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Deadly Tsunami Strikes Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia, December 23, 2018 (ENS) – Hundreds of people lost their lives and hundreds more were injured or missing after a tsunami hit the island nation of [...]
Month: December 2018
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UK Bans Ivory Sales to Save Elephants
LONDON, UK, December 21, 2018 (ENS) – One of the world’s strictest bans on ivory sales became law in the United Kingdom today as the Ivory Bill gained [...]
Culture
Gore’s 24 Hours of Climate Reality Airs Tonight
NEW YORK, New York, December 20, 2018 (ENS) – Al Gore, the former U.S. vice president and climate advocate, will host a one-hour special broadcast of The Climate [...]
Air/Climate
COP24 Approves Paris Climate Agreement Work Program
KATOWICE, Poland, December 17, 2018 (ENS) – The nearly 200 governments gathered in Katowice for the United Nations COP24 climate change conference early Sunday adopted a set of [...]
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Inslee Budgets a Billion for Washington’s Orcas, Salmon
OLYMPIA, Washington, December 14, 2018 (ENS) – Washington Governor Jay Inslee Thursday announced an unprecedented $1.1 billion investment to protect the 74 Southern Resident orcas in Washington State [...]
Business
1,000+ Institutions Divest From Fossil Fuels
KATOWICE, Poland, December 13, 2018 (ENS) – Over 1,000 institutions with managed investments worth US$$8 trillion have committed to divest from fossil fuel companies because they are driving [...]
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Argentina Protects Wonders of the Patagonian Sea
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, December 13, 2018 (ENS) – Argentina has created two new massive offshore marine parks in the southwest Atlantic that will help protect habitat and feeding [...]
Gov/Politics
Macron Reverses Fuel Tax to Halt ‘Yellow Vest’ Revolt
PARIS, France, December 10, 2018 (ENS) – The French government’s proposed hike in the price of climate-warming diesel fuel has set France on fire with the anger of [...]
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Aquariums, States Blast Atlantic Coast Seismic Permits
NEW YORK, New York, December 7, 2018 (ENS) – The Trump administration has decided to authorize the use of seismic air guns to locate oil and gas pockets [...]
Air/Climate
COP24: Cooler Climate Could Save a Million Lives a Year
KATOWICE, Poland, December 5, 2018 (ENS) – Meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate could save about a million lives a year worldwide by 2050 through [...]
Air/Climate
Billions Pledged for Climate at Poland’s COP24
KATOWICE, Poland, December 4, 2018 (ENS) – Heads of state and government, diplomats and climate scientists, economists and bankers have gathered in Katowice for the UN’s annual climate [...]