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MIT Engineers Find New Way to Remove CO2 From Air
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, October 29, 2019 (ENS) – A new way of removing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) from a stream of air could provide a valuable tool [...]
Month: October 2019
Land Use/Forests
Largest U.S. National Forest Faces Roadless Rule Repeal
JUNEAU, Alaska, October 29, 2019 (ENS) – The U.S. Forest Service is seeking public comments on its plan to exempt Alaska’s Tongass National Forest from the 2001 Roadless [...]
At Risk
High Winds Fan California Wildfires, 180,000 Evacuated
SACRAMENTO, California, October 27, 2019 (ENS) – California Governor Gavin Newsom today declared a statewide emergency due to the effects of unprecedented high-wind events that have resulted in [...]
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South Africa Reclassifies 33 Wild Species as Farm Animals
By Don Pinnock
PRETORIA, South Africa, October 25, 2019 (ENS) – By the stroke of a legislative pen, a list of iconic and, in some cases, endangered wild [...]
Land Use/Forests
Dam Development Is ‘Silencing’ the Mekong River
BANGKOK, Thailand, October 24, 2019 (ENS) – In five days, the Xayaburi Hydropower Project on the Mekong River in northern Laos will formally begin operations. As the first dam [...]
Business
Total Sued Under France’s New Duty of Vigilance Law
PARIS, France, October 23, 2019 (ENS) – Today six environmental groups in France and Uganda, led by Friends of the Earth, are taking the French multinational energy company Total [...]
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Turning the Plastic Tide
NEW YORK, New York, October 22, 2019 (ENS) – Every minute around the world, almost one million plastic bottles are purchased. As the environmental impact of that plastic [...]
At Risk
Highly Radioactive Particles From Fukushima Mapped
FUKOKA, Japan, October 22, 2019 (ENS) – The distribution, number, source, and movement of radioactive microparticles in the environment following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown has been [...]
Gov/Politics
Jane Fonda, Sam Waterston Arrested at Green New Deal Demo
WASHINGTON, DC, October 20, 2019 (ENS) – Actors Jane Fonda and Sam Waterston were both arrested Friday in Washington, DC, during a demonstration protesting government inaction on climate [...]
At Risk
Wildfires Devour Parts of Lebanon, Syria
BEIRUT, Lebanon, October 16, 2019 (ENS) – Wildfires blazed across parts of Lebanon Tuesday after forcing some residents to abandon their homes in the middle of the night. [...]
Air/Climate
Met Police Ban Climate Protesters From London
LONDON, UK, October 15, 2019 (ENS) – London’s Metropolitan Police Service Monday banned demonstrations by the climate change protest movement Extinction Rebellion in central London, under Section 14 [...]
Air/Climate
Big City Mayors Support Global Green New Deal
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, October 14, 2019 (ENS) – The mayors of many of the world’s largest cities have announced their support for a Global Green New Deal and declared [...]
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Indianapolis Hosts 1st Global Center for Species Survival
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, October 14, 2019 (ENS) – The world’s first Global Center for Species Survival, GCSS, will open next year at the Indianapolis Zoo in [...]
Business
Leaders Pledge Decade of Action for Sustainable Goals
NEW YORK, New York, September 28, 2019 (ENS) – The first United Nations summit on the progress of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development closed on a hopeful [...]