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Month: September 2018

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Food

First Awards Recognize Greenest U.S. Restaurants

September 27, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on First Awards Recognize Greenest U.S. Restaurants

 

BOSTON, Massachusetts, September 27, 2018 (ENS) – The Green Restaurant Association today announced the winners of the first Green Restaurant Awards, given to establishments across the United States [...]

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Air/Climate

Foundations Pledge $4 Billion Climate ‘Down Payment’

September 26, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Foundations Pledge $4 Billion Climate ‘Down Payment’

 

SAN FRANCISCO, California, September 26, 2018 (ENS) – Philanthropic foundations from across the United States and around the world have just offered to spend $4 billion over the [...]

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Energy

Trump Removes Oil Train Safety Brake Requirement

September 26, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Trump Removes Oil Train Safety Brake Requirement

 

WASHINGTON, DC, September 25, 2018 (ENS) – Cost won out over safety, as the Trump administration Monday repealed an oil train regulation regarding the type of brakes the [...]

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Latest News

Sustainable Ambitions: Michelin Plans for 2048

September 24, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Sustainable Ambitions: Michelin Plans for 2048

 

CLERMONT-FERRAND, France, September 24, 2018 (ENS) – To the French tire manufacturer Michelin, Ambition 2048 means a whole new strategy of using sustainable materials in tire manufacturing and recycling. [...]

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Business

Big Corporations Vow to Slash Greenhouse Gas Emissions

September 21, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Big Corporations Vow to Slash Greenhouse Gas Emissions

 

SAN FRANCISCO, California, September 21, 2018 (ENS) – United Airlines has become the first U.S. airline to publicly commit to cutting its own greenhouse gas emissions in half [...]

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At Risk

Florence Blows Away But Flooding Persists

September 20, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Florence Blows Away But Flooding Persists

 

RALEIGH, North Carolina, September 20, 2018 (ENS) – Across the Carolinas, many communities are lifting evacuation orders and cleaning up following last week’s Hurricane Florence, but North Carolina [...]

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At Risk

‘Angry Waters’ of Florence Aggravate Flood Risk

September 17, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on ‘Angry Waters’ of Florence Aggravate Flood Risk

 

RALEIGH, North Carolina, September 17, 2018 (ENS) – The worst of Hurricane Florence’s historic rainfall will pass out of the Carolinas today, but devastating flash flooding and river [...]

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Air/Climate

Global Climate Action Summit Strives to Stoke Ambition

September 14, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Global Climate Action Summit Strives to Stoke Ambition

 

SAN FRANCISCO, California, September 14, 2018 (ENS) – In closing remarks at the Global Climate Action Summit, California Governor Jerry Brown today announced that the State of California [...]

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Health

Worldwide Cancer Burden Growing Year by Year

September 12, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Worldwide Cancer Burden Growing Year by Year

 

GENEVA, Switzerland, September 12, 2018 (ENS) – The global cancer burden is estimated to have risen to 18.1 million new cases and 9.6 million deaths in 2018, according [...]

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Latest News

Zinke Cedes Federal Wildlife Protection to the States

September 11, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Zinke Cedes Federal Wildlife Protection to the States

 

WASHINGTON, DC, September 11, 2018 (ENS) – Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has handed federal wildlife protection powers over to the state governments. On Monday, Zinke announced a “commitment [...]

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Air/Climate

California Passes 100 Percent Clean Electricity Bill

September 10, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on California Passes 100 Percent Clean Electricity Bill

 

SACRAMENTO, California, September 10, 2018 (ENS) – Putting his stamp of approval on California’s global climate leadership, Governor Jerry Brown today signed Senate Bill 100, which sets a [...]

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At Risk

Strong Hurricane Florence Targets U.S. Atlantic Coast

September 10, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Strong Hurricane Florence Targets U.S. Atlantic Coast

 

MIAMI, Florida, September 10, 2018 (ENS) – September has brought a surge in storm activity to the previously quiet Atlantic Basin. Currently, three hurricanes – Florence, Isaac, and [...]

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Energy

Tree Sitters Protest Mountain Valley Gas Pipeline

September 5, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Tree Sitters Protest Mountain Valley Gas Pipeline

 

ELLISTON, Virginia, September 5, 2018 (ENS) – Early Wednesday morning, two new tree sits were erected in the path of the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Montgomery County, Virginia. [...]

Air/Climate

Talks Open for Paris Climate Agreement Implementation

September 4, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Talks Open for Paris Climate Agreement Implementation

 

BANGKOK, Thailand, September 4, 2018 (ENS) – As severe and record heatwaves, bushfires, droughts, floods and hurricanes rampage across the world, governments are meeting in Bangkok to prepare [...]

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