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Month: August 2018

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U.S. Judge Halts Grizzly Bear Hunting for Two Weeks

August 31, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Judge Halts Grizzly Bear Hunting for Two Weeks

 

MISSOULA, Montana, August 31, 2018 (ENS) – A federal judge Thursday granted a temporary restraining order stopping Wyoming and Idaho’s planned grizzly hunt that was set to start [...]

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California Blocks Trump’s Oil Drilling Off State Coast

August 28, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on California Blocks Trump’s Oil Drilling Off State Coast

 

SACRAMENTO, California, August 28, 2018 (ENS) – California is using its control over the last three miles between the Pacific Ocean and the shore to thwart President Donald [...]

Kroger
Business

Kroger to Phase Out Single-Use Plastic Bags by 2025

August 27, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Kroger to Phase Out Single-Use Plastic Bags by 2025

 

CINCINNATI, Ohio, August 27, 2018 (ENS) – The Kroger Co. will phase out single-use plastic bags and transition to reusable bags across its family of more than 2,770 [...]

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At Risk

Dangerous Hurricane Lane Smashes Hawaiian Islands

August 24, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Dangerous Hurricane Lane Smashes Hawaiian Islands

 

HONOLULU, Hawaii, August 24, 2018 (ENS) – Hurricane Lane is swirling across the Pacific Ocean as a major Category 3 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 120 miles [...]

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L.A. Transit to Screen Riders for Weapons, Explosives

August 22, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on L.A. Transit to Screen Riders for Weapons, Explosives

 

LOS ANGELES, California, August 22, 2018 (ENS) – Body scanners to detect weapons and explosives that could cause a mass-casualty event will be the new normal on the [...]

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At Risk

Earthquakes Shake Indonesia to the Core

August 21, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Earthquakes Shake Indonesia to the Core

 

JAKARTA, Indonesia, August 21, 2018 (ENS) – Indonesia’s Lombok island, a popular holiday location that is home to 3.3 million people, was hit by two new quakes on [...]

Air/Climate

Trump Hands States Control Over Coal-Fired Power Plants

August 21, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Trump Hands States Control Over Coal-Fired Power Plants

 

WASHINGTON, DC, August 21, 2018 (ENS) – Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency today proposed a new rule to govern greenhouse gas emissions from existing coal-fired power plants across the [...]

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South Africa Licenses Leopard Hunting

August 17, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on South Africa Licenses Leopard Hunting

 

By Janine Avery

PRETORIA, South Africa, August 17, 2018 (ENS) – South Africa has opened hunting season on leopards after two years of grace. The Department of Environmental [...]

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Air/Climate

EU Countries Seek to Escape Air Pollution Limits

August 15, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on EU Countries Seek to Escape Air Pollution Limits

 

BRUSSELS, Belgium, August 15, 2018 (ENS) – After exceeding their legal national air pollution limits, 11 EU Member States have asked the European Commission to raise their emission [...]

Roundup
Health

Monsanto Must Pay $289 Million to Roundup Cancer Victim

August 15, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Monsanto Must Pay $289 Million to Roundup Cancer Victim

 

SAN FRANCISCO, California, August 15, 2018 (ENS) – A San Francisco jury has found Monsanto liable for causing a school groundskeeper’s cancer through his exposure to the Monsanto [...]

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Health

Mosquito ‘Danger Days’ Multiply as Climate Warms

August 14, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Mosquito ‘Danger Days’ Multiply as Climate Warms

 

PRINCETON, New Jersey, August 14, 2018 (ENS) – Sicknesses from mosquito, tick, and flea bites have tripled in the United States, with just over 642,600 cases reported during [...]

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Water Scarcity Solutions on Tap

August 13, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Water Scarcity Solutions on Tap

 

WASHINGTON, DC, August 13, 2018 (ENS) – “We have a water crisis, which is based on increasing population, urbanization and climate disruption. And there’s unsustainable use of our [...]

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New Zealand Rejects Plastic Shopping Bags

August 11, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on New Zealand Rejects Plastic Shopping Bags

 

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, August 11, 2018 (ENS) – New Zealand will phase out single-use plastic shopping bags over the next year, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Associate Environment [...]

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At Risk

California Ablaze Despite Firefighters’ Best Efforts

August 11, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on California Ablaze Despite Firefighters’ Best Efforts

 

SACRAMENTO, California, August 11, 2018 (ENS) – California Governor Jerry Brown has issued an emergency proclamation for Lake, Mendocino and Napa counties due to the effects of the [...]

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Fires Sweep Europe: Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean

August 6, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Fires Sweep Europe: Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean

 

BRUSSELS, Belgium, August 6, 2018 (ENS) – With Europe in the grip of a heatwave and with little rain to ease the drought, sunburned ground and dry vegetation [...]

Land Use/Forests

Trump Ends Ban on Pesticides, GMOs on Wildlife Refuges

August 6, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Trump Ends Ban on Pesticides, GMOs on Wildlife Refuges

 

WASHINGTON, DC, August 6, 2018 (ENS) – The Trump administration’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reversing a 2014 ban on the use of bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides and [...]

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California’s Carr Fire Claims Seventh Life

August 5, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on California’s Carr Fire Claims Seventh Life

 

REDDING, California, August 5, 2018 (ENS) – The Carr Fire, one of the most destructive wildfires in California history, has claimed another life – bringing the death toll [...]

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Trump Would Freeze U.S. Fuel Economy Standards

August 3, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Trump Would Freeze U.S. Fuel Economy Standards

 

WASHINGTON, DC, August 3, 2018 (ENS) – The Trump administration proposed Thursday to freeze national automobile fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standards for model year 2021-2026 passenger cars [...]

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Business

Big Banks Boost Climate Funding By 20 Percent

August 2, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Big Banks Boost Climate Funding By 20 Percent

 

WASHINGTON, DC, August 2, 2018 (ENS) – The world’s six largest multilateral development banks (MDBs) increased their climate financing to a seven-year high of $35.2 billion in 2017, [...]

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