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Month: February 2019

At Risk

Bone Dry in Summer, California Navigates Winter Floods

February 28, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Bone Dry in Summer, California Navigates Winter Floods

 

SACRAMENTO, California, February 28, 2019 (ENS) – As severe winter storms continue across California, Governor Gavin Newsom today issued an emergency proclamation for five counties: Amador, Glenn, Lake, [...]

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Energy

EU Invests €10 Billion in Lowering Carbon Dioxide

February 27, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on EU Invests €10 Billion in Lowering Carbon Dioxide

 

BRUSSELS, Belgium, February 27, 2019 (ENS) – The European Commission Tuesday introduced The Innovation Fund, an investment program worth over €10 billion for low-carbon technologies in energy intensive [...]

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Hawaii Gov. Declares Disaster for Vital Oahu Highway

February 23, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Hawaii Gov. Declares Disaster for Vital Oahu Highway

 

HONOLULU, Hawaii, February 23, 2019 (ENS) – Governor David Ige has suspended many environmental laws in his disaster declaration for the Pali Highway, issued today. He is suspending: [...]

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Land Use/Forests

Oil Palm Loggers Must Stop Cutting Near National Park

February 21, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Oil Palm Loggers Must Stop Cutting Near National Park

 

MULU, Sarawak, Malaysia, February 21, 2019 (ENS) – Sarawak Deputy State Assembly Speaker Datuk Gerawat Gala today gave official notice to the oil palm plantation giant Radiant Lagoon [...]

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Australia Creates a Rainbow to Celebrate Diversity

February 20, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Australia Creates a Rainbow to Celebrate Diversity

 

CANBERRA, Australia, February 20, 2019 (ENS) – Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has lit up its Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder radio telescope as a rainbow for Sydney [...]

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Amazon Invests $700M in Rivian Electric Trucks, SUVs

February 19, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Amazon Invests $700M in Rivian Electric Trucks, SUVs

 

PLYMOUTH, Michigan, February 15, 2019 (ENS) – There’s a new electric vehicle manufacturer in the United States and it’s about to roll out new electric trucks and SUVs [...]

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Here Come the RoboBees: Autonomous Flying Microrobots

February 19, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Here Come the RoboBees: Autonomous Flying Microrobots

 

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, February 19, 2019 (ENS) – Inspired by the biology of a bee, researchers at the Wyss Institute have developed RoboBees – constructed systems that can do [...]

At Risk

U.S. Pivots From Nuclear Reactor Fuel to Bomb Cores

February 19, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Pivots From Nuclear Reactor Fuel to Bomb Cores

 

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, February 14, 2019 (ENS) – The U.S. Department of Energy, DOE, has secretly shipped a large amount of weapons-grade plutonium from the Savannah River Site [...]

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Sustainable Aviation Takes Off at ICAO Meeting

February 15, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Sustainable Aviation Takes Off at ICAO Meeting

 

MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, February 15, 2019 (ENS) – Measures to address aviation’s environmental impact globally were agreed at today’s meeting of the 250 experts on the Committee on [...]

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Plasticizers Inhibit Fertility in Female Mice

February 7, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Plasticizers Inhibit Fertility in Female Mice

 

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, February 7, 2019 (ENS) – A phthalate found in many plastic and personal care products may decrease fertility in female mice, new research has found. Phthalates [...]

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Race to Protect 30 Percent of the Planet by 2030

February 6, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Race to Protect 30 Percent of the Planet by 2030

 

WASHINGTON, DC, February 6, 2019 (ENS) – A group of 13 conservation organizations with a combined presence on all eight continents have issued a joint statement, calling upon [...]

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  • COLORADO: Wild Horses Get New Refuge Larger Than Manhattan
    March 23, 2023 Comments Off on COLORADO: Wild Horses Get New Refuge Larger Than Manhattan
  • LOUISIANA: US Sues Japanese Firm Over Chloroprene Emissions
    March 23, 2023 Comments Off on LOUISIANA: US Sues Japanese Firm Over Chloroprene Emissions
  • MASSACHUSETTS: Holyoke Must Spend $27M to Beat Sewage Overflow
    March 23, 2023 Comments Off on MASSACHUSETTS: Holyoke Must Spend $27M to Beat Sewage Overflow
  • OHIO: Norfolk Southern Train Wreck Remediation Makes Progress
    March 21, 2023 Comments Off on OHIO: Norfolk Southern Train Wreck Remediation Makes Progress

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Recent Posts
  • COLORADO: Wild Horses Get New Refuge Larger Than Manhattan
  • LOUISIANA: US Sues Japanese Firm Over Chloroprene Emissions
  • MASSACHUSETTS: Holyoke Must Spend $27M to Beat Sewage Overflow
  • OHIO: Norfolk Southern Train Wreck Remediation Makes Progress
  • Cyclone Freddy Floods Three African Countries, Kills 579

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