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Month: January 2015

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At Risk

Obama Orders Higher Flood Risk Standard for Federal Projects

January 30, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Obama Orders Higher Flood Risk Standard for Federal Projects

WASHINGTON, DC, January 30, 2015 (ENS) – Considering the risk of rising sea levels due to climate change, President Barack Obama today issued the nation’s first Federal Flood Risk [...]

IDPs
At Risk

Deadly Storms, Floods Force Desperate Africans to Seek Aid

January 30, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Deadly Storms, Floods Force Desperate Africans to Seek Aid

 

GENEVA, Switzerland, January 30, 2015 (ENS) – Severe flooding across southern Africa is killing, injuring and displacing a rising number of people, and more rain is in the [...]

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Energy

Obama’s Energy Dept. Invests $59 Million in Solar Innovation

January 29, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Obama’s Energy Dept. Invests $59 Million in Solar Innovation

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 29, 2015 (ENS) – As more communities look to solar energy as a source of clean, renewable electricity, the Obama Administration is investing more than [...]

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Rare Sierra Nevada Red Fox Seen in Yosemite National Park

January 29, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Rare Sierra Nevada Red Fox Seen in Yosemite National Park

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, California, January 29, 2015 (ENS) – Photos of the rare Sierra Nevada red fox, Vulpes vulpes necator, have been taken by motion-triggered cameras in Yosemite [...]

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Energy

U.S. Senate Votes to Force Keystone XL Pipeline Approval

January 29, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Senate Votes to Force Keystone XL Pipeline Approval

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 29, 2015 (ENS) – The new Republican-controlled Senate today voted for the first time to force U.S. approval of the controversial Keystone XL tar sands [...]

Arias
Latest News

EU Struggles to Cut Road Transport CO2 Emissions Post-2020

January 28, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on EU Struggles to Cut Road Transport CO2 Emissions Post-2020

 

BRUSSELS, Belgium, January 28, 2015 (ENS) – “Some people think that the recent decrease in oil prices will have a negative impact on electric cars. Personally, I am [...]

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Goverments Will Forge First Treaty Protecting Global Oceans

January 28, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Goverments Will Forge First Treaty Protecting Global Oceans

 

NEW YORK, New York, January 27, 2015 (ENS) – Government representatives from around the world agreed Saturday to develop the first legally-binding agreement to conserve marine life in [...]

Boston
At Risk

Blizzard Spares New York, Buries Boston, Blows Into Canada

January 27, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Blizzard Spares New York, Buries Boston, Blows Into Canada

 

NEW YORK, New York, January 27, 2015 (ENS) – The powerful storm that brought heavy snowfall and blizzard conditions to the Northeast on Monday persisted Tuesday as heavy snow [...]

snow
At Risk

Monster Blizzard Brings U.S. East Coast to a Standstill

January 26, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Monster Blizzard Brings U.S. East Coast to a Standstill

NEW YORK, New York, January 27, 2015 (ENS) – Due to a monumental blizzard bearing down on the East Coast, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has issued a [...]

ANWR
Land Use/Forests

Obama Would Widen Wilderness in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

January 26, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Obama Would Widen Wilderness in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

WASHINGTON, DC, January 26, 2015 (ENS) – “Alaska’s National Wildlife Refuge is an incredible place – pristine, undisturbed,” said President Obama in a YouTube video announcing his administration’s plan [...]

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Air/Climate

USA, India to Cooperate on Climate, Clean Energy, Smart Cities

January 26, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on USA, India to Cooperate on Climate, Clean Energy, Smart Cities

 

NEW DELHI, India, January 26, 2015 (ENS) – Amid the pomp and ceremony of India’s Republic Day, with President Barack Obama the first sitting American President to be [...]

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Business

Anadarko Pays Record $5.15 Billion Environmental Settlement

January 23, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Anadarko Pays Record $5.15 Billion Environmental Settlement

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 23, 2015 (ENS) – Anadarko Petroleum Corp. today paid a record $5.15 billion settlement to the U.S. government and others – the largest environmental enforcement [...]

Gore, Earth
Air/Climate

Live Earth Road to Paris Concerts to Support Climate Action

January 21, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Live Earth Road to Paris Concerts to Support Climate Action

DAVOS, Switzerland, January 21, 2015 (ENS) – “This year is the Year of Climate,” Al Gore told an audience of global business and political leaders Wednesday on the at [...]

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Latest News

Automotive Industry Agrees to Copper-Free Brake Initiative

January 21, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Automotive Industry Agrees to Copper-Free Brake Initiative

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 21, 2015 (ENS) – An agreement to reduce the use of copper and other toxic materials in motor vehicle brake pads was signed Wednesday in [...]

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India’s Wild Tiger Population Grows by 30 Percent

January 21, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on India’s Wild Tiger Population Grows by 30 Percent

 

NEW DELHI, India, January 21, 2015 (ENS) – India’s wild tiger population has risen to 2,226 animals, an increase of 30.5 percent since the last estimate four years [...]

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Shell Affiliates Fined for Breaking Vehicle Fuel Rules

January 21, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Shell Affiliates Fined for Breaking Vehicle Fuel Rules

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 21, 2015 (ENS) – Three companies affiliated with Shell Oil Company will pay a total of $900,000 for selling gasoline and diesel fuel that violated [...]

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Air/Climate

Climate Warning Key to Obama’s State of the Union Address

January 20, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Climate Warning Key to Obama’s State of the Union Address

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 20, 2015 (ENS) – “No challenge – no challenge – poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change,” President Barack Obama said to [...]

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At Risk

Crude Pipeline Breach Fouls Montana’s Yellowstone River

January 20, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Crude Pipeline Breach Fouls Montana’s Yellowstone River

 

BILLINGS, Montana, January 19, 2015 (ENS) – Warning that “the imminent threat of disaster exists,” Montana Governor Steve Bullock has declared a State of Emergency in Dawson and [...]

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Land Use/Forests

CO2 Speeds Tropical Forest Growth, Slowing Climate Change

January 18, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on CO2 Speeds Tropical Forest Growth, Slowing Climate Change

 

BOULDER, Colorado, January 18, 2015 (ENS) – Tropical forests have a bigger appetite for the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide than many scientists have believed – even greater than [...]

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Air/Climate

Earth Heating Up: 2014 Warmest Year in Modern Record

January 18, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Earth Heating Up: 2014 Warmest Year in Modern Record

 

NEW YORK, New York, January 18, 2015 (ENS) – The year 2014 ranks as Earth’s warmest since record keeping began in 1880, according to two separate analyses by [...]

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