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2019 Super Bowl Most Sustainable Ever
ATLANTA, Georgia, January 30, 2019 (ENS) – The City of Atlanta and the National Football League are proud of the sustainability that will be evident throughout this weekend’s [...]
Month: January 2019
At Risk
Dangerous Deep Freeze Shuts Down Much of USA
CHICAGO, Illinois, January 30, 2019 (ENS) – One of the coldest Arctic air masses in recent memory is pushing south into the Upper Midwest and spreading across much [...]
At Risk
Brazilian Mine Tailings Dam Breaks, Killing Dozens
BRUMADINHO, Brazil, January 28, 2019 (ENS) – The confirmed death toll rose to 60 on Monday, with just over 300 people still listed as missing after a mining [...]
Land Use/Forests
Canadian Arctic Ice Retreat Exposes Ancient Lands
BOULDER, Colorado, January 25, 2019 (ENS) – Glacial retreat in the Canadian Arctic has uncovered landscapes that have not been ice-free in more than 40,000 years, and the [...]
At Risk
Heatwave Parches Australia, Kills Wild Horses
CANBERRA, Australia, January 24, 2019 (ENS) – “What a contrast we’re seeing this week,” said Australian senior meteorologist Dr. Adam Morgan, “with record-breaking heat across southern Australia and [...]
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San Francisco Doubles Down on Recycling
SAN FRANCISCO, California, January 24, 2019 (ENS) – When faced with a challenge, the city of San Francisco rededicated itself to recycling. One year ago, when China announced [...]
Business
OECD: Firms Thrive Under EU’s Emissions Trading System
PARIS, France, January 24, 2019 (ENS) – Emissions limits set by the European Union’s Emissions Trading System have not hurt revenue, profits or employment at firms subject to [...]
Air/Climate
Climate Tipping Point Could Occur Sooner Than We Think
NEW YORK, New York, January 23, 2019 (ENS) – A Columbia Engineering study, published today in the journal “Nature,” confirms the urgency of tackling climate change. Global carbon [...]
Food
Innovative High Protein Rice Delivers Nutrition Boost
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, January 23, 2019 (ENS) – More than 750 million people don’t get enough nutrients from their food, and that worries Herry Utomo, a professor at [...]
Gov/Politics
Government Shutdown Becomes a ‘Polluters Holiday’
WASHINGTON, DC, January 22, 2019 (ENS) – Federal biological, pollution, and food safety monitoring has been suspended as hundreds of thousands of federal workers are furloughed and forbidden [...]
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What Motivates Congo’s Wildlife Conservation Rangers?
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, January 22, 2019 (ENS) – Being a conservation ranger is one of the most difficult and dangerous jobs on Earth. Rangers risk their [...]
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High-Level Panel to Review South Africa’s Lion Bone Trade
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, January 10, 2019 (ENS) – South Africa’s new Minister of Environmental Affairs Nomvula Mokonyane says the agency will appoint a high-level panel to review [...]
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Wild & Scenic Films Inspire Future Leaders
NEVADA CITY, California, January 10, 2019 (ENS) – The South Yuba River Citizens League’s 17th Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival opens its annual showing January 17 in [...]
Air/Climate
U.S. States to Cap and Trade Transport Emissions
WASHINGTON, DC, January 8, 2019 (ENS) – All along the U.S. Atlantic coast, nine Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia have decided to jointly develop [...]
Air/Climate
New Speaker Pelosi Creates Select Climate Committee
WASHINGTON, DC, January 3, 2019 (ENS) – Climate change was front and center as California Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi was today re-elected to a second term as Speaker of [...]