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Month: December 2017

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Mammal Thought Extinct in New South Wales Rediscovered

December 28, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Mammal Thought Extinct in New South Wales Rediscovered

 

SYDNEY, Australia, December 28, 2017 (ENS) – A small carnivorous marsupial presumed extinct in New South Wales for more than century, has been discovered in Sturt National Park [...]

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Air/Climate

Climate Refugees Forecast to Flood Europe by 2100

December 21, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Climate Refugees Forecast to Flood Europe by 2100

 

NEW YORK, New York, December 21, 2017 (ENS) – By 2100, migrants applying for asylum in the European Union will nearly triple over the average of the last [...]

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Tesla’s New Electric Semis a Hit With Heavy Haulers

December 21, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Tesla’s New Electric Semis a Hit With Heavy Haulers

 

ATLANTA, Georgia, December 21, 2017 (ENS) – The United Parcel Service of America, Inc., widely known as UPS, today announced it has placed a reservation for 125 of [...]

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China to Open World’s Largest Emissions Trading Market

December 20, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on China to Open World’s Largest Emissions Trading Market

 

BEIJING, China, December 20, 2017 (ENS) – China has announced plans to establish the world’s largest emissions trading system, covering more than 1,700 power companies and three billion [...]

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E-waste Mountains Grow as Prices Fall, Incomes Rise

December 18, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on E-waste Mountains Grow as Prices Fall, Incomes Rise

 

BONN, Germany, December 18, 2017 (ENS) – E-waste – everything from discarded end-of-life solar panels, phones, laptops, and sensors to fridges, air conditioners and televisions – amounted to [...]

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Air/Climate

One Planet Summit Reshapes Climate Funding Landscape

December 12, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on One Planet Summit Reshapes Climate Funding Landscape

 

PARIS, France, December 12, 2017 (ENS) – Two years after the historic Paris Agreement on climate, more than 50 heads of state, as well as environment ministers and [...]

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Trump Prepares for Nuclear Weapons Production

December 8, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Trump Prepares for Nuclear Weapons Production

 

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, December 8, 2017 (ENS) – A leaked one-page document seen by ENS confirms that the U.S. Department of Energy is considering the use of a [...]

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Wearable Bio-batteries Use Bacteria to Generate Power

December 7, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Wearable Bio-batteries Use Bacteria to Generate Power

 

BINGHAMTON, New York, December 7, 2017 (ENS) – In the future, people could wear garments that incorporate power-generating bacteria to support electronic devices. A textile-based, bacteria-powered bio-battery that [...]

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Business

Norway, Unilever: US$400 Million Climate Resilience Fund

December 7, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Norway, Unilever: US$400 Million Climate Resilience Fund

 

OSLO, Norway, December 7, 2017 (ENS) – The Government of Norway has partnered with the Dutch multinational corporation Unilever to commit US$400 million in public-private funding towards building [...]

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Wind-Whipped Wildfires Devastate Southern California

December 6, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Wind-Whipped Wildfires Devastate Southern California

 

LOS ANGELES, California, December 6, 2017 (ENS) – Hundreds of thousands of people are displaced tonight as wildfires driven by Santa Ana winds roar through the forests of [...]

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Land Use/Forests

Trump Sued for Slicing Up National Monuments

December 5, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Trump Sued for Slicing Up National Monuments

 

WASHINGTON, DC, December 5, 2017 (ENS) – President Donald Trump Monday signed proclamations to shrink the boundaries of two national monuments in Utah – Bears Ears National Monument [...]

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