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Month: May 2020

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Air/Climate

40 Million Medical Pros Prescribe Green Recovery for G20

May 27, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on 40 Million Medical Pros Prescribe Green Recovery for G20

 

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 27, 2020 (ENS) – Forty million health professionals Tuesday sent a letter to the leaders of each of the G20 nations, calling for a healthy [...]

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Energy

Polluting Michigan Power Plants to Close December 2022

May 27, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Polluting Michigan Power Plants to Close December 2022

 

DETROIT, Michigan, May 27, 2020 (ENS) – DTE Energy has agreed to a date certain to close three polluting coal-fired power plans and the company will invest $7.5 [...]

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Latest News

South Africa’s Live Wild Animal Trade to China Exposed

May 26, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on South Africa’s Live Wild Animal Trade to China Exposed

 

By Andreas Wilson-Spath

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, May 26, 2020 (ENS) – Chimpanzees, Bengal tigers, wolves, wild dogs and lions are among thousands of endangered wild animals exported [...]

Modi
At Risk

Cyclone Amphun Blasts India, Bangladesh, Killing 100+

May 22, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Cyclone Amphun Blasts India, Bangladesh, Killing 100+

 

DELHI, India, May 22, 2020 (ENS) – At least 102 people have lost their lives as the intense cyclone Amphan slammed into India and Bangladesh on Wednesday and [...]

Hurricane Dorian
At Risk

Dangerous 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season Predicted

May 21, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Dangerous 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season Predicted

 

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, May 21, 2020 (ENS) – There is a 60 percent chance of an above-normal 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, with three to six major hurricanes, forecasters [...]

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Business

Vulnerable Nations Receive Billions for Virus Response

May 20, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Vulnerable Nations Receive Billions for Virus Response

 

WASHINGTON, DC, May 20, 2020 (ENS) – The unprecedented coronavirus crisis the world is now going through could push 60 million people in developing countries into extreme poverty, [...]

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Business

Impact Investors Confront Coronavirus Crisis

May 18, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Impact Investors Confront Coronavirus Crisis

 

NEW YORK, New York, May 18, 2020 (ENS) – A new coalition of impact investors has come together to bring their formidable entrepreneurial skills to bear on the [...]

Food

Opinion: Farmers Deserve Support to Cope With Stress

May 13, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Opinion: Farmers Deserve Support to Cope With Stress

 

By Bob Worth

LAKE BENTON, Minnesota, May 13, 2020 (ENS) – Farm stress is certainly not a new concept. My father saw rural suicide rates spike in his [...]

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Land Use/Forests

Lawsuit Tests Trump’s Grab of $7.2B for Border Wall

May 12, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Lawsuit Tests Trump’s Grab of $7.2B for Border Wall

 

WASHINGTON, DC, May 12, 2020 (ENS) – Conservation groups today sued the Trump administration for taking $7.2 billion from the Department of Defense for border wall construction from [...]

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Energy

Oxford University Will End Fossil Fuel Investments

May 12, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Oxford University Will End Fossil Fuel Investments

 

OXFORD, England, May 12, 2020 (ENS) – Oxford University has announced its new plan to divest formally from the fossil fuel industry. The oldest university in the English-speaking [...]

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Latest News

Greener Process Grows U.S. Supply of Rare Earth Metals

May 11, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Greener Process Grows U.S. Supply of Rare Earth Metals

 

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, May 11, 2020 (ENS) – Mining for rare earth metals is about to become more environmentally and economically feasible though a process newly developed and [...]

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Health

Dogs Trained to Sniff Out Coronavirus Could Start in July

May 6, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Dogs Trained to Sniff Out Coronavirus Could Start in July

 

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 6, 2020 (ENS) – Scent detection dogs are being trained to discriminate between samples from COVID-19 positive and COVID-19 negative patients under a new research [...]

Montana
Land Use/Forests

Montana Court Vacates 278 BLM Oil and Gas Leases

May 5, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Montana Court Vacates 278 BLM Oil and Gas Leases

 

GREAT FALLS, Montana, May 5, 2020 (ENS) – Montana landowners, farmers, and conservation groups have won a victory in their effort to protect local groundwater and the climate. [...]

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At Risk

Global Vaccine Telethon Raises $8 Billion Without USA

May 5, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Global Vaccine Telethon Raises $8 Billion Without USA

 

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 5, 2020 (ENS) – To battle the deadly coronavirus, six countries, the European Commission and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Monday pledged billions in [...]

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Health

New York State Recruits Army of Virus Contact Tracers

May 4, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on New York State Recruits Army of Virus Contact Tracers

 

ALBANY, New York, May 4, 2020 (ENS) – Amid the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic that has hit New York harder than any other state, New York Governor Andrew [...]

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Energy

Pandemic Shock to Energy Industry Greatest in 70 Years

May 4, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Pandemic Shock to Energy Industry Greatest in 70 Years

 

PARIS, France, May 4, 2020 (ENS) – The global COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted the global economy, forcing large parts of the world into confinement and “creating the [...]

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At Risk

First Invasive ‘Murder Hornets’ Found in United States

May 4, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on First Invasive ‘Murder Hornets’ Found in United States

 

OLYMPIA, Washington, May 4, 2020 (ENS) – “Murder hornets,” known officially as Asian giant hornets, Vespa mandarinia, have made their first appearance in the United States. These [...]

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  • MASSACHUSETTS: Holyoke Must Spend $27M to Beat Sewage Overflow
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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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