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Deadly Tsunami Strikes Indonesia

December 23, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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UK Bans Ivory Sales to Save Elephants

December 21, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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Gore’s 24 Hours of Climate Reality Airs Tonight

December 20, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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COP24 Approves Paris Climate Agreement Work Program

December 17, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on 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

December 14, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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1,000+ Institutions Divest From Fossil Fuels

December 13, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on 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

December 13, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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Gov/Politics

Macron Reverses Fuel Tax to Halt ‘Yellow Vest’ Revolt

December 10, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on 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

December 7, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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Air/Climate

COP24: Cooler Climate Could Save a Million Lives a Year

December 6, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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Billions Pledged for Climate at Poland’s COP24

December 4, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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