Food
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 [...]
Month: May 2021
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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 [...]
AmeriScan
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 [...]
At Risk
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
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
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 [...]
AmeriScan
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
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
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 [...]