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Rare Dancing Birds to Get Recovery Plan
GUNNISON, Colorado, April 30, 2018 (ENS) – Four conservation groups today reached an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to stay their legal action while the [...]
Month: April 2018
Energy
World-First Floating Nuclear Power Plant Sets Sail
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, April 30, 2018 (ENS) – The world’s only floating nuclear power unit, the Academik Lomonosov, Saturday left St. Petersburg, where it has been under construction [...]
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Court Upholds Fuel Efficiency Standards Penalty Rule
NEW YORK, New York, April 24, 2018 (ENS) – A federal court has issued an order blocking the Trump administration’s delay of a rule that increases penalties imposed [...]
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Goldman Environmental Prize Rewards Brave Activists
SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 24, 2018 (ENS) – The Goldman Environmental Foundation Monday announced seven recipients of the 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize, the world’s largest award for grassroots [...]
Food
Health Officials Warn ‘Throw Romaine Lettuce Away’
ATLANTA, Georgia, April 21, 2018 (ENS) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state and local partners, are [...]
Business
Chemical Industry Reaches for Sustainability
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 19, 2018 (ENS) – The World Business Council for Sustainable Development, WBCSD, is launching a first-of-its-kind guidance for the chemical industry to help the industry [...]
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Earth Day 2018 Targets Pollution by Plastic
WASHINGTON, DC, April 18, 2018 (ENS) – Celebrated on Sunday, April 22, this year’s Earth Day theme is End Plastic Pollution by fundamentally changing human attitudes and behaviors [...]
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Climate Change Is Killing the Great Barrier Reef
TOWNSVILLE, Queensland, Australia, April 18, 2018 (ENS) – Corals on the northern part of the world’s largest coral reef, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, experienced a catastrophic die-off following [...]
At Risk
Environmental Advocate, Attorney Commits Suicide By Fire
NEW YORK, New York, April 16, 2018 (ENS) – A high-profile gay rights lawyer and environmental advocate burned himself to death in New York City on Saturday to [...]
At Risk
UN Champions Rights of Environmental Defenders
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 13, 2018 (ENS) – In every week of 2017 at least four people were killed defending their right to a clean and healthy environment. Many [...]
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Tax Breaks Motivate Europeans to Buy Cleaner Cars
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 12, 2018 (ENS) – Emissions of carbon dioxide from new passenger cars have dropped in European countries where taxes, subsidies and other incentives encourage drivers [...]
Energy
Giant New Solar Array Powers L.A. Convention Center
LOS ANGELES, California, April 11, 2018 (ENS) – The Los Angeles Convention Center, managed by AEG Facilities, has plugged in its new 2.21 megawatt solar array, making the [...]
At Risk
Six Dead in Worst Attack on Virunga Staff in Park History
VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, Democratic Republic of the Congo, April 10, 2018 (ENS) – Five Virunga National Park rangers and their driver died in an ambush Monday in the Central [...]
Gov/Politics
I’m Suing Scott Pruitt’s Broken EPA; Here’s How to Fix It
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 9, 2018 (ENS) – Joe Arvai was a member of the U.S. EPA’s Chartered Science Advisory Board between 2011 and 2017 during the administration of [...]
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Old Mice Grow Young Blood Vessels
By Sunny Lewis
SYDNEY, Australia, April 2, 2018 (EcologyPrime.com News) – Replacing two naturally-occurring molecules in mice can reverse the ageing process of their blood vessels, increasing the animals’ [...]
Air/Climate
EPA Decides to Undercut Obama’s Clean Car Standards
WASHINGTON, DC, April 2, 2018 (ENS) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced the completion of the Midterm Evaluation process for the greenhouse gas emissions [...]
Gov/Politics
Border Wall a Disaster for Texas, Scientists Warn
AUSTIN, Texas, April 2, 2018 (ENS) – A border wall between the United States and Mexico threatens to harm endangered Texas plants and animals and cause trouble for [...]