation and Tesla Motors signed an agreement Thursday [...]
Latest News
Toxic Algae Contaminates Toledo’s Water
TOLEDO, Ohio, August 3, 2014 (ENS) – More than 400,000 residents of Toledo, Ohio’s fourth largest city, are without water following the detection of the toxin Microcystin in [...]
Energy
Massachusetts Landowners Block Pipeline Surveyors
By Martin Laine
BOSTON, Massachusetts, August 3, 2014 (ENS) – The proposed extension of a natural gas pipeline that would run the length of Massachusetts is meeting stiff [...]