At Risk
Oil Spill Fouls Pristine Patagonian Waters
SANTIAGO, Chile, July 29, 2019 (ENS) – An oil spill under investigation by the Chilean Navy on the far southern coast of Patagonia has been contained, mining company [...]
Month: July 2019
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Florida Couple Indicted for Trading Indonesian Wildlife
TAMPA, Florida, July 26, 2019 (ENS) – An indictment from a federal grand jury sitting in Tampa was unsealed Wednesday, charging Novita Indah, 48, and Larry Malugin, 51, [...]
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Automakers Reject Trump Rollback of Clean Car Standards
SACRAMENTO, California, July 26, 2019 (ENS) – As the Trump administration prepares to roll back emission standards for light-duty cars and trucks, a consortium of four automakers and [...]
Air/Climate
Wildlife Changing Too Slowly to Survive Climate Change
BERLIN, Germany, July 23, 2019 (ENS) – Climate change can threaten species and extinctions can impact ecosystem health, so it is of vital importance to assess how animals [...]
Land Use/Forests
European Union Acts to Safeguard World’s Forests
BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 23, 2019 (ENS) – The European Commission today set out a new framework of actions to protect and restore the world’s forests, which host 80 [...]
Land Use/Forests
New World Heritage Status for China’s Birds, Iran’s Ancient Forest
BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 13, 2019 (ENS) – The World Heritage Committee inscribed 29 new natural and cultural sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List during this year’s session, which [...]
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Global Operation Thunderball Grabs Wildlife Criminals
LYON, France, July 12, 2019 (ENS) – A global joint customs and police operation all during the month of June seized large quantities of internationally protected plants and [...]
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World’s Biggest Algae Bloom ‘Here to Stay’
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, July 9, 2019 (ENS) – The largest bloom of macroalgae in the world, an unprecedented belt of brown algae, now stretches from West Africa to [...]
Food
Counterfeit Food and Drink Seized in Global Operation
LYON, France, July 1, 2019 (ENS) – More than US$117 million worth of potentially dangerous fake food and drink was seized and 672 individuals arrested worldwide in Interpol’s [...]