Culture
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 [...]
Month: February 2016
Air/Climate
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 [...]
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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 [...]
Energy
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
Energy
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 [...]
Energy
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 [...]
Land Use/Forests
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: [...]
At Risk
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, [...]
At Risk
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 [...]
Energy
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 [...]
Health
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, [...]
Air/Climate
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 [...]
Air/Climate
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 [...]
Health
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 [...]
Business
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
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 [...]
Land Use/Forests
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 [...]
Land Use/Forests
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 [...]