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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 [...]
Year: 2017
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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 [...]
Gov/Politics
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 [...]
Air/Climate
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 [...]
Air/Climate
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 [...]
Air/Climate
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 [...]
Land Use/Forests
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 [...]
Land Use/Forests
Obama Expands National Monuments in Oregon, California
WASHINGTON, DC, January 16, 2017 (ENS) – President Barack Obama Friday expanded the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in southwestern Oregon and Northern California, and added six new units to the [...]
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Ringling Bros. Circus Closing the Big Tent
PALMETTO, Florida, January 15, 2017 (ENS) – “The Greatest Show on Earth,” the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® circus, is closing. The famous circus will hold its [...]
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Japan Caught with Dead Whale in Australian Sanctuary
SYDNEY, Australia, January 15, 2017 (ENS) – Hours after Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull smiled for a photo with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Sydney on Saturday, [...]
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New Primate Species Found in China Already Endangered
GUANGZHOU, China, January 14, 2017 (ENS) – An entirely new species of gibbon has been found living in the forests of the Gaoligong mountains of southwest China, but [...]
Air/Climate
VW Emissions Scandal Widens to Include Fiat Chrysler
WASHINGTON, DC, January 13, 2017 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, today issued a notice of violation to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and FCA US, alleging the [...]
Land Use/Forests
Taiwan’s Illegal Factories Threaten Food Safety
By Shuchen Chang
TAIPEI, Taiwan, January 9, 2017 (ENS) – Factories illegally built on farms have become a massive threat to food safety in Taiwan. A recent survey shows [...]
Health
Cases of MRSA Down in U.S. Veterans’ Hospitals
ARLINGTON, Virginia, January 9, 2017 (ENS) – The Department of Veterans Affairs’ eight-year-long campaign to limit the incidence of infections with the dangerous methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, [...]
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Cities Provide Refuge for Threatened Species
HONG KONG, China, January 8, 2017 (ENS) – Poached nearly to extinction in their homelands, rare and threatened birds and animals have found refuge in cities like Hong [...]
Health
Second-hand Smoke Inhaled Before Pregnancy Harms Fetuses
DURHAM, North Carolina, January 7, 2017 (ENS) – Women of childbearing age who inhale second-hand tobacco smoke even before conception may put their future babies at risk of [...]
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Ford, Toyota Form Consortium to Advance in-Vehicle Apps
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, January 5, 2017 (ENS) – Ford and Toyota are forming a nonprofit organization to manage an open source software platform that will give consumers more [...]
Air/Climate
2016 the Hottest Year on Record
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 4, 2017 (ENS) – The year 2016 will go down in the record books as the hottest year ever, with average global temperatures set to [...]