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Month: October 2014

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AmeriScan

AmeriScan: October 29, 2014

October 31, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on AmeriScan: October 29, 2014

 

‘Secret’ Decision to Hide Nuclear Plant Quake Risk Challenged … Concerts Aim to Turn Out Youth Vote for Climate … U.S. Enters the ‘Age of Renewable Energy’ … New [...]

lions
Latest News

African Lion ‘Threatened’ Listing Proposed Under U.S. Law

October 27, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on African Lion ‘Threatened’ Listing Proposed Under U.S. Law

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 27, 2014 (ENS) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed listing the African lion as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, saying its [...]

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Business

Kazakhstan Plans Electromobility, Future Energy Expo 2017

October 27, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Kazakhstan Plans Electromobility, Future Energy Expo 2017

ASTANA, Kazakhstan, October 27, 2014 (ENS) – The Kazakhstan government would like to explore collaborating with Japan to manufacture hybrid and electric vehicles, Prime Minister Karim Massimov said this [...]

vaccine
At Risk

Millions of Ebola Vaccine Doses Promised by Early 2015

October 26, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Millions of Ebola Vaccine Doses Promised by Early 2015

 

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 26, 2014 (ENS) – At a high-level emergency meeting convened by the World Health Organization on Thursday, pharmaceutical companies developing Ebola vaccines committed to accelerate [...]

health workers
At Risk

Ebola Jumps Around the World

October 24, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Ebola Jumps Around the World

NEW YORK, New York, October 24, 2014 (ENS) – The worst Ebola outbreak in history, which began in West Africa in March, is traveling around the world. On Thursday, [...]

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Land Use/Forests

President Obama Designates San Gabriel Mountains National Monument

October 21, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on President Obama Designates San Gabriel Mountains National Monument

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 21, 2014 (ENS) – President Barack Obama has used his authority under the Antiquities Act to establish 540 square miles of national forest land in [...]

officials
Latest News

California, Japan Charge Ahead With Electric Vehicle Pilot

October 21, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on California, Japan Charge Ahead With Electric Vehicle Pilot

SACRAMENTO, California, October 21, 2014 (ENS) – The California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) and the Japanese government’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization have [...]

solar tower
Business

187 Companies Make ‘The A List’ for Climate Performance

October 20, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on 187 Companies Make ‘The A List’ for Climate Performance

 

LONDON, UK, October 20, 2014 (ENS) – The new “A List” of leading climate performance businesses from around the world, released Friday by the Climate Disclosure Project, numbers [...]

gorilla
Latest News

Cameroon Creates a Sanctuary for World’s Rarest Ape

October 19, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Cameroon Creates a Sanctuary for World’s Rarest Ape

BUEA, Cameroon, October 19, 2014 (ENS) – Cross River gorillas, the world’s rarest apes, have a newly protected area that will better enable these unique primates to survive as a [...]

harvest
Food

Family Farmers Take Center Stage on World Food Day

October 16, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Family Farmers Take Center Stage on World Food Day

 

ROME, Italy, October 16, 2014 (ENS) – “We have made progress against hunger, but over 800 million people remain undernourished,” said José Graziano da Silva today. As head [...]

electric vehicle
Latest News

Major Incentives for Electric Cars Offered in 20 U.S. States

October 15, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Major Incentives for Electric Cars Offered in 20 U.S. States

 

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, October 15, 2014 (ENS) – JEA, a community-owned, not-for-profit utility in Jacksonville, is the latest entity to offer rebates for plug-in electric vehicles. JEA is offering [...]

gorillas
Latest News

Half Earth’s Wildlife Gone, Governments Meet to Save the Rest

October 14, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Half Earth’s Wildlife Gone, Governments Meet to Save the Rest

 

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, October 14, 2014 (ENS) – Global wildlife populations have declined, on average, by 52 percent in the 40 year period since 1970, reports the global [...]

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AmeriScan

AmeriScan: October 14, 2014

October 14, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on AmeriScan: October 14, 2014

 

Los Angeles Mayor Orders Water Use Halved in 10 Years … Conservationists Go to Court to Protect Wolverine … Sagebrush Wildlife Losing Habitat to Fire … Tribal Sellers of [...]

fuel cell
Latest News

Battery/Fuel Cell Zero-Emission Bus a North American First

October 13, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Battery/Fuel Cell Zero-Emission Bus a North American First

 

PASADENA, California, October 14, 2014 (ENS) – A 60-foot-long articulated bus scheduled for roll-out in mid-2015 will be the first in North America to be powered by a [...]

Schwarzenegger and Fabius
Air/Climate

France Prepares to Lead the World in Low-Carbon Sustainablity

October 13, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on France Prepares to Lead the World in Low-Carbon Sustainablity

 

PARIS, France, October 13, 2014 (ENS) – This past weekend Région Ile-de-France hosted the first World Summit of Regions for Climate on October 10 and 11 in Paris [...]

methane well
Air/Climate

Huge U.S. Methane ‘Hot Spot’ Detected From Space

October 10, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Huge U.S. Methane ‘Hot Spot’ Detected From Space

 

PASADENA, California, October 10, 2014 (ENS) – Just one location in the U.S. Southwest is responsible for producing the largest concentration of the greenhouse gas methane seen over [...]

cereals
Food

Consumer Reports Seeks Labeling of GMOs in U.S. Food

October 7, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Consumer Reports Seeks Labeling of GMOs in U.S. Food

 

YONKERS, New York, October 7, 2014 (ENS) – U.S. packaged foods containing corn or soy and labeled “natural” sampled by the product testing group Consumer Reports were found [...]

lake
Air/Climate

Human CO2 Emissions Blocking California’s Normal Rainfall

October 6, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Human CO2 Emissions Blocking California’s Normal Rainfall

 

STANFORD, California, October 6, 2014 (ENS) – The ‘Ridiculously Resilient Ridge’ formed by human-caused climate change has left California crippled by a withering record drought while diverting life-giving [...]

river
Land Use/Forests

New Dam Causing Ripples in Northern Kenya

October 5, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on New Dam Causing Ripples in Northern Kenya

 

By Robert Wanjala

NAIROBI, Kenya, October 6, 2014 (ENS) – Wario Galelo, 64, raises livestock downstream from the site of a hydroelectric dam which the Kenyan government plans [...]

Mayor Tau
Latest News

October in Johannesburg Means Ecomobility

October 5, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on October in Johannesburg Means Ecomobility

 

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, October 6, 2014 (ENS) – Ecomobility – an integrated form of mobility that combines walking and cycling with riding public transit – is the focus [...]

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