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New Whale Species Discovered in North Pacific Ocean
LA JOLLA, California, July 31, 2016 (ENS) – Scientists have identified a beaked whale that lives in the cold and remote North Pacific Ocean as a new species. [...]
Month: July 2016
Health
Zika Epidemic Could Hit 10,000 Pregnant Puerto Ricans
ATLANTA, Georgia, July 30, 2016 (ENS) – Since local transmission of the Zika virus was first reported in Puerto Rico in December 2015, it has become so widespread [...]
Health
First U.S. Locally Transmitted Zika Virus Sickens Four
MIAMI, Florida, July 30, 2016 (ENS) – Florida officials have informed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, that Zika virus infections in four people were likely [...]
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Wild Tigers in Peril as Tiger Farms Flourish
LONDON, UK, July 29, 2016 (ENS) – Today, 45 nongovernmental organizations from around the world are raising the alarm over increasing tiger poaching and calling for an end [...]
Business
NGOs: World Bank’s New ‘Safeguards’ Weaken Protections
WASHINGTON, DC, July 28, 2016 (ENS) – After a four-year review of its environmental and social safeguards, the World Bank has released an updated set of safeguards in [...]
Latest News
Obama & States, Auto & Power Sectors Fund EV Charging
WASHINGTON, DC, July 27, 2016 (ENS) – The Obama Administration is unlocking up to US$4.5 billion in loan guarantees and inviting applications to support the commercial-scale deployment of [...]
Energy
World’s First: Solar Plane Circles the Earth
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, July 26, 2016 (ENS) – The solar-powered electric plane Solar Impulse 2 made history just after midnight today by completing the first circumnavigation of [...]
Land Use/Forests
Court Upholds U.S. EPA Veto of Mountaintop Removal Mine
WASHINGTON, DC, July 24, 2016 (ENS) – The Mingo Logan Coal Company has lost another round in the long legal battle to obtain a U.S. government permit for [...]
Energy
Innovative Motor Fuel Chemist Wins Global Energy Prize
MOSCOW, Russia, July 22, 2016 (ENS) – Russian chemist Dr. Valentin Parmon has won the 2016 Global Energy Prize for his work with new generation catalysts for the [...]
Latest News
New Partnerships Shield Vulnerable Small Island States
By Suzanne Maxx
NEW YORK, New York, July 19, 2016 (ENS) – United Nations Headquarters was bustling with activity on Monday, full beyond capacity as island dwellers from [...]
At Risk
UNESCO Protects Natural Areas of World Heritage Value
ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 18, 2016 (ENS) – The World Heritage Committee has inscribed nine new natural, or mixed natural and cultural, sites on the List of World Heritage: [...]
Gov/Politics
Democrats’ Platform Eco-Friendly, Republicans’ Not
WASHINGTON, DC, July 14, 2016 (ENS) – The Democratic and Republican platform planks on the environment, energy and climate change couldn’t be more different. The Democrats appear to [...]
At Risk
Dams, Logging, Poaching Threaten World Heritage
ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 12, 2016 (ENS) – Of all the world’s unique natural areas threatened by logging, poaching, dam development and gillnet fishing, the International Union for Conservation [...]
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Chile’s Capital Wins 2017 Sustainable Transport Award
SANTIAGO, Chile, July 13, 2016 (ENS) – Chile’s capital city, Santiago, has just been awarded the honor of hosting Mobilize 2017, the new annual Sustainable Transport Summit put [...]
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29 African Nations Urge EU to Halt Elephant Slaughter
BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 4, 2016 (ENS) – In 25 years there may not be a single elephant remaining in Africa if current rates of killing continue.
As the [...]
Air/Climate
Antarctic Ozone Layer Begins to Heal
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 2, 2016 (ENS) – New research has identified clear signs that the gaping hole in the Antarctic ozone layer is beginning to close and could [...]
Energy
Canadian Court Kills Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, July 1, 2016 (ENS) – Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal Thursday overturned the permits for Enbridge’s controversial Northern Gateway Pipelines project after the court found [...]