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Month: November 2014

sawdust
Latest News

Belgian Scientists Turn Sawdust Into ‘Green Hydrocarbons’

November 30, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Belgian Scientists Turn Sawdust Into ‘Green Hydrocarbons’

 

LEUVEN, Belgium, December 1, 2014 (ENS) – Belgian researchers have found a way to convert ordinary sawdust into building blocks for gasoline.

Using a new chemical process, scientists [...]

LA smog
Air/Climate

U.S. EPA Proposes Stricter Smog Standards

November 28, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. EPA Proposes Stricter Smog Standards

 

WASHINGTON, DC, November 27, 2014 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to tighten air quality standards governing ground-level ozone, or smog, to within a range [...]

BMW i3
Latest News

BMW i3 Electric Thrills as Green Car of the Year 2015

November 26, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on BMW i3 Electric Thrills as Green Car of the Year 2015

 

LOS ANGELES, California, November 26, 2014 (ENS) – BMW’s i3, an electric car with a lightweight carbon fiber passenger cell and an aluminum drive module, has been crowned  [...]

Malawi women
Latest News

Uranium Mine Sludge Discharge Permit Threatens Lake Malawi

November 25, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Uranium Mine Sludge Discharge Permit Threatens Lake Malawi

 

KARONGA, Malawi, November 25, 2014 (ENS) – Paladin Africa Ltd, which mines uranium ore in Malawi’s northern district of Karonga, has come under fire from a coalition of [...]

Fiji
At Risk

Pacific Island Countries Face El Niño Extreme Weather

November 24, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Pacific Island Countries Face El Niño Extreme Weather

 

BANGKOK, Thailand, November 24, 2014 (ENS) – An abnormal warming of surface ocean waters, known as the El Niño effect, forecast for the coming six months is threatening [...]

Burrard Inlet
Energy

RCMP Arrest Protesters at Kinder Morgan Tar Sands Pipeline Expansion

November 23, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on RCMP Arrest Protesters at Kinder Morgan Tar Sands Pipeline Expansion

 

BURNABY, British Columbia, Canada, November 23, 2014 (ENS) – An 11-year-old girl was among those arrested Sunday as a crowd protested survey work by the Texas-based Kinder Morgan [...]

trucks
Air/Climate

EU Court Rules British Government Must Limit Diesel Exhaust

November 21, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on EU Court Rules British Government Must Limit Diesel Exhaust

 

LUXEMBOURG, November 20, 2014 (ENS) – The United Kingdom must clean up illegal levels of air pollution “as soon as possible,” the European Court of Justice ruled Wednesday, [...]

Whitehouse
AmeriScan

AmeriScan: November 19, 2014

November 19, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on AmeriScan: November 19, 2014

Senate Democrats Put a Price on Carbon Pollution … Chevrolet Buys First Prairie Grassland Carbon Offsets … Alaskan Polar Bear Population Down by 40 Percent … Fracking Allowed in Largest [...]

Obama
Energy

Senate Defeats Keystone XL Pipeline Bill By One Vote

November 19, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Senate Defeats Keystone XL Pipeline Bill By One Vote

 

WASHINGTON, DC, November 18, 2014 (ENS) – A measure to force approval of the Keystone tar sands pipeline was defeated in the U.S. Senate today by a vote [...]

Adenan
Land Use/Forests

Sarawak’s New Chief Minister Takes on ‘Corrupt’ Timber Tycoons

November 18, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Sarawak’s New Chief Minister Takes on ‘Corrupt’ Timber Tycoons

 

KUCHING, Sarawak, Malaysia, November 17, 2014 (ENS) – For the first time in the 50-year history of the Malaysian state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo, a [...]

officials
Air/Climate

Obama Pledges US$3 Billion to New Green Climate Fund

November 17, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Obama Pledges US$3 Billion to New Green Climate Fund

 

WASHINGTON, DC, November 17, 2014 (ENS) – The United States will contribute up to US$3 billion to the Green Climate Fund to help developing countries respond to climate [...]

Berlin
Latest News

Mobile Phone App Could Help Manage Harmful Traffic Noise

November 17, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Mobile Phone App Could Help Manage Harmful Traffic Noise

 

BRUSSELS, Belgium, November 17, 2014 (ENS) – A new mobile phone application, called 2Loud?, can measure night-time noise exposure inside homes near roadways. EU health officials say that [...]

Blankenship
Business

Massey Coal Executive Indicted for Fatal Mine Explosion

November 15, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Massey Coal Executive Indicted for Fatal Mine Explosion

 

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, November 15, 2014 (ENS) – Don Blankenship, former CEO of coal giant Massey Energy, was indicted Thursday on charges of conspiring to violate federal mine [...]

World Parks Congress
Land Use/Forests

IUCN Debuts Green List of Protected Areas at World Parks Congress

November 14, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on IUCN Debuts Green List of Protected Areas at World Parks Congress

 

SYDNEY, Australia, November 14, 2014 (ENS) – The IUCN’s Green List of Protected Areas was introduced to the world today at the IUCN World Parks Congress in Sydney. [...]

e-waste
AmeriScan

AmeriScan: November 13, 2014

November 13, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on AmeriScan: November 13, 2014

Utah Recycler Abandons Tons of Toxic e-Waste … U.S. Forces Smelly SO2 Emitters Into $50 Million Upgrades … PEER: ‘Cattle Trample Sage-grouse Recovery’ … Green Groups Sue to Save Walruses [...]

Obama, Xi
Air/Climate

China, U.S. Back Global Climate Deal, Vow to Slash Emissions

November 11, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on China, U.S. Back Global Climate Deal, Vow to Slash Emissions

 

BEIJING, China, November 12, 2014 (ENS) – The leaders of the world’s two biggest greenhouse gas emitting nations – China and the United States – today jointly pledged [...]

nuclear plant
At Risk

Fukushima Radioactive Cesium Found Off California Coast

November 11, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Fukushima Radioactive Cesium Found Off California Coast

 

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, November 11, 2014 (ENS) – In California waters for the first time, scientists have detected trace amounts of signature radioactive compounds from the Fukushima Daiichi [...]

train station
Latest News

Billion Euro Eco-Friendly Train Station Opens in Vienna

November 11, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Billion Euro Eco-Friendly Train Station Opens in Vienna

 

VIENNA, Austria, November 11, 2014 (ENS) – Vienna’s new environmentally-friendly Central Railway Station will begin receiving international arrivals in December. Austrian transportation planners have designed access to the [...]

mangroves
Business

Global Market for Conservation Investing Hits $23 Billion

November 7, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Global Market for Conservation Investing Hits $23 Billion

 

ARLINGTON, Virginia, November 7, 2014 (ENS) – The first survey of conservation investing reveals a fast-growing market that totaled $23 billion in the five-year period from 2009-2013. Private [...]

Tapajós River
Land Use/Forests

Brazilian Judge Sides With Tribe Over Land Threatened by Dams

November 6, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Brazilian Judge Sides With Tribe Over Land Threatened by Dams

 

BRASILIA, Brazil, November 6, 2014 (ENS) – In a struggle between a Brazilian indigenous tribe and the federal government over two dams that would flood lands claimed by [...]

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