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Month: July 2016

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New Whale Species Discovered in North Pacific Ocean

July 31, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on 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. [...]

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Health

Zika Epidemic Could Hit 10,000 Pregnant Puerto Ricans

July 31, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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Health

First U.S. Locally Transmitted Zika Virus Sickens Four

July 30, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on 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

July 29, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

World Bank
Business

NGOs: World Bank’s New ‘Safeguards’ Weaken Protections

July 28, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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Latest News

Obama & States, Auto & Power Sectors Fund EV Charging

July 27, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

No Picture
Energy

World’s First: Solar Plane Circles the Earth

July 26, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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Land Use/Forests

Court Upholds U.S. EPA Veto of Mountaintop Removal Mine

July 24, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

Parmon, Sechin
Energy

Innovative Motor Fuel Chemist Wins Global Energy Prize

July 22, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

Samoa
Latest News

New Partnerships Shield Vulnerable Small Island States

July 19, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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At Risk

UNESCO Protects Natural Areas of World Heritage Value

July 18, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on 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: [...]

Sanders, Clinton
Gov/Politics

Democrats’ Platform Eco-Friendly, Republicans’ Not

July 15, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

bison
At Risk

Dams, Logging, Poaching Threaten World Heritage

July 13, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on 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

July 12, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on 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

July 4, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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Air/Climate

Antarctic Ozone Layer Begins to Heal

July 2, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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Energy

Canadian Court Kills Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline

July 1, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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