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Month: October 2019

CO2 flow
Latest News

MIT Engineers Find New Way to Remove CO2 From Air

October 29, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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Land Use/Forests

Largest U.S. National Forest Faces Roadless Rule Repeal

October 29, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

fire
At Risk

High Winds Fan California Wildfires, 180,000 Evacuated

October 27, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on 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

October 25, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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Land Use/Forests

Dam Development Is ‘Silencing’ the Mekong River

October 24, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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Business

Total Sued Under France’s New Duty of Vigilance Law

October 23, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on 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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Latest News

Turning the Plastic Tide

October 22, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on 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

October 22, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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Gov/Politics

Jane Fonda, Sam Waterston Arrested at Green New Deal Demo

October 20, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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At Risk

Wildfires Devour Parts of Lebanon, Syria

October 16, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on 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

October 15, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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Air/Climate

Big City Mayors Support Global Green New Deal

October 14, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on 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

October 14, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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Business

Leaders Pledge Decade of Action for Sustainable Goals

October 1, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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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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  • 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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