Air/Climate
Paris Climate Pact Affirmed in UN Earth Day Ceremony
NEW YORK, New York, April 22, 2016 (ENS) – As global leaders sign the Paris Agreement on climate change today at UN Headquarters, the head of the UN [...]
Month: April 2016
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Six Grassroots Leaders Each Win $175,000 Goldman Prize
SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 18, 2016 (ENS) – “If we seek to achieve environmental justice we must first empower citizen participation and protect our natural resources,” said Luis [...]
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Earthquake Hits Ecuador, Kills More Than 272
QUITO, Ecuador, April 17, 2016 (ENS) – The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Saturday night off the west coast of northern Ecuador has killed at least 272 people, [...]
Air/Climate
CO2 Emissions Down as EU Drivers Buy Cleaner Cars
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 14, 2016 (ENS) – New cars sold in the European Union are increasingly more fuel-efficient and beat the official CO2 emissions target handily, concludes the [...]
Business
Coal Slide Pushes Peabody Energy Into Bankruptcy
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, April 13, 2016 (ENS) – The world’s largest private sector coal company, Peabody Energy, today filed for bankruptcy protection, citing “unprecedented” factors affecting the global coal [...]
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Ortho Bans Neonics, Bees Do Their Happy Dance
MARYSVILLE, Ohio, April 12, 2016 (ENS) – Insect control giant Ortho today said the company would immediately begin phasing out neonicotinoid-based pesticides for outdoor use because they are [...]
Food
UK Sushi Fraud Probe Finds 10 Percent Mislabeled
MANCHESTER, England, April 12, 2016 (ENS) – Critically endangered species of fish are being sold in UK sushi restaurants without accurate labeling, finds new research by scientists at [...]
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Wild Tiger Numbers Up: First Time in 100 Years
NEW DELHI, India, April 11, 2016 (ENS) – The number of tigers living in the wild has increased to 3,890 animals, the first uptick in the global wild [...]
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U.S. Working Group Fights Toxic Algae
WASHINGTON, DC, April 10, 2016 (ENS) – In-depth scientific research and broad-based communications are both needed to get control of harmful algal blooms and low-oxygen conditions called hypoxia [...]
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Satellite Data Helps Detect Harmful Algal Blooms
WASHINGTON, DC, April 9, 2016 (ENS) – Freshwater polluted by harmful algal blooms costs the United States at least $64 million every year, by government estimates.
Now four [...]
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U.S. Tightens Rules for Captive Tiger Trade
WASHINGTON, DC, April 8, 2016 (ENS) – To strengthen tiger protection, the U.S. government has finalized a rule declaring that captive tigers of unknown genetic background or crosses [...]
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Taiwan’s Endangered Pink Dolphins Attract U.S. Allies
WASHINGTON, DC, April 7, 2016 (ENS) – U.S. conservation groups are petitioning the federal government to protect pink Taiwanese humpback dolphins under the Endangered Species Act to help prevent [...]
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Heat Stress Killing Corals on Great Barrier Reef
TOWNSVILLE, Queensland, Australia, April 6, 2016 (ENS) – The most pristine section of the world largest coral reef is experiencing the worst mass bleaching event in history, scientists [...]
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Judge Approves Multi-Billion BP Oil Spill Settlement
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 4, 2016 (ENS) – A federal judge in New Orleans today set his stamp of approval on an $18.7 billion civil settlement in the [...]
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New $35,000 Electric Tesla Draws 278,000 Reservations
AUBURN, California, April 4, 2016 (ENS) – With US$1,000 or its equivalent in any currency, anyone can place a reservation for a new all-electric Tesla Model 3, priced [...]
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India Continues Diesel Ban, Aims for 100% EVs by 2030
NEW DELHI, India, April 1, 2016 (ENS) – India’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the ban on the registration of vehicles powered by large diesel engines in the [...]