Culture
$100 Million for a More Sustainable Fashion Industry
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, December 21, 2020 (ENS) – Two fashion organizations, one on each side of the globe – the nonprofit H&M Foundation in Stockholm and the government of Hong [...]
Month: December 2020
Energy
Largest Coal-fired Power Plant in U.S. West Demolished
PAGE, Arizona, December 19, 2020 (ENS) – For 45 years the Navajo Generating Station was the largest coal-fired power plant in the western United States – a 2.25-gigawatt facility [...]
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Secret Canada-U.S. Plastic Waste Trade Deal Revealed
SEATTLE, Washington, December 18, 2020 (ENS) – Environmental groups are calling a secret agreement on plastic wastes signed between Canada and the United States “illegal, unacceptable and dangerous.” In [...]
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U.S. Hispanics High Risk for Arsenic in Drinking Water
NEW YORK, New York, December 17, 2020 (ENS) – Community water systems that fail to comply with the federal arsenic standard are most likely to occur in the Southwest, [...]
Gov/Politics
Electoral College Affirms Biden Headed for White House
WILMINGTON, Delaware, December 15, 2020 (ENS) – The U.S. Electoral College has formally elected the Democratic ticket of former vice president Joe Biden and incumbent U.S. senator from California [...]
Air/Climate
New Trump EPA Rule Slow-Walks Clean Air Regulations
WASHINGTON, DC, December 9, 2020 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today finalized a procedural rule that the agency says will “improve the rulemaking process under the Clean [...]
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The Killing of Killer Whales
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, December 9, 2020 (ENS) – When marine predators themselves face mortal threats, researchers at the University of British Columbia studying orca deaths in Pacific Ocean waters [...]
Sci/Tech
New Book Links Southeast Asia’s Wildlife Trade to COVID
HANOI, Vietnam, December 8, 2020 (ENS) – “The price of the private dining room would be included in the price of the pangolin, along with the rest of the [...]
At Risk
Deadly 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season Smashes Records
WASHINGTON, DC, December 7, 2020 (ENS) – The extremely active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is finally over, after a record-breaking 30 named storms and 12 landfalling storms in the [...]
Business
Oil and Gas Firms Take Initiative on Methane Emissions
NEW YORK, New York, December 6, 2020 (ENS) – Major players in the oil and gas industry such as Shell, BP and Total have agreed to report emissions of [...]
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Australian Radio Telescope Maps Universe at Warp Speed
PERTH, Australia, December 1, 2020 (ENS) – A radio telescope in the outback of Western Australia is creating a new atlas of the universe at astonishing speed, mapping some [...]