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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 [...]
Month: December 2016
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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 [...]
Land Use/Forests
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 [...]
At Risk
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 [...]
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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 [...]
Land Use/Forests
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 [...]
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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
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 [...]
Energy
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 [...]
At Risk
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 [...]
Land Use/Forests
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 [...]
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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 [...]
Air/Climate
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 [...]
Air/Climate
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 [...]
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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 [...]
Gov/Politics
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. [...]
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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 [...]
Land Use/Forests
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 [...]
Energy
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 [...]
Energy
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 [...]