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Month: February 2020

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Business

Philips Aims to Become Carbon Neutral This Year

February 25, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Philips Aims to Become Carbon Neutral This Year

 

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, February 25, 2020 (ENS) – With its U.S. and Dutch facilities now 100 percent-powered by renewable electricity, the multinational health technology company Philips is closer [...]

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Microplastics Problem Extends Beyond the Sea

February 24, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Microplastics Problem Extends Beyond the Sea

 

GLOUCESTER POINT, Virginia, February 24, 2020 (ENS) – “Microplastics are a global phenomenon that can’t be adequately understood or addressed in the context of the marine environment alone,” [...]

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At Risk

China Bans the Eating of Wild Animals

February 24, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on China Bans the Eating of Wild Animals

 

BEIJING, China, February 24, 2020 (ENS) – China’s top legislative committee Monday approved a proposal to ban all trade and consumption of wild animals, a practice believed to [...]

Estonia
Land Use/Forests

EU Invests €100 million in a Climate-neutral Europe

February 19, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on EU Invests €100 million in a Climate-neutral Europe

 

BRUSSELS, Belgium, February 19, 2020 (ENS) – The European Commission will invest €101 million for new projects under the LIFE programme for the Environment and Climate Action. The funding [...]

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Energy

Canada Gas Pipeline Protests Yield Rail Shutdown, Arrests

February 14, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Canada Gas Pipeline Protests Yield Rail Shutdown, Arrests

 

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, February 14, 2020 (ENS) – Forty indigenous land and water protectors and non-indigenous activists were arrested in British Columbia and across Canada on Monday, [...]

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Air/Climate

Out-of-State Emissions Cause Half Air Pollution Deaths

February 13, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Out-of-State Emissions Cause Half Air Pollution Deaths

 

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, February 13, 2020 (ENS) – More than half of all early deaths in the United States due to poor air quality are a result of emissions [...]

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At Risk

Virus Deaths Top 1,000 As China Goes Back to Work

February 10, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Virus Deaths Top 1,000 As China Goes Back to Work

 

BEIJING, China, February 10, 2020 (ENS) – Chinese authorities are “carefully balancing” efforts to control the novel coronavirus epidemic and minimize its impact on the economy as millions [...]

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Air/Climate

Runways Underwater: Rising Seas Threaten 80 Airports

February 8, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Runways Underwater: Rising Seas Threaten 80 Airports

 

WASHINGTON, DC, February 8, 2020 (ENS) – At least 80 airports around the world could be underwater if climate change causes sea levels to rise just one meter [...]

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Business

Green v Black: Greenpeace Protests BlackRock’s Coal Funding

February 4, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Green v Black: Greenpeace Protests BlackRock’s Coal Funding

 

FRANKFURT, Germany, February 4, 2020 (ENS) – Greenpeace Germany supporters protested at global investment firm BlackRock’s German headquarters Monday, to tell the firm to stop investing in coal [...]

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Trump’s Far-Reaching Rollbacks of Environmental Rules

February 3, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Trump’s Far-Reaching Rollbacks of Environmental Rules

 

NEW YORK, New York, February 3, 2020 (ENS) – New York State Attorney General Letitia James, leading a coalition of 15 state attorneys general and the City of [...]

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