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Month: January 2017

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Gov/Politics

Trump’s Regulatory Order Jeopardizes Environment

January 30, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Trump’s Regulatory Order Jeopardizes Environment

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 30, 2017 (ENS) – Framing it as a “prudent and financially responsible” measure, President Donald Trump today ordered federal agencies to repeal two existing regulations [...]

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Senators Ask EPA Help for Carcinogen in Long Island Water

January 30, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Senators Ask EPA Help for Carcinogen in Long Island Water

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 30, 2017 (ENS) – U.S. Senator Charles Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, both New York Democrats, Friday called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [...]

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At Risk

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Erodes Louisiana Shoreline

January 30, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Erodes Louisiana Shoreline

 

PASADENA, California, January 30, 2017 (ENS) – “Dramatic, widespread shoreline loss” is what government scientists call the pattern revealed in new NASA/U.S. Geological Survey annual maps of the [...]

Uber
Gov/Politics

Ride-Sharing Firms Fight Trump’s Immigration Order

January 29, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Ride-Sharing Firms Fight Trump’s Immigration Order

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 29, 2017 (ENS) – As protesters jammed airports across the country, the ride-sharing company Lyft announced Sunday that it will donate $1 million to the [...]

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Gov/Politics

U.S. Scientists Resist Trump Team ‘Case By Case’ Review

January 26, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Scientists Resist Trump Team ‘Case By Case’ Review

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 26, 2017 (ENS) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other government scientists face Trump administration review on a “case by case basis” before they can [...]

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Food

Latin America, Caribbean Aim to End Hunger by 2025

January 25, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Latin America, Caribbean Aim to End Hunger by 2025

 

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic, January 25, 2017 (ENS) – Latin America and the Caribbean could be the first developing region to completely eradicate hunger if its governments further [...]

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Latest News

California Utilities Seek $1 Billion for EV Charging

January 25, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on California Utilities Seek $1 Billion for EV Charging

 

SAN FRANCISCO, California, January 25, 2017 (ENS) – Three big California energy companies have filed multi-million dollar plans with the California Public Utilities Commission to develop the electric [...]

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EU Plans to Halve Marine Litter, Food Waste by 2030

January 25, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on EU Plans to Halve Marine Litter, Food Waste by 2030

 

BRUSSELS, Belgium, January 25, 2017 (ENS) – The amount of marine litter polluting European waters would be halved by 2030 under new waste management proposals agreed Tuesday by [...]

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Gov/Politics

President Trump Silences Federal Employees

January 24, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on President Trump Silences Federal Employees

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 24, 2017 (ENS) – The Trump administration has imposed new restrictions on social media use and communication with press and legislators at the U.S. Environmental [...]

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Business

Unilever Pledges 100% Reusable, Recyclable Packaging

January 24, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Unilever Pledges 100% Reusable, Recyclable Packaging

 

LONDON, UK, January 23, 2017 (ENS) – Anglo-Dutch multinational consumer goods giant Unilever has committed to ensuring that all of its plastic packaging is fully reusable, recyclable or compostable [...]

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Land Use/Forests

Trump Revives Keystone XL, Dakota Access Oil Pipelines

January 24, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Trump Revives Keystone XL, Dakota Access Oil Pipelines

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 24, 2017 (ENS) – President Donald Trump today reopened negotiations for construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines, reversing the actions of his [...]

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Land Use/Forests

Abandoned Uranium Mines on Navajo Nation to Be Cleaned

January 23, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Abandoned Uranium Mines on Navajo Nation to Be Cleaned

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 23, 2017 (ENS) – In one of the last actions of the Obama administration’s Justice Department, the United States and the Navajo Nation entered into [...]

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Health

Obama Nixes Lead Ammo on National Wildlife Refuges

January 23, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Obama Nixes Lead Ammo on National Wildlife Refuges

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 23, 2017 (ENS) – On the last full day of the Obama administration, January 19, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued an order phasing [...]

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At Risk

Trump Resistance Movement Builds on Millions of Marchers

January 23, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Trump Resistance Movement Builds on Millions of Marchers

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 23, 2017 (ENS) – More than one million people took part in women’s marches in Washington, DC, New York and dozens of other cities across [...]

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Iran’s President Test Drives Iran’s First Electric Car

January 23, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Iran’s President Test Drives Iran’s First Electric Car

 

TEHRAN, Iran, January 23, 2017 (ENS) – Iran’s first electric car and two electric motorbikes manufactured by Iranian companies were unveiled in the presence of President Hassan Rouhani [...]

Trump
Gov/Politics

Trump Inauguration Sparks Fierce Resistance

January 20, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Trump Inauguration Sparks Fierce Resistance

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 20, 2017 (ENS) – Donald Trump’s first speech as president, his inaugural address, delivered today on the steps of the Capitol after he took the [...]

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Air/Climate

Trump’s Cabinet Picks Contradict Him on Climate Change

January 19, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Trump’s Cabinet Picks Contradict Him on Climate Change

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 19, 2017 (ENS) – Contradicting President Donald Trump, his choices to head the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency each told [...]

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Air/Climate

Global Heat Beats Records for Third Successive Year

January 18, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Global Heat Beats Records for Third Successive Year

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 18, 2017 (ENS) – Earth’s 2016 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern recordkeeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by two U.S. government agencies [...]

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Air/Climate

World Looks to China for Climate Leadership

January 18, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on World Looks to China for Climate Leadership

 

DAVOS, Switzerland, January 17, 2017 (ENS) – With climate skeptic President-elect Donald Trump approaching the White House, much of the world is turning to China, the world’s biggest [...]

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Land Use/Forests

Congo Holds World’s Largest Tropical Peatland

January 17, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Congo Holds World’s Largest Tropical Peatland

 

LEEDS, UK, January 17, 2017 (ENS) – An extensive peatland in the Congo Basin has been mapped for the first time, showing it to be the largest such [...]

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