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Month: April 2019

O'Rourke
Air/Climate

Beto O’Rourke’s $5 Trillion Climate Crisis Plan

April 29, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Beto O’Rourke’s $5 Trillion Climate Crisis Plan

 

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, California, April 29, 2019 (ENS) – Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke today proposed a climate change action plan that would mobilize $5 trillion over 10 [...]

planet
Air/Climate

Earth Day 2019 Marked By Climate Concerns

April 22, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Earth Day 2019 Marked By Climate Concerns

 

WASHINGTON, DC, April 22, 2019 (ENS) – “Our magnificent planet is always ready for its close-up,” says the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA. Today, on Earth Day, [...]

mayors
Latest News

New York City Ends Reliance on Plastic Tableware

April 15, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on New York City Ends Reliance on Plastic Tableware

 

NEW YORK, New York, April 15, 2019 – New York Mayor Bill de Blasio signed an executive order today that will end the direct city purchase of unnecessary [...]

river
Latest News

U.S. States Fight Trump Revision of Clean Water Rule

April 15, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. States Fight Trump Revision of Clean Water Rule

 

SACRAMENTO, California, April 15, 2019 (ENS) – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today joined a multistate letter urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of [...]

well
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Smartphone Test Detects Arsenic-Contaminated Water

April 15, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Smartphone Test Detects Arsenic-Contaminated Water

 

EDINBURGH, Scotland, April 15, 2019 (ENS) – A smartphone device developed at the University of Edinburgh could help millions of people avoid arsenic-tainted drinking water.

Water contamination by [...]

spices
Health

Curry Spices Ease Air Pollution Breathing Problems

April 14, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Curry Spices Ease Air Pollution Breathing Problems

 

OSAKA, Japan, April 14, 2019 (ENS) – Spices often used in curry can counteract respiratory problems caused by fine particle pollution in the air, finds a joint study [...]

corals
Latest News

Climate Change Disrupts Recovery of Great Barrier Reef

April 13, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Climate Change Disrupts Recovery of Great Barrier Reef

 

TOWNSVILLE, Queensland, Australia, April 13, 2019 (ENS) – The damage caused to the Great Barrier Reef by the warming climate has compromised the capacity of its corals to [...]

black hole
Latest News

Seeing the Unseeable: First Image of a Black Hole

April 11, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Seeing the Unseeable: First Image of a Black Hole

 

WASHINGTON, DC, April 11, 2019 (ENS) – An international team of scientists has for the first time captured an image of a black hole. Revealed Wednesday by researchers [...]

Gov/Politics

Trump’s Choice to Head Interior Divides Washington

April 9, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Trump’s Choice to Head Interior Divides Washington

 

WASHINGTON, DC, April 9, 2019 (ENS) – David Longly Bernhardt is an attorney, government administrator, and former lobbyist for the oil and water industries who serves as Acting [...]

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Latest News

Whales to Be Freed From Russian Whale Jail This Summer

April 9, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Whales to Be Freed From Russian Whale Jail This Summer

 

NAKHODKA, Russia, April 9, 2019 (ENS) – Officials in Russia have agreed to free almost 100 whales held in cramped sea pens in the Russian Far East for [...]

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Latest News

Japan Restricts Its Whalers to Japanese Waters

April 7, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Japan Restricts Its Whalers to Japanese Waters

 

TOKYO, Japan, April 7, 2019 (ENS) – Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary, Yoshihide Suga, issued a written statement in the last week of 2018 announcing the government’s decision to [...]

Torres
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Yankees Play Ball With UN Sports for Climate Action

April 4, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Yankees Play Ball With UN Sports for Climate Action

 

NEW YORK, New York, April 4, 2019 (ENS) – The New York Yankees baseball team has chosen to play for a sustainable future by signing the UN Sports [...]

Ameriscan

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    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
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