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Month: August 2016

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Europe Charts New Strategy for Low-Emission Mobility

August 31, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Europe Charts New Strategy for Low-Emission Mobility

 

BRUSSELS, Belgium, August 31, 2016 (ENS) – The accelerating global shift towards low-carbon, circular economies has started, driving Europe’s need to accelerate the transition towards low-emission and zero-emission [...]

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At Risk

Fish-Killing Parasite Forces Yellowstone River Closure

August 28, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Fish-Killing Parasite Forces Yellowstone River Closure

 

BOZEMAN, Montana, August 29, 2016 (ENS) – A fish kill caused by a microscopic parasite prompted Montana wildlife officials to shut down 175 miles of the Yellowstone River [...]

Amatrice
At Risk

Italy Mourns Hundreds of Earthquake Victims

August 28, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Italy Mourns Hundreds of Earthquake Victims

 

ROME, Italy, August 27, 2016 (ENS) – Today, Italians joined in a day of national mourning for victims of the 6.2 magnitude earthquake that struck central Italy on [...]

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Obama Creates Planet’s Largest Marine Protected Area

August 27, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Obama Creates Planet’s Largest Marine Protected Area

 

WASHINGTON, DC, August 27, 2016 (ENS) – President Barack Obama Friday expanded the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument surrounding the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, creating the world’s largest marine protected [...]

Penobscot
Land Use/Forests

National Monument Gift Celebrates U.S. Parks’ 100 Years

August 25, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on National Monument Gift Celebrates U.S. Parks’ 100 Years

 

WASHINGTON, DC, August 25, 2016 (ENS) – The U.S. National Park Service turns 100 years old today. In celebration, President Barack Obama has designated 87,500 pristine acres in [...]

No Picture
Business

Broadband to Revitalize Appalachian Coal Country

August 25, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Broadband to Revitalize Appalachian Coal Country

 

WASHINGTON, DC, August 25, 2016 (ENS) – Ten communities in six states have been selected by the Obama Administration to participate in the Cool & Connected planning assistance [...]

Zoe
Business

Europe’s Electric Car Sales Up 21 Percent This Year

August 24, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Europe’s Electric Car Sales Up 21 Percent This Year

 

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, August 24, 2016 (ENS) – A total of 91,300 electric vehicles were sold in Europe in the first six months of 2016 – a 21 percent [...]

dam
At Risk

Fracking Near Peace River Dams Scares BC Hydro

August 21, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Fracking Near Peace River Dams Scares BC Hydro

 

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, August 21, 2016 (ENS) – Senior BC Hydro executives have worried for years that earthquakes triggered by fracking operations in search of natural gas [...]

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Ruffalo, DiCaprio Fund Quick Investment in Green Groups

August 18, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Ruffalo, DiCaprio Fund Quick Investment in Green Groups

 

OAKLAND, California, August 18, 2016 (ENS) – Actors Mark Ruffalo and Leonardo diCaprio are supporting a new grant-making program for community-based groups in the United States, Mexico, and [...]

Florida
At Risk

NASA: July 2016 Warmest Month on Record

August 17, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on NASA: July 2016 Warmest Month on Record

 

NEW YORK, New York, August 17, 2016 (ENS) – The month of July 2016 was the warmest July in 136 years of modern record keeping, according to a [...]

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Air/Climate

U.S. Tightens Emissions Standards for Trucks

August 17, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Tightens Emissions Standards for Trucks

 

WASHINGTON, DC, August 17, 2016 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have jointly finalized standards that will govern [...]

Fiji
Air/Climate

Fiji Wins: Pacific Island Region Changes the Game

August 17, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Fiji Wins: Pacific Island Region Changes the Game

 

By Suzanne Maxx

SUVA, Fiji, August 16, 2016 (ENS) – Fiji’s Olympic Gold medal win in rugby on Friday was a first for the South Pacific island nation, [...]

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Dutch Electric Motorcycle to Circle Earth in 80 Days

August 16, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Dutch Electric Motorcycle to Circle Earth in 80 Days

 

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, August 16, 2016 (ENS) – STORM Wave, a student team based at Eindhoven University of Technology, has set the ambitious goal of riding a specialized electric [...]

contrails
Air/Climate

Secret ‘Chemtrail’ Spraying Not Real, Scientists Agree

August 14, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Secret ‘Chemtrail’ Spraying Not Real, Scientists Agree

 

WASHINGTON, DC, August 14, 2016 (ENS) – Long-lasting white trails left behind by aircraft are caused by well-understood physical and chemical processes, not a secret, large-scale atmospheric spraying [...]

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Toxic Chemicals Found in Drinking Water of 33 States

August 12, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Toxic Chemicals Found in Drinking Water of 33 States

 

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, August 12, 2016 (ENS) – Public drinking water supplies for six million people in 33 states have tested higher than federal safety levels for a class [...]

lions
Latest News

Lions in West and Central Africa Genetically Unique

August 12, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Lions in West and Central Africa Genetically Unique

 

LEIDEN, The Netherlands, August 11, 2016 (ENS) – Lions in West and Central Africa form a unique group, only distantly related to lions in East and Southern Africa, [...]

frie
At Risk

Brazil’s Amazon Hot, Dry and Ablaze

August 10, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Brazil’s Amazon Hot, Dry and Ablaze

 

BRASILIA, Brazil, August 10, 2016 (ENS) – Brazil’s National Space Research Institute, INPE, registered over 53,000 forest fires in the country up to Friday, and warns that the [...]

drill
Air/Climate

Acid Oceans Killing Antarctic Food Web

August 9, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Acid Oceans Killing Antarctic Food Web

 

CANBERRA, Australia, August 9, 2016 (ENS) – An acidifying ocean absorbing too much carbon dioxide from the atmosphere could have a major impact on phytoplankton – the staple [...]

clearcuts
At Risk

Humans Overshoot Earth’s Annual Budget in Eight Months

August 8, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Humans Overshoot Earth’s Annual Budget in Eight Months

 

OAKLAND, California, August 8, 2016 (ENS) – At the Oakland office of the international sustainability think tank Global Footprint Network, August 8 is a special day, as it [...]

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USA, Australia Cooperate to Advance Smart Transport

August 8, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on USA, Australia Cooperate to Advance Smart Transport

 

MELBOURNE, Australia, August 8, 2016 (ENS) – U.S. and Australian officials have signed a new agreement aimed at strengthening collaboration on key transportation priorities in technology and innovation [...]

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