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Month: February 2016

DiCaprio
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DiCaprio Uses Oscar Speech to Urge Climate Action

February 29, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on DiCaprio Uses Oscar Speech to Urge Climate Action

 

HOLLYWOOD, California, February 29, 2016 (ENS) – Leonardo DiCaprio won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama last night for his role as frontiersman Hugh [...]

Miami
Air/Climate

20th Century Sea Level Rise Quickest in 2800 Years

February 26, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on 20th Century Sea Level Rise Quickest in 2800 Years

 

RUTGERS, New Jersey, February 26, 2016 (ENS) – Global sea level rose faster in the 20th century than in any of the 27 previous centuries, finds new research [...]

formic acid scale model
Latest News

FASTer When Fueled With Formic Acid

February 25, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on FASTer When Fueled With Formic Acid

 

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, February 25, 2016 (ENS) – Team FAST, a new team of Dutch students at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), is taking the first steps toward [...]

Aliso Canyon
Energy

Aliso Canyon Gas Leak Permanently Sealed

February 22, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Aliso Canyon Gas Leak Permanently Sealed

 

LOS ANGELES, California, February 22, 2016 (ENS) – A gas well that had been leaking methane at the Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) Aliso Canyon storage facility for [...]

Flint
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Replacement of Flint’s Lead Water Pipes Underway

February 21, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Replacement of Flint’s Lead Water Pipes Underway

 

FLINT, Michigan, February 21, 2016 (ENS) – Work on replacing high-risk lead service lines in Flint is under way as state and city leaders focus on removing pipes [...]

algae
Latest News

Toxins Found in 39% of U.S. Southeastern Streams

February 21, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Toxins Found in 39% of U.S. Southeastern Streams

 

RESTON, Virginia, February 21, 2016 (ENS) – Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey have found toxins produced by algae, known as microcystins, in 39 percent of the small [...]

solar power
Energy

17 U.S. Governors Sign New Energy Accord

February 16, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on 17 U.S. Governors Sign New Energy Accord

 

SACRAMENTO, California, February 16, 2016 (ENS) – A bipartisan group of 17 governors today signed the Governors’ Accord for a New Energy Future – a joint commitment to [...]

sugar cane train
Energy

Queensland Premier Sets Fund for Biofuels Development

February 15, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Queensland Premier Sets Fund for Biofuels Development

 

BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia, February 15, 2016 (ENS) – A Biofutures Industry Development Fund, intended to help first-movers in biofuels and the bioeconomy bridge the dreaded early stage funding [...]

camping
Land Use/Forests

Obama Shelters Wild California in Three New Monuments

February 12, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Obama Shelters Wild California in Three New Monuments

 

WASHINGTON, DC, February 12, 2016 (ENS) – President Barack Obama today designated three new national monuments encompassing nearly 1.8 million acres of existing federal lands in southern California: [...]

survivors
At Risk

Hottest Year Linked to ‘Devastating’ Human Disaster Toll

February 11, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Hottest Year Linked to ‘Devastating’ Human Disaster Toll

 

NEW YORK, New York, February 11, 2016 (ENS) – At least 98.6 million people were harmed by natural disasters in 2015, the hottest year on record; and climate, [...]

rescue
At Risk

Taiwan Quake Leaves 67 Dead, 57 Still Missing

February 11, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Taiwan Quake Leaves 67 Dead, 57 Still Missing

 

TAIPEI, Taiwan, February 11, 2016 (ENS) – The death toll from Saturday’s earthquake in Taiwan stands at 67 people, with 57 others still missing and presumed trapped under [...]

turbines
Energy

2015: U.S. Installed More Renewables Than Fossil Fuels

February 10, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on 2015: U.S. Installed More Renewables Than Fossil Fuels

 

WASHINGTON, DC, February 10, 2016 (ENS) – Setting a new annual record, renewable sources of power, such as hydro, wind and solar, accounted for almost two-thirds of the [...]

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Health

Dengue Fever an ‘Emergency’ on Hawaii’s Big Island

February 10, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Dengue Fever an ‘Emergency’ on Hawaii’s Big Island

 

HILO, Hawaii, February 9, 2016 (ENS) – Hawaii County Mayor Billy Kenoi has declared a state of emergency over a dengue fever outbreak on the island of Hawaii, [...]

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Air/Climate

Global Carbon Standards Set for Commercial Aircraft

February 10, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Global Carbon Standards Set for Commercial Aircraft

 

MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, February 9, 2016 (ENS) – The first global carbon standards for commercial aircraft were set on Monday in Montreal by the 22 nations on the [...]

power plant
Air/Climate

U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Obama’s Clean Power Plan

February 9, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Obama’s Clean Power Plan

 

WASHINGTON, DC, February 9, 2016 (ENS) – The Supreme Court today stayed the implementation of President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan, which sets the first national carbon emission [...]

scientist
Health

Australian Cancer Drug Licensed in $730M Deal

February 9, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Australian Cancer Drug Licensed in $730M Deal

 

MELBOURNE, Australia, February 9, 2016 (ENS) – A promising new cancer drug, developed in Australia by the Cancer Therapeutics CRC (CTx), has been licensed to U.S. pharmaceutical company [...]

TPP
Business

Trans-Pacific Partnership Signed, Critics Cry ‘Toxic’

February 5, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Trans-Pacific Partnership Signed, Critics Cry ‘Toxic’

 

WASHINGTON, DC, February 5, 2016 (ENS) – The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement was signed Thursday in Auckland, New Zealand by officials from 12 nations from around the Pacific [...]

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Taiwan Warned of Looming Fishery Collapse

February 4, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Taiwan Warned of Looming Fishery Collapse

 

By Shuchen Chang

TAIPEI, Taiwan, February 4, 2016 (ENS) – The number of coastal fish species in northern Taiwan has dropped by 75 percent over the past three [...]

Bundy
Land Use/Forests

Grand Jury Indicts Bundys in Oregon Refuge Occupation

February 3, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Grand Jury Indicts Bundys in Oregon Refuge Occupation

 

PORTLAND, Oregon, February 3, 2016 (ENS) – A federal grand jury today indicted Ammon Bundy, his brother Ryan, and 14 co-defendants arrested last week in the armed occupation [...]

Clark, Smith
Land Use/Forests

British Columbia Protects Great Bear Rainforest

February 3, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on British Columbia Protects Great Bear Rainforest

 

 

VICTORIA, British Columbia, Canada, February 3, 2016 (ENS) – First Nations, environmental groups and coastal forest industry representatives joined the premier of British Columbia Monday to celebrate [...]

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