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Month: December 2016

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Innovative Electric, Autonomous Cars Star at CES 2017

December 31, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Innovative Electric, Autonomous Cars Star at CES 2017

 

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, December 31, 2016 (ENS) – The Consumer Electronics Show, or CES, held annually in the first week of January in Las Vegas, is becoming the [...]

ivory
Latest News

China Bans Ivory Trade to Foil Elephant Poachers

December 31, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on China Bans Ivory Trade to Foil Elephant Poachers

 

BEIJING, China, December 31, 2016 (ENS) – China will ban its domestic ivory trade by the end of 2017, the government announced Friday, a new policy conservationists are [...]

Bears Ears
Land Use/Forests

Obama Creates New National Monuments in Utah, Nevada

December 30, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Obama Creates New National Monuments in Utah, Nevada

 

WASHINGTON, DC, December 30, 2016 (ENS) – President Barack Obama has designated two more national monuments – Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah and the Gold Butte [...]

Tsavo
At Risk

Environmental Crime Threatens Global Peace, Security

December 30, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Environmental Crime Threatens Global Peace, Security

 

LYON, France, December 30, 2016 (ENS) – Environmental crime is a national priority for at least 80 percent of countries, with the majority reporting new and more sophisticated [...]

Chukchi
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Obama’s Rush to Save Oceans from Oil Development

December 20, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Obama’s Rush to Save Oceans from Oil Development

 

WASHINGTON, DC, December 20, 2016 (ENS) – President Barack Obama is about to invoke a seldom-used provision of a 1953 law that gives presidents the power to withdraw [...]

bird
Land Use/Forests

Rare Brazilian Songbird Finds Refuge in a Dry Land

December 19, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Rare Brazilian Songbird Finds Refuge in a Dry Land

 

WASHINGTON, DC, December 19, 2016 (ENS) – The American Bird Conservancy and its Brazilian partner Aquasis have secured more than 170 acres of critical habitat to improve the [...]

coral
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U.S. Creates Atlantic Deep-Sea Coral Protection Zone

December 19, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Creates Atlantic Deep-Sea Coral Protection Zone

 

GLOUCESTER, Massachusetts, December 19, 2016 (ENS) – Working together, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council have designated a large offshore area in [...]

Gov/Politics

Trump Picks Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke to Head Interior

December 14, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Trump Picks Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke to Head Interior

 

WASHINGTON, DC, December 14, 2016 (ENS) – President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Montana’s sole Congressman Republican Ryan Zinke as his Secretary of the Interior. If confirmed by the [...]

firefighters
Energy

U.S. To Review Oil-by-Rail Flammability Risk

December 14, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. To Review Oil-by-Rail Flammability Risk

 

NEW YORK , New York, December 13, 2016 (ENS) – The federal government will take action on a petition by the state of New York seeking to close a [...]

survivors
At Risk

Deadly Indonesian Earthquake Displaces Thousands

December 12, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Deadly Indonesian Earthquake Displaces Thousands

 

JAKARTA, Indonesia, December 12, 2016 (ENS) – While most people were asleep, a shallow earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck Indonesia’s Aceh Province in Northwest Sumatra at 5:03 am [...]

Brazil
Land Use/Forests

Brazil Vows to Restore Degraded Land

December 11, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Brazil Vows to Restore Degraded Land

 

CANCUN, Mexico, December 11, 2016 (ENS) – In a move that aligns the interests of conservationists, farmers and ranchers, Brazil’s Ministries of Agriculture and the Environment have pledged [...]

giraffes
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Giraffes Now Listed as ‘Vulnerable’ to Extinction

December 11, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Giraffes Now Listed as ‘Vulnerable’ to Extinction

 

CANCUN, Mexico, December 11, 2016 (ENS) – Driven by habitat loss, civil unrest and illegal hunting, the global giraffe population has fallen by 40 percent over the last [...]

ice
Air/Climate

Sea Ice at Both Poles Hits Record Lows

December 10, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Sea Ice at Both Poles Hits Record Lows

 

BOULDER, Colorado, December 10, 2016 (ENS) – Unusually high air temperatures over the Arctic Ocean, persistent winds from the south, and a warm ocean have resulted in a [...]

Bowser
Air/Climate

U.S. Mayors to Trump: Help Us Keep Cool

December 10, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Mayors to Trump: Help Us Keep Cool

 

MEXICO CITY, Mexico, December 9, 2016 (ENS) – Mayors from cities across the United States are urging president-elect Donald Trump to recognize the “real and urgent threat that [...]

Lagos
Latest News

African Countries Ban Dirty Diesel Imports from Europe

December 8, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on African Countries Ban Dirty Diesel Imports from Europe

 

ABUJA, Nigeria, December 8, 2016 (ENS) – Five more West African countries have agreed to ban the import of Europe’s dirty high-sulfur diesel fuel, a move that will [...]

Pruitt
Gov/Politics

EPA Enemy, Climate Denier Pruitt Chosen to Head EPA

December 8, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on EPA Enemy, Climate Denier Pruitt Chosen to Head EPA

 

WASHINGTON, DC, December 8, 2016 (ENS) – Oklahoma Attorney General and climate denier E. Scott Pruitt is President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. [...]

Mexico coast
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Mexico Safeguards Vast Stretches of Coast, Deep Ocean

December 6, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Mexico Safeguards Vast Stretches of Coast, Deep Ocean

 

CANCUN, Mexico, December 5, 2016 (ENS) – Much of Mexico’s Caribbean coast, Baja coast and deep ocean are to become protected areas, President Enrique Peña Nieto announced Monday [...]

Maine
Land Use/Forests

Trump Urged to Undo Obama’s National Monuments

December 5, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Trump Urged to Undo Obama’s National Monuments

 

WASHINGTON, DC, December 5, 2016 (ENS) – Obama Administration critics are urging President-elect Donald Trump to test the limits of presidential executive power by revoking national monuments established [...]

protesters
Energy

U.S. Army Denies Dakota Access Pipeline Permit

December 4, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Army Denies Dakota Access Pipeline Permit

 

WASHINGTON, DC, December 4, 2016 (ENS) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will not approve an easement that would allow the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline to cross [...]

solar
Energy

Australia Invests in Both Big Solar and Big Coal

December 4, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Australia Invests in Both Big Solar and Big Coal

 

TOWNSVILLE, Queensland, Australia, December 4, 2016 (ENS) – To accelerate Australia’s rollout of big solar, the first funding agreement from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, ARENA, was signed [...]

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