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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 [...]
Month: September 2016
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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 [...]
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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 – [...]
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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 [...]
Food
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
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 [...]
Air/Climate
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
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 [...]
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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. [...]
Business
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
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 [...]
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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, [...]
Energy
Air/Climate
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 [...]
Air/Climate
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
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
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 [...]
Energy
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 [...]
Air/Climate
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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