At Risk
Abandoned Tanker Sinks Off Yemen, Oil Leak Hits Nature Reserve
ADEN, Yemen, July 27, 2021 (ENS) – A long-abandoned oil tanker has sunk off the south coast of Yemen near the Port of Aden in the Gulf of Aden leaving [...]
Month: July 2021
Business
U.S. Invests $60 Million to Train Clean Energy Workforce
WASHINGTON, DC, July 26, 2021 (ENS) – A total of $60 million will be going to 32 institutions of higher education located in 28 states to set up and operate [...]
Food
International Police Seize 15,000+ Tons Illegal Food, Beverages
LYON, France, July 23, 2021 (ENS) – A 72-country law enforcement operation jointly coordinated by Interpol and Europol has uncovered “vast quantities” of illicit food and beverage products circulating throughout [...]
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Satellites Detect Illegal Gold Mining in Peruvian Amazon
LIMA, Peru, July 23, 2021 (ENS) – Illegal gold mining is a widespread problem in the southern Peruvian Amazon; in the Madre de Dios region it has caused both river [...]
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Oregon Seabird Wins Endangered Status Protection from Logging, Climate
SALEM, Oregon, July 22, 2021 (ENS) – A rare seabird that feeds offshore but nests in mossy, coastal old-growth forests has just been listed as Endangered in Oregon. With this [...]
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ILLINOIS: Residents Sue for Damages as Raw Sewage Floods Homes
CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Illinois, July 21, 2021 (ENS) – The community group Centreville Citizens for Change and 24 individual residents are suing Commonfields of Cahokia Public Water District and the City [...]
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CALIFORNIA: Fires Force Utility to Bury 10,000 Miles of Power Lines
CHICO, California, July 21, 2021 (ENS) – Pacific Gas and Electric Company, PG&E, is implementing a new initiative to expand the undergrounding of electric distribution power lines in High Fire [...]
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Biden Protects World’s Largest Coastal Temperate Rainforest
WASHINGTON, DC, July 19, 2021 (ENS) – Across the entire 16.7 million acres of the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska, full Roadless Rule protections are being restored and there [...]
Air/Climate
Biden, Merkel Ink U.S.-Germany Climate and Energy Partnership
WASHINGTON, DC, July 15, 2021 (ENS) – President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel today at the White House launched the U.S.-Germany Climate and Energy Partnership during Merkel’s farewell [...]
At Risk
Floods Claim 170+ Lives in Germany, Belgium, as Waters Start to Recede
BERLIN, Germany, July 17, 2021 (ENS) – While Germany’s death toll from pounding rain and severe flooding stood at 67 on July 15, an official update on Saturday, July 17, [...]
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OREGON: Uncontained Bootleg Fire Threatens California Power Supply
MEDFORD, Oregon, July 12, 2021 (ENS) – Members of the public cannot fly drones near the exploding Bootleg Fire on the Fremont-Winema National Forest and on private lands in southern [...]
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Cash Prizes to Reward Best Photos of European Climate Change
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, July 11, 2021 (ENS) – The European Environment Agency is inviting photographers to capture what climate change looks like in Europe and how Europeans are coping with it [...]
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NEW YORK: Apartment Building Owners Offered Help to Lower CO2 Emissions
ALBANY, New York, July 9, 2021 (ENS) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is adding nearly $8 million to the financial and technical resources available to owners or managers of [...]
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Millions of Children Poisoned by Flood of Toxic E-Waste
GENEVA, Switzerland, July 9, 2021 (ENS) – Effective, binding action is urgently required to protect the millions of children, adolescents and expectant mothers worldwide whose health is jeopardized by the [...]
Food
Europe Plans to Ban Cages for Farm Animals
BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 9, 2021 (ENS) – The European Commission has agreed to phase out cages for farmed animals across Europe in response to the “End the Cage Age,” campaign [...]
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Blue Whales Found Singing Offshore India’s West Coast
KOCHI, Kerala, India, July 5, 2021 (ENS) – Endangered blue whales are present and singing off the southwest coast of India, scientists from the University of Washington demonstrate in a [...]
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VIRGINIA & NORTH CAROLINA: Commercial Offshore Wind Parks on Deck
NORFOLK, Virginia, July 4, 2021 (ENS) – The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, BOEM, is starting its environmental review for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Commercial, or CVOW-C, project. [...]
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Roach-sized Robot Can Search Accident, Disaster Scenes
BERKELEY, California, July 4, 2021 (ENS) – A team of Chinese engineers working at the University of California, Berkeley have created a tiny, lightweight, durable robot that achieves unique control [...]
Land Use/Forests
2,500 Scientists Take the Pulse of Earth’s Tropical Forests
LEEDS, UK, July 3, 2021 (ENS) – A global network of researchers is cooperatively investigating tropical forests wherever they grow on the planet to explore the effects of climate change [...]
Health
Button-Activated Face Masks Can Diagnose COVID-19
BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 2, 2021 (ENS) – Scientists have found a way to embed synthetic biology-based sensors into fabrics, creating wearable biosensors that can be programmed to detect pathogens and [...]