Energy
Building The World’s Largest Solar Project
NEW YORK, New York, March 28, 2018 (ENS) – Saudi Arabia wants to pour US$200 billion into solar to build the world’s largest solar project.
The Saudi sovereign wealth [...]
Month: March 2018
Energy
Pipeline Fight Reaches Canada’s Highest Court
BURNABY, British Columbia, Canada, March 27, 2108 (ENS) – The City of Burnaby is taking its battle with Texas-based energy giant Kinder Morgan to the Supreme Court of [...]
Culture
Eye Candy to Inspire Earth-Loving Audiences
WASHINGTON, DC, March 26, 2018 (ENS) – During the past 10 days, March 15-25, the annual Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital has been a continual feast [...]
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Driverless Car Kills Arizona Pedestrian
TEMPE, Arizona, March 19, 2018 (ENS) – An Uber self-driving car struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe on Sunday night, according to police and media reports.
This [...]
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New Kind of Insurance Protects Coral Reefs at Risk
CANCUN-PLAYA del CARMEN, Mexico, March 19, 2018 (ENS) – A new type of insurance to protect coral reefs introduced at the 2018 World Ocean Summit in Mexico earlier [...]
Health
Mosquito & Tick-borne Viruses Thrive on Climate Change
BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 19, 2018 (ENS) – Enabled by climate change, international travel and international trade, disease-bearing insects are spreading to ever-wider parts of the world. They have [...]
At Risk
Russian Hackers Target U.S. Power, Water Facilities
WASHINGTON, DC, March 16, 2018 (ENS) – Russian government hackers have been targeting U.S. government entities as well as organizations in the energy, nuclear, commercial facilities, water, aviation, [...]
Business
Solar Power Brightens Gaza’s Business Prospects
GAZA, State of Palestine, March 15, 2018 (ENS) – In Gaza, the territory between Egypt and Israel, power blackouts often last up to 16 hours a day. But [...]
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Legal East Asian Markets Are Gutting Africa’s Wildlife
By Don Pinnock
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, March 15, 2018 (ENS) – Quite apart from the decimation of illegal poaching, legal export to Asian markets is tearing the [...]
At Risk
Climate Change Is Increasing Avalanche Risk
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 14, 2018 (ENS) – The impacts of climate change can be drastic in mountainous regions, where the rise in temperatures is above average, affecting both [...]
At Risk
Dangerous Toy Alerts Reported Across Europe
BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 14, 2018 (ENS) – Toys and motor vehicles top the list of dangerous non-food products reported to the European Union’s Rapid Alert System, according to [...]
Health
Childhood Lead Exposure Linked to Teen Delinquency
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 13, 2018 (ENS) – Two Harvard researchers who examined the racial ecology of lead exposure as a form of environmental inequity have concluded that lead [...]
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UNCW Grad Fires Up Oil From Ocean Plastics
By Sunny Lewis
WILMINGTON, North Carolina, March 12, 2018 (EcologyPrime.com News) – Hidden, floating just beneath the surface of the oceans, are trillions of plastic fragments that once were useful [...]
Air/Climate
U.S. Youth Plaintiffs Win Right to Climate Trial
SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 9, 2018 (ENS) – Youth plaintiffs from across the country have won the right to have their landmark climate lawsuit against the federal government [...]
RSS
Ford Chooses Miami for Self-Driving Car Hub
MIAMI, Florida, March 5, 2018 (ENS) – Ford plans to have a fleet of autonomous cars in commercial operation by 2021. The automaker has spent years researching and [...]