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Month: June 2018

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At Risk

Kilauea Volcanic Eruption Sends Smelly SO2 Skyward

June 29, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Kilauea Volcanic Eruption Sends Smelly SO2 Skyward

 

PAHOA, Hawaii, June 29, 2018 (ENS) – Noxious sulfur dioxide (SO2) fumes from Kilauea volcano’s summit have dropped to half the levels before the eruption activities began on [...]

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World’s Second Largest Reef Out of Danger

June 29, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on World’s Second Largest Reef Out of Danger

 

MANAMA, Bahrain, June 27, 2018 (ENS) – Conservationists around the world are celebrating the announcement by UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee Tuesday that the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System [...]

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Land Use/Forests

Hawaii First U.S. State to Ban Chlorpyrifos

June 25, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Hawaii First U.S. State to Ban Chlorpyrifos

 

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 25, 2018 (ENS) – Hawaii is making history. Ten days ago the island state became the first to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos, a neurotoxin linked [...]

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Land Use/Forests

Poland Sidesteps Bialowieza Forest Court Ruling

June 24, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Poland Sidesteps Bialowieza Forest Court Ruling

 

WARSAW, Poland, June 24, 2018 (ENS) – Bialowieza Forest on the border between Poland and Belarus, is a vast extent of primary forest in the watershed of the Baltic [...]

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Gov/Politics

EPA to Implement Pesticide Safeguards After States Sue

June 15, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on EPA to Implement Pesticide Safeguards After States Sue

 

WASHINGTON, DC, June 15, 2018 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that the agency will provide newly expanded pesticide safety training materials to agricultural workers [...]

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Food

WHO: Eliminate Trans-fatty Acids in Global Food Supply

June 11, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on WHO: Eliminate Trans-fatty Acids in Global Food Supply

 

GENEVA, Switzerland, June 11, 2018 (ENS) – The World Health Organization, WHO, intends to guide the world toward the elimination of industrially-produced trans-fatty acids from the global food [...]

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Gov/Politics

Trump Won’t Endorse Environmentally Strong G7 Communique

June 11, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Trump Won’t Endorse Environmentally Strong G7 Communique

 

CHARLEVOIX, Quebec, Canada, June 11, 2018 (ENS) – U.S. President Donald Trump attended this year’s Group of Seven, G7, summit in Charlevoix June 8-9, but after clashing with [...]

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Zambia Authorizes Killing Thousands of Hippos

June 10, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Zambia Authorizes Killing Thousands of Hippos

 

LUSAKA, Zambia, June 10, 2018 (ENS) – In a move that the Zambian government had tried to keep secret, fee-paying trophy hunters will be allowed to kill up [...]

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Business

Industry Supports Puerto Rico’s Slow Recovery

June 7, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Industry Supports Puerto Rico’s Slow Recovery

 

JUNO BEACH, Florida, June 7, 2018 (ENS) – The Edison Electric Institute, which represents all U.S. investor-owned electric companies, has presented Florida Power & Light Company with its [...]

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Novel 4D Scanning Predicts Volcanic Activity

June 7, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Novel 4D Scanning Predicts Volcanic Activity

 

MANCHESTER, UK, June 7, 2018 (ENS) – British scientists are using the latest in 4D technology to predict the behavior of lava flows and what that means for [...]

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World Environment Day: Planet ‘Swamped’ With Plastic

June 5, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on World Environment Day: Planet ‘Swamped’ With Plastic

 

NEW DELHI, India, June 5, 2018 (ENS) – World Environment Day, celebrated on June 5 each year since the United Nations established it in 1974, is not Earth Day, [...]

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At Risk

Fiery Guatemalan Volcano Kills 69

June 4, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Fiery Guatemalan Volcano Kills 69

 

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, June 4, 2018 (ENS) – Eruptions from Guatemala’s Fuego volcano that began on Sunday have claimed the lives of at least 69 people, including three [...]

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Peruvian Conservationist Suffers Assassination Attempt

June 3, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Peruvian Conservationist Suffers Assassination Attempt

 

By Craig Downer

SULLANA, Peru, June 3, 2018 (ENS) – On April 14, Alejandro Zegarra-Pezo and his son were invited by people they believed to be trustworthy to [...]

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At Risk

2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season: Near or Above Normal

June 1, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season: Near or Above Normal

 

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, June 1, 2018 (ENS) – The Atlantic hurricane season officially begins today, and the Climate Prediction Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,  NOAA,  [...]

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