Air/Climate
North American Leaders Pledge Green Mobility Future
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, June 30, 2016 (ENS) – The leaders of the United States, Canada, and Mexico met at the North American Leaders Summit Wednesday where they set [...]
Month: June 2016
Business
‘Defeat Device’ Settlement Costs VW Billions
WASHINGTON, DC, June 30, 2016 (ENS) – In two related settlements, one with the United States and the State of California, and one with the U.S. Federal Trade [...]
Energy
TransCanada Asks $15 Billion for Keystone XL Rejection
WASHINGTON, DC, June 28, 2016 (ENS) – This weekend, TransCanada moved forward with a lawsuit against the United States under the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, seeking [...]
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Wood Pulp Waste Converted to Stable, Blendable Biocrude
SYDNEY, Australia, June 22, 2016 (ENS) – Scientists with the Australian start-up Licella have devised a way to use biomass waste from the papermaking process to make a [...]
Business
Maersk Slammed for Sidestepping EU Ship Recycling Law
BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 11, 2016 (ENS) – Indian and international environmental groups are taking Danish container ship giant Maersk to task for its statement that the company is [...]
Air/Climate
Hundreds of Cities Commit to Emissions Limits
WASHINGTON, DC, June 9, 2016 (ENS) – Cities today host more than half of the Earth’s human beings and account for about 70 percent of global energy consumption [...]
Gov/Politics
Congress Strengthens U.S. Chemical Safety Law
WASHINGTON, DC, June 8, 2016 (ENS) – By unanimous consent, the U.S. Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would update federal chemical safety protections for the first time [...]
Land Use/Forests
Land Use Challenges Taiwan’s First Female President
By Shuchen Chang
TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 6, 2016 (ENS) – Taiwan’s first female president, Tsai Ing-wen, has pledged to develop a program that will integrate national land-use planning, [...]
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UNEP-INTERPOL Report: Environmental Crime on the Rise
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 5, 2016 (ENS) – “More than one quarter of the world’s elephant population has been killed in a decade,” according to the International Police, INTERPOL, [...]
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World Environment Day Targets Wildlife Crime
NEW YORK, New York, June 5, 2016 (ENS) – The first international accord to end illegal fishing went into effect today in celebration of World Environment Day. The [...]