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Conservation 3.0: Will Bioengineered Horn Save Rhinos?

September 27, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Conservation 3.0: Will Bioengineered Horn Save Rhinos?

 

By Judith Needham, JD, LLM, MPH

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 27, 2016 (ENS) – “Imagine if all the people in the world could fit into one stadium. Sadly, all [...]

elephants
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Legal Ivory Trade Rejected in Heated Debate

September 27, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Legal Ivory Trade Rejected in Heated Debate

 

By Adam Cruise

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 27, 2016 (ENS) – Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe’s proposal for approval of future legal trade in ivory was rejected by [...]

Scanlon
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CITES Opening Day: Ceremonies, Rhetoric and Drama

September 25, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on CITES Opening Day: Ceremonies, Rhetoric and Drama

 

By Judith Needham, JD, LLM, MPH

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 25, 2016 (ENS) – “It is a great pleasure to be here in the City of Johannesburg – [...]

elephant
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Prince William: Not Acceptable to Buy and Sell Ivory

September 23, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Prince William: Not Acceptable to Buy and Sell Ivory

 

By Adam Cruise

LONDON, UK, September 23, 2016 (ENS) – In a live satellite feed from London to invited audiences in Johannesburg and Toyko ahead of the major Conference [...]

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Food

France Bans Plastic Plates, Cups, Cutlery

September 22, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on France Bans Plastic Plates, Cups, Cutlery

 

PARIS, France, September 22, 2016 (ENS) – France has become the world’s first country to pass a law banning plastic plates, cups and utensils unless they contain a [...]

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U.S. Issues “Proactive” Guidelines for Driverless Cars

September 21, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Issues “Proactive” Guidelines for Driverless Cars

 

WASHINGTON, DC, September 21, 2016 (ENS) – “Automated vehicles have the potential to save thousands of lives, driving the single biggest leap in road safety that our country [...]

Ban
Air/Climate

Paris Climate Agreement Will Take Effect This Year

September 21, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Paris Climate Agreement Will Take Effect This Year

 

NEW YORK, New York, September 21, 2016 (ENS) – The Paris Agreement on Climate Change is set to become law this year after a ceremony at the United [...]

Energy

Alabama Pipeline Leak Bypassed, Fuel to Flow Again

September 20, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Alabama Pipeline Leak Bypassed, Fuel to Flow Again

 

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, September 20, 2016 (ENS) – Gasoline is expected to begin flowing again Wednesday through a temporary bypass on a damaged pipeline in Alabama owned by Colonial [...]

pangolin
Latest News

Pangolins, Elephants, Crime Syndicates on CITES’ Radar

September 19, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Pangolins, Elephants, Crime Syndicates on CITES’ Radar

 

By Judith Needham, JD, LLM, MPH

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 19, 2016 (ENS) – Illegal trade in endangered species, including internet commerce, is enormous – by any estimate. [...]

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Business

Bank of America Goes Carbon Neutral

September 19, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Bank of America Goes Carbon Neutral

 

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, September 19, 2016 (ENS) – Bank of America today pledged to go carbon neutral, and to use 100 percent renewable electricity by the year 2020. [...]

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Harley-Davidson Air Polluting ‘Super Tuners’ Banned

September 14, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Harley-Davidson Air Polluting ‘Super Tuners’ Banned

 

WASHINGTON, DC, September 13, 2016 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice have settled with Harley-Davidson, the motorcycle giant, in a lawsuit [...]

DRC
At Risk

UN Forces Rescue Hundreds from DRC National Park

September 12, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on UN Forces Rescue Hundreds from DRC National Park

 

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, September 12, 2016 (ENS) – Acting on humanitarian grounds at the request of the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, [...]

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Energy

Australia’s Rules for Giant Adani Coal Mine “Inadequate”

September 12, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Australia’s Rules for Giant Adani Coal Mine “Inadequate”

 

CANBERRA, Australia, September 12, 2016 (ENS) – The Adani Group is moving ahead with its A$16 billion Carmichael coal mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin, despite a new report [...]

Temer
Air/Climate

Brazil Ratifies Paris Climate Agreement

September 12, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Brazil Ratifies Paris Climate Agreement

 

BRASILIA, Brazil, September 12, 2016 (ENS) – Brazil’s new president, Michel Temer, today ratified his country’s adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement, which sets greenhouse gas emissions targets [...]

Brown
Air/Climate

California Sets Strictest GHG Reduction Targets

September 9, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on California Sets Strictest GHG Reduction Targets

 

SACRAMENTO, California, September 9, 2016 (ENS) – Ten years after California adopted the toughest greenhouse gas emission reduction goals in the nation, Governor Jerry Brown Thursday strengthened that [...]

Business

VW Explores Making EVs With State-Owned Chinese Firm

September 9, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on VW Explores Making EVs With State-Owned Chinese Firm

 

WOLFSBURG, Germany, September 9, 2016 (ENS) – Volkswagen and the Chinese corporation Anhui Jianghuai Automobile will explore joint development of electric vehicles in China, the two companies agreed [...]

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Ohio Superfund Site to Get $18.75 Million Cleanup

September 9, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Ohio Superfund Site to Get $18.75 Million Cleanup

 

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, September 9, 2016 (ENS) – Faced with state and federal charges, Rutgers Organics Corporation has agreed to complete the cleanup of the Nease Chemical Superfund Site [...]

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Energy

Sioux Battle Dakota Access Pipeline in Court, on Site

September 7, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Sioux Battle Dakota Access Pipeline in Court, on Site

 

WASHINGTON, DC, September 7, 2016 (ENS) – A federal judge Tuesday declined to halt construction on a part of the Dakota Access oil pipeline route west of Lake [...]

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Air/Climate

USA and China Formally Join Paris Climate Agreement

September 6, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on USA and China Formally Join Paris Climate Agreement

 

HANGZHOU, China, September 6, 2016 (ENS) – On Saturday, ahead of the G20 meeting in Hangzhou, the United States and China deposited with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon their [...]

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New Census: 30% of Africa’s Savanna Elephants Dead

September 5, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on New Census: 30% of Africa’s Savanna Elephants Dead

 

HONOLULU, Hawaii, September 5, 2016 (ENS) – Wildlife conservationists meeting in Honolulu for the IUCN’s World Conservation Congress are shocked and saddened by the release of the Great [...]

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