At Risk
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 [...]
Month: June 2018
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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 [...]
Land Use/Forests
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 [...]
Land Use/Forests
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 [...]
Gov/Politics
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 [...]
Food
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 [...]
Gov/Politics
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
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 [...]
Business
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
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
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, [...]
At Risk
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 [...]
At Risk
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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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, [...]