PARIS, France, December 4, 2015 (ENS) – “The many thousands of governors, mayors, companies and investors who have so publicly committed to climate action are telling governments that [...]
PARIS, France, December 4, 2015 (ENS) – A first-of-a-kind network that empowers megacities to integrate public transportation best practices has been created in a new partnership between MasterCard [...]
MOSCOW, Russia, December 1, 2015 (ENS) – A Russian-flagged oil tanker has run aground off Nevelsk on the southwest coast of Sakhalin Island, spilling oil into the sea, [...]
PARIS, France, December 1, 2015 (ENS) – France will invest a total of €2 billion (US$2.1 billion) in renewable energy in Africa in 2016-20, a 50 percent increase [...]
PARIS, France, November 30, 2015 (ENS) – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the newly formed International Solar Alliance at the opening day of the COP21 climate [...]
PARIS, France, November 30, 2015 (ENS) – The United Nations’ two-week climate conference opened here today with a bouquet of speeches from world leaders, billions in funding pledges, [...]
PARIS, France, November 29, 2015 (ENS) – On the eve of the Paris Climate Summit, more than 570,000 people around the world took to the streets this weekend [...]
By Judith Needham, J.D., LL.M., MPH
WASHINGTON, DC, November 29, 2015 (ENS) – The phrase “climate financing” makes even the most dedicated observer yawn. But not so quick [...]
By Charles Mkoka
LILONGWE, Malawi, November 25, 2015 (ENS) – The Chinese Embassy in the central African country of Malawi has thrown its full weight behind the “Stop [...]
WASHINGTON, DC, November 25, 2015 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will vacate its approval of the Dow AgroSciences herbicide Enlist Duo after determining that [...]
EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada, November 23, 2015 (ENS) – Alberta’s new Climate Leadership Plan puts a price on carbon pollution for everyone, sets emissions limits for the oil sands [...]
WASHINGTON, DC, November 20, 2015 (ENS) – Over the objections of millions of Americans, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a genetically engineered animal food. Atlantic [...]
By Judith Needham, MPH, J.D., LL.M. (Environmental Law)
WASHINGTON, DC, November 20, 2015 (ENS) – In 10 days, world leaders will convene in Paris to forge a first [...]
LOS ANGELES, California, November 20, 2015 (ENS) – The Next-Generation 2016 Chevrolet Volt was given the Green Car of the Year title by the “Green Car Journal” Thursday [...]
PARIS, France, November 19, 2015 (ENS) – The French government has forbidden the planned climate march and civil demonstrations in Paris that were to have involved hundreds of [...]
WASHINGTON, DC, November 15, 2015 (ENS) – With just 12 days until the United Nations climate conference in Paris, where world leaders are expected to agree on a [...]
LONDON, UK, November 18, 2015 (ENS) – The British government today proposed to close all coal-fired power stations by the year 2025 and switch the nation’s power generating [...]
SYDNEY, Australia, November 18, 2015 (ENS) – In a momentous victory for whales, the Australian Federal Court has found a Japanese whaling company guilty of contempt of court [...]
SRINAGAR, India, November 18, 2015 (ENS) – India’s first electric car expedition was flagged off Monday, headed south from this northern Indian city to cover more than 5,000km [...]
NEW DELHI, India, November 17, 2015 (ENS) – Freshwater campaigners are welcoming new guidelines issued by the government of India that strengthen regulations governing the use of groundwater [...]
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