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Month: January 2018

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Environment Ignored in State of the Union Address

January 31, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Environment Ignored in State of the Union Address

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 31, 2018 (ENS) – To hear President Donald Trump deliver his first State of the Union Address to both houses of Congress last night was to [...]

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Rare Earth Elements Discovered in American Coal

January 30, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Rare Earth Elements Discovered in American Coal

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 29, 2018 (ENS) – The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory has found high concentrations of rare earth elements, REE, in coal samples [...]

At Risk

Earthquake Rocks Alaska, Generates Small Tsunami

January 23, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Earthquake Rocks Alaska, Generates Small Tsunami

 

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, January 23, 2018 (ENS) – A massive magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck off the Alaskan coast southeast of Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska at 12:31 [...]

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Beijing Zoo Pledges to Conserve African Wildlife

January 21, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Beijing Zoo Pledges to Conserve African Wildlife

 

BEIJING, China, January 22, 2018 (ENS) – The African Wildlife Foundation and the Beijing Zoo today launched a partnership intended to enhance China’s participation in sustainable conservation of [...]

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Gov/Politics

Frustrated National Parks Advisory Board Members Quit

January 17, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Frustrated National Parks Advisory Board Members Quit

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 17, 2018 (ENS) – Nine of the 12 members of the National Park System Advisory Board today resigned in frustration that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has [...]

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At Risk

Giant Oil Spill Contaminates East China Sea

January 17, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Giant Oil Spill Contaminates East China Sea

 

BEIJING, China, January 17, 2018 (ENS) – An Iranian tanker carrying a full load of natural gas condensate that sank Sunday has been found on the bottom of the [...]

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Business

McDonald’s Pledges Sustainable Packaging By 2025

January 16, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on McDonald’s Pledges Sustainable Packaging By 2025

 

OAK BROOK, Illinois, January 16, 2018 (ENS) – Fast food giant McDonald’s today announced that by 2025, all of the company’s guest packaging will come from renewable, recycled, [...]

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At Risk

Tragic Mudslides Follow California’s Worst Fire

January 12, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Tragic Mudslides Follow California’s Worst Fire

 

MONTECITO, California, January 12, 2018 (ENS) – First the worst fire in California history, then torrential rains, have brought down whole hillsides in Montecito, an upscale village in [...]

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Strong Earthquake Strikes Near Honduras

January 10, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Strong Earthquake Strikes Near Honduras

 

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, January 10, 2018 (ENS) – A major earthquake, one of the most severe in the past 100 years, struck off the coast of Honduras late Tuesday [...]

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Malawi’s Capital to Get US$100 Million Water Upgrade

January 9, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Malawi’s Capital to Get US$100 Million Water Upgrade

 

LILONGWE, Malawi, January 9, 2018 (ENS) – The half million residents of Malawi’s capital city, Lilongwe, are smiling in anticipation of improved water services and safely managed sanitation [...]

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Health

California Issues Warning on Cell Phone Radiation

January 9, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on California Issues Warning on Cell Phone Radiation

 

SACRAMENTO, California, January 9, 2018 (ENS) – There are now more cell phones in the United States than there are people. As smartphone use continues to increase, especially [...]

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Oceans Dying With Too Much Heat, Too Little Oxygen

January 8, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Oceans Dying With Too Much Heat, Too Little Oxygen

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 8, 2018 (ENS) – The world’s coral reefs are dying due to global warming, finds a unique study published Friday in the journal “Science.”

For the [...]

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Air/Climate

2017 Among Three Hottest Years; Arctic Melting Fast

January 6, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on 2017 Among Three Hottest Years; Arctic Melting Fast

 

GENEVA, Switzerland, January 6, 2017 (ENS) – The 2017 global land and ocean temperature will likely be among the three hottest years on record, and is expected to [...]

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Energy

Trump Opens U.S. Outer Continental Shelf to Drilling

January 4, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Trump Opens U.S. Outer Continental Shelf to Drilling

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 4, 2018 (ENS) – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today infuriated environmentalists by proposing to make over 90 percent of the U.S. Outer [...]

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