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Month: March 2017

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Business

Hope for Elephants: China Starts Ivory Market Shutdown

March 31, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Hope for Elephants: China Starts Ivory Market Shutdown

 

BEIJING, China, March 31, 2017 (ENS) – China today permanently closed 55 retail ivory stores and 12 ivory carving entities across the country as a step towards shutting [...]

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Energy

Enviros, Tribes Sue to Block Keystone XL Pipeline

March 30, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Enviros, Tribes Sue to Block Keystone XL Pipeline

 

GREAT FALLS, Montana, March 30, 2017 (ENS) – Six environmental groups today sued the Trump Administration for what they allege is “illegally approving a cross-border permit” for TransCanada’s proposed [...]

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At Risk

Nuclear Nations Boycott Weapons Ban Treaty Talks

March 29, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Nuclear Nations Boycott Weapons Ban Treaty Talks

 

NEW YORK, New York, March 29, 2017 (ENS) – Nuclear powers, including the United States, Britain and France are among nearly 40 countries boycotting the first UN conference in [...]

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Air/Climate

Trump Kills Obama’s Clean Power Plan

March 28, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Trump Kills Obama’s Clean Power Plan

 

WASHINGTON, DC, March 28, 2017 (ENS) – Most of President Barack Obama’s actions taken to forestall climate change were wiped out today as President Donald Trump revoked, revised, [...]

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Gov/Politics

‘Beetlejuice Provision’ Invoked to Save Data From Trump

March 27, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on ‘Beetlejuice Provision’ Invoked to Save Data From Trump

 

WASHINGTON, DC, March 27, 2017 (ENS) – To prevent hundreds of environmental data sets on government websites from being removed by the Trump administration, two nonprofit organizations and [...]

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Air/Climate

India Moves to Stricter Vehicle Emissions Norms

March 24, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on India Moves to Stricter Vehicle Emissions Norms

 

NEW DELHI, India, March 24, 2017 (ENS) – India’s automobile industry is geared up to begin production of vehicles compliant with Bharat Stage IV (BS-IV) emission norms across [...]

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Energy

Trump Administration Approves Keystone XL Pipeline

March 24, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Trump Administration Approves Keystone XL Pipeline

 

WASHINGTON, DC, March 24, 2017 (ENS) – The Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs has issued a Presidential permit to TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, authorizing the Canadian company [...]

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Energy

Tesla Powers Kauai With Solar Energy After Sunset

March 23, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Tesla Powers Kauai With Solar Energy After Sunset

 

LIHUE, Kauai, Hawaii, March 23, 2017 (ENS) – Hawaii’s first utility-scale solar farm that stores solar energy in giant battery packs and delivers it to homes after sunset [...]

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Latest News

First NanoCar Race Heralds ‘Dawn of Atom Technology’

March 23, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on First NanoCar Race Heralds ‘Dawn of Atom Technology’

 

TOULOUSE, France, March 23, 2017 (ENS) – NanoCars will compete for the first time ever during an international molecule-car race to be held on April 28-29 in Toulouse, [...]

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Latest News

World Water Day Appreciates Precious Wastewater

March 22, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on World Water Day Appreciates Precious Wastewater

 

DURBAN, South Africa, March 22, 2017 (ENS) – On this, World Water Day, a water-scarce world is looking to treated wastewater to help ease increasingly severe water shortages. [...]

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Land Use/Forests

Giant Land Donation Safeguards Chile’s Wild Patagonia

March 17, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Giant Land Donation Safeguards Chile’s Wild Patagonia

 

SANTIAGO, Chile, March 17, 2017 (ENS) – After the largest land donation in history from a private entity to a country, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and Tompkins Conservation [...]

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Gov/Politics

Trump Budget Blueprint a Disaster for the Planet

March 17, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Trump Budget Blueprint a Disaster for the Planet

 

WASHINGTON, DC, March 16, 2017 (ENS) – President Donald Trump’s first budget outline was released today, covering Fiscal Year 2018. The “Budget Blueprint” cuts deep into agencies that [...]

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Air/Climate

Trump Reopens Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Standards Review

March 15, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Trump Reopens Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Standards Review

 

DETROIT, Michigan, March 15, 2017 (ENS) – President Donald Trump said today that he will cancel an Obama-era EPA determination that federal fuel efficiency standards through model year [...]

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Gov/Politics

World’s First: New Zealand River Given Legal Personhood

March 15, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on World’s First: New Zealand River Given Legal Personhood

 

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, March 15, 2017 (ENS) – The Whanganui River today was recognized by the New Zealand Parliament as having its own legal identity with all the [...]

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Latest News

Biotech Explosion Will ‘Overwhelm’ Regulators, Panel

March 15, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Biotech Explosion Will ‘Overwhelm’ Regulators, Panel

 

By Sunny Lewis

WASHINGTON, DC, March 14, 2017 (ENS) – So many biotechnology products are expected to come to market over the next five to 10 years, that [...]

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Latest News

Illegal VW Emissions Blamed for 1,260 Premature Deaths

March 13, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Illegal VW Emissions Blamed for 1,260 Premature Deaths

 

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 13, 2017 (ENS) – Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and two other institutions report that Volkswagen’s emissions in excess of the legal [...]

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50 Reefs: A Global Plan to Save Corals from Extinction

March 12, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on 50 Reefs: A Global Plan to Save Corals from Extinction

 

SYDNEY, Australia, March 12, 2017 (ENS) – Ninety percent of the world’s coral reefs are expected to disappear by 2050 due to climate change, pollution and poor fishing [...]

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Health

Flame Retardants Linked to Child Aggression, Bullying

March 12, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Flame Retardants Linked to Child Aggression, Bullying

 

By Sunny Lewis

CORVALLIS, Oregon, March 11, 2017 (ENS) – There is no doubt that flame retardant chemicals added to furniture, carpeting electronics and vehicles to halt or [...]

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New York Governor Energizes Electric Vehicle Ecosystem

March 11, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on New York Governor Energizes Electric Vehicle Ecosystem

 

ALBANY, New York, March 11, 2017 (ENS) – To promote electric vehicle use across New York State, Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced a new campaign that includes the [...]

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Health

Pollution Kills 1.7 Million Children a Year

March 6, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Pollution Kills 1.7 Million Children a Year

 

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 6, 2017 (ENS) – Every year, environmental risks such as indoor and outdoor air pollution, second-hand smoke, tainted water, lack of sanitation, and inadequate hygiene, [...]

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