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Month: December 2014

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Air/Climate

Flashpoint Issue 2015: Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline

December 29, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Flashpoint Issue 2015: Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline

 

WASHINGTON, DC, December 29, 2014 (ENS) – A renewed battle over the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is shaping up for the new year in North America.

The [...]

Huddart
At Risk

Ebola Takes No Holiday

December 24, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Ebola Takes No Holiday

 

MONROVIA, Liberia, December 24, 2014 (ENS) – Christmas will be “like any other working day” for UN humanitarian worker Chris Huddart, who, like thousands across West Africa, is [...]

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AmeriScan

AmeriScan: December 22, 2014

December 22, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on AmeriScan: December 22, 2014

 

XTO Energy Must Restore Areas Damaged by Fracking … Savannah River Site Nuclear Waste Tanks to Be Closed … Kentucky Approves Big Solar Project … Protections Reinstated for Western [...]

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Latest News

First U.S. Coal Ash Rule Disappoints Environmental Groups

December 20, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on First U.S. Coal Ash Rule Disappoints Environmental Groups

 

WASHINGTON, DC, December 20, 2104 (ENS) – The first national regulations to provide for the safe disposal of the ash left after burning coal to produce electricity were [...]

Bucharest
Latest News

EU Traffic Noise Causes 10,000 Premature Deaths a Year

December 19, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on EU Traffic Noise Causes 10,000 Premature Deaths a Year

 

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 19, 2014 (ENS) – More than 125 million Europeans could be exposed to levels of road traffic noise above legal guidelines, causing up to 10,000 [...]

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Energy

New York State to Ban Fracking: ‘Reckless to Proceed’

December 18, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on New York State to Ban Fracking: ‘Reckless to Proceed’

 

ALBANY, New York, December 18, 2014 (ENS) – As of early next year, New York State will be permanently off-limits to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for oil and [...]

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Energy

Obama Bars Oil Industry From Alaska’s Bristol Bay

December 16, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Obama Bars Oil Industry From Alaska’s Bristol Bay

 

WASHINGTON, DC, December 16, 2014 (ENS) – President Barack Obama today designated the waters of Bristol Bay as off limits to oil and gas leasing for exploration, development [...]

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Air/Climate

Lima Climate Talks Produce Weak Draft for Global Treaty

December 14, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Lima Climate Talks Produce Weak Draft for Global Treaty

 

LIMA, Peru, December 14, 2014 (ENS) – A climate deal reached late today by world governments at a UN conference in Lima keeps negotiations on track for a [...]

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AmeriScan

AmeriScan: December 13, 2014

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

California Breathes Rainsoaked Sigh of Relief … Copper Mine at Apache Leap Passes Congress … Feds Formalize Nuclear Energy Tribal Working Group … Red Knot Shorebird Listed as Threatened …  [...]

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Business

Green Investors Flunk Fracking Industry on Impact Management

December 11, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Green Investors Flunk Fracking Industry on Impact Management

 

BOSTON, Massachusetts, December 11, 2014 (ENS) – ExxonMobil, Chevron, and WPX Energy are ranked among the worst fracking companies in a new report by a coalition of green [...]

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Air/Climate

Crunch Time at UN Climate Talks; 20,000 March for Justice

December 11, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Crunch Time at UN Climate Talks; 20,000 March for Justice

 

LIMA, Peru, December 11, 2014 (ENS) – Urging “Climate Justice Now!” an estimated 20,000 people took over the streets of Lima Wednesday for the People’s Climate March. Their [...]

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Latest News

Sunscreens, Cosmetics Found in Antarctic Waters

December 10, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Sunscreens, Cosmetics Found in Antarctic Waters

 

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, December 10, 2014 (ENS) – Polluting chemicals found in personal care products such as cosmetics, soaps and sunscreens has been discovered in waters off Antarctica [...]

Shanghai
Air/Climate

World’s Mayors Adopt New Tool to Calculate Climate Emissions

December 9, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on World’s Mayors Adopt New Tool to Calculate Climate Emissions

 

LIMA, Peru, December 9, 2014 (ENS) – The first global standard to measure greenhouse gas emissions from cities was launched Monday in tandem with the ongoing UN climate [...]

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At Risk

Manila Braces for Super Typhoon, One Million Evacuate

December 7, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Manila Braces for Super Typhoon, One Million Evacuate

 

MANILA, Philippines, December 7, 2014 (ENS) – Super Typhoon Hagupit, known locally as Ruby, is expected to hit Metro Manila starting Monday evening.
Packing sustained winds of more [...]

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Food

EU Countries Granted the Right to Ban GMO Crops

December 4, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on EU Countries Granted the Right to Ban GMO Crops

 

BRUSSELS, Belgium, December 4, 2014 (ENS) – A political agreement on new legislation to allow EU member states to restrict, or ban, the cultivation of crops containing genetically [...]

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Air/Climate

2014 Likely ‘Hottest’ Year on Record, Ocean Temps Spike

December 3, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on 2014 Likely ‘Hottest’ Year on Record, Ocean Temps Spike

 

LIMA, Peru, December 3, 2014 (ENS) – The year 2014 is likely to go down in the record books as one of the hottest years in modern history, [...]

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Food

Consensus Reached On Pacific Bluefin Tuna Conservation

December 3, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Consensus Reached On Pacific Bluefin Tuna Conservation

 

APIA, Samoa, December 3, 2014 (ENS) – Pacific fishing nations have reached agreement on new rules for the conservation of Pacific Bluefin tuna, a species that is nearly [...]

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Latest News

Daimler Cylinder Coating Saves Fuel, Cuts CO2 Emissions

December 3, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Daimler Cylinder Coating Saves Fuel, Cuts CO2 Emissions

 

LYON, France, December 3, 2014 (ENS) – Daimler’s new twin wire arc spraying process that reduces fuel consumption and CO2 emissions from combustion engines, has captured another award. [...]

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Air/Climate

Universal Climate Deal at Stake at UN Summit in Peru

December 1, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Universal Climate Deal at Stake at UN Summit in Peru

 

LIMA, Peru, December 1, 2014 (ENS) – Climate negotiators from around the world are gathered in Lima today to hammer out a new universal agreement limiting greenhouse gas [...]

Ameriscan

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