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Month: May 2021

Food

World Central Kitchen Feeds Hungry People in Crisis

May 28, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on World Central Kitchen Feeds Hungry People in Crisis

GAZA CITY, May 28, 2021 (ENS) – During the past week, close to 100,000 people were displaced in Gaza due to escalating violence and airstrikes between Israel and Hamas and [...]

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Piano for the Planet Zoom Concert Funds Climate Advocates

May 28, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Piano for the Planet Zoom Concert Funds Climate Advocates

LOS ANGELES, California, May 28, 2021 (ENS) – Concert pianist Dr. Ayse Taspinar feels an obligation to raise awareness of climate change, so she is hosting a virtual House Party [...]

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CALIFORNIA: Wind Farms Off U.S. Pacific Coast Poised for Permitting

May 26, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on CALIFORNIA: Wind Farms Off U.S. Pacific Coast Poised for Permitting

SACRAMENTO, California, May 26, 2021 (ENS) – The federal departments of the Interior and Defense and the State of California have agreed to accelerate wind energy development offshore the central [...]

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MASSACHUSETTS: First U.S. Commercial Offshore Wind Park Approved

May 26, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on MASSACHUSETTS: First U.S. Commercial Offshore Wind Park Approved

NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts, May 26, 2021 (ENS) – To be located in the Atlantic Ocean 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard, the first commercial-scale offshore wind park in the United [...]

Business

Tire Makers Drive Global Sustainability Goals With New Roadmap

May 26, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Tire Makers Drive Global Sustainability Goals With New Roadmap

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 26, 2021 (ENS) – Eleven of the world’s largest tire companies care about the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs. These 17 aspirational goals were adopted by all United [...]

Air/Climate

Friends of the Earth Wins Historic Climate Verdict Against Shell

May 26, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Friends of the Earth Wins Historic Climate Verdict Against Shell

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, May 26, 2021 (ENS) – For the first time in history, a judge has held a corporation liable for causing climate change. Today, as a result [...]

At Risk

First Greek Wildfire of the Season Ravages Forested Mountains

May 24, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on First Greek Wildfire of the Season Ravages Forested Mountains

ATHENS, Greece, May 24, 2021 (ENS) – Six villages and two Orthodox Christian monasteries have been evacuated ahead of a giant wildfire raging in Greece’s Geraneia mountain range about 90 [...]

Land Use/Forests

Groups Halt Logging on Yellowstone National Park Border

May 24, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Groups Halt Logging on Yellowstone National Park Border

WEST YELLOWSTONE, Montana, May 24, 2021 (ENS) – The U.S. Forest Service has responded to a formal challenge from four environmental groups by halting a plan to clearcut more than [...]

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TEXAS: $23M Pedestrian-Wildlife Bridge and Skywalk Opens in San Antonio

May 24, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on TEXAS: $23M Pedestrian-Wildlife Bridge and Skywalk Opens in San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 24, 2021 (ENS) – There was a time, not very long ago when deer got killed and caused traffic accidents trying to cross the busy six-lane [...]

Health

G20 Health Ministers Dissolve Barriers to Sharing Billion+ Vaccine Doses

May 23, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on G20 Health Ministers Dissolve Barriers to Sharing Billion+ Vaccine Doses

ROME, Italy, May 23, 2021 (ENS) – Leaders of the G20 have committed to a series of actions to accelerate the end of the COVID-19 crisis throughout the world and [...]

Gov/Politics

Tax Status Complaint Targets Group Battling Biden’s 30 by 30 Land Plan

May 17, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Tax Status Complaint Targets Group Battling Biden’s 30 by 30 Land Plan

WASHINGTON, DC, May 17, 2021 (ENS) – Government watchdog Accountable.US has filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service requesting an investigation of the nonprofit American Stewards of Liberty for [...]

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International Uranium Film Festival Streams Online, For Free

May 17, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on International Uranium Film Festival Streams Online, For Free

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, May 17, 2021 (ENS) – The 10th International Uranium Film Festival of Rio de Janeiro, the world’s largest film fest about everything nuclear and radioactive, starts [...]

Air/Climate

Global Warming Has Shifted Earth’s Axis

May 16, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Global Warming Has Shifted Earth’s Axis

WASHINGTON, DC, May 16, 2021 (ENS) – Glacial melting due to climate change is likely the cause of a shift in the movement of the poles that occurred in the [...]

Health

Wealthy Nations Asked to Delay Youth Vaccines, Donate to COVAX

May 16, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Wealthy Nations Asked to Delay Youth Vaccines, Donate to COVAX

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 14, 2021 (ENS) – Scanty vaccine supplies in low and lower-middle income countries cannot cover even the innoculation of health care workers, the head of the World [...]

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Planet Earth At Risk of Methane Suffocation

May 15, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Planet Earth At Risk of Methane Suffocation

PARIS, France, May 15, 2021 (ENS) – Methane emissions caused by human activities can be reduced by up to 45 percent this decade, finds the world’s first Global Methane Assessment [...]

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Next-Gen Holograms Float, Move in Thin Air

May 9, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Next-Gen Holograms Float, Move in Thin Air

PROVO, Utah, May 9, 2021 (ENS) – Hologram experts can now create real-life images that move in the air. Using lasers to create the displays of science fiction inspired by [...]

RSS

Biden Administration Debuts Decade of Conservation

May 7, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Biden Administration Debuts Decade of Conservation

WASHINGTON, DC, May 7, 2021 (ENS) – The Biden administration has proposed a nationwide goal to conserve 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030 – the nation’s first [...]

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WASHINGTON: New Law Promotes Hydrogen-powered Vehicles

May 5, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on WASHINGTON: New Law Promotes Hydrogen-powered Vehicles

OLYMPIA, Washington, May 6, 2021 (ENS) – Washington Governor Jay Inslee Monday signed a bill that establishes an eight-year state-wide pilot project for the reduction of sales tax on purchases [...]

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South Africa to End Captive Lion Breeding

May 5, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on South Africa to End Captive Lion Breeding

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, May 5, 2021 (ENS) – South Africa has announced it will stop the abusive practices of captive breeding and canned hunting of lions. In the future, [...]

Energy

Denmark to Invest Millions in Wind, Wave, Hydro, Solar Power

May 4, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Denmark to Invest Millions in Wind, Wave, Hydro, Solar Power

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 4, 2021 (ENS) – A Danish aid plan to support electricity production from renewable sources has won the approval of the European Commission. Denmark will invest €400 [...]

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