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Land Use/Forests

Trump Opens Alaska’s Tongass National Forest to Logging

October 29, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Trump Opens Alaska’s Tongass National Forest to Logging

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 28, 2020 (ENS) – President Donald Trump’s administration has finalized plans to reverse roadless protections for the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska that have been [...]

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At Risk

Zeta Strikes Louisiana, Fifth Hurricane This Season

October 28, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Zeta Strikes Louisiana, Fifth Hurricane This Season

 

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, October 28, 2020 (ENS) – Hurricane Zeta has just made landfall as a 110 mile per hour, Category 2 hurricane near Cocodrie, Louisiana, a fishing, shrimping [...]

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Business

French Companies Integrate Biodiversity Impact Assessment

October 27, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on French Companies Integrate Biodiversity Impact Assessment

 

PARIS, France, October 27, 2020 (ENS) – A tool that will allow investors to measure how their investments impact biodiversity – the diversity of plants and animals – is [...]

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Air/Climate

UN Virtual Climate Dialogues to Fill COP26 Gap

October 27, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on UN Virtual Climate Dialogues to Fill COP26 Gap

 

BONN, Germany, October 27, 2020 (ENS) – The Climate Dialogues, a series of virtual climate change events, will be offered by the United Nations from November 23 to [...]

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Energy

U.S. Renewable Energy Lab Energizes Remote Communities

October 24, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Renewable Energy Lab Energizes Remote Communities

 

GOLDEN, Colorado, October 23, 2020 (ENS) – In rural Northern California, inland American Indian reservations risk being “islanded” from the larger electricity grid should a wildfire disable the single [...]

Air/Climate

Trump vs Biden: Environment in the Final Debate

October 23, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Trump vs Biden: Environment in the Final Debate

 

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, October 23, 2020 (ENS) – Republican President Donald Trump and his challenger in the November 3 election former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, faced [...]

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Latest News

New Smart Windows Generate Power as They Change Color

October 21, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on New Smart Windows Generate Power as They Change Color

 

GOLDEN, Colorado, October 21, 2020 (ENS) – A thermochromic window that darkens automatically in the sun and simultaneously uses the sun to generate electricity has been invented by scientists [...]

Gov/Politics

Legal? Trump’s Raid on Military Funds for Border Wall

October 20, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Legal? Trump’s Raid on Military Funds for Border Wall

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 20, 2020 (ENS) – The U.S. Supreme Court Monday agreed to rule on whether the Trump administration must stop building sections of the southern border wall [...]

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Health

COVID Virus Lives 28 Days on Money, Cellphone Screens

October 13, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on COVID Virus Lives 28 Days on Money, Cellphone Screens

 

GEELONG, Victoria, Australia, October 13, 2020 (ENS) – The virus responsible for COVID-19 can survive for up to 28 days on common surfaces including banknotes, glass items such as [...]

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Gov/Politics

Back at White House, Infected Trump Tears Off His Mask

October 5, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Back at White House, Infected Trump Tears Off His Mask

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 5, 2020 (ENS) – President Donald Trump returned to the White House Monday evening aboard his helicopter just before seven, and his first actions alarmed health [...]

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India Halts Amnesty International’s Human Rights Work

October 5, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on India Halts Amnesty International’s Human Rights Work

 

NEW DELHI, India, October 5, 2020 (ENS) – The freezing of Amnesty International India’s bank accounts by the Government of India on September 10 has brought all the work [...]

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Gov/Politics

President Trump Hospitalized for COVID-19 Treatment

October 4, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on President Trump Hospitalized for COVID-19 Treatment

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 4, 2020 (ENS) – President Donald Trump is in a military hospital under treatment for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. A statement from [...]

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