Business
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 [...]
Month: March 2017
Energy
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 [...]
At Risk
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 [...]
Air/Climate
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, [...]
Gov/Politics
‘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 [...]
Air/Climate
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 [...]
Energy
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 [...]
Energy
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 [...]
Latest News
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, [...]
Latest News
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. [...]
Land Use/Forests
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 [...]
Gov/Politics
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 [...]
Air/Climate
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 [...]
Gov/Politics
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 [...]
Latest News
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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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
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 [...]
Health
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 [...]
Latest News
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 [...]
Health
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, [...]