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MONTANA: Judge Orders Halt to Coal Strip-Mine Expansion

October 31, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on MONTANA: Judge Orders Halt to Coal Strip-Mine Expansion

BOZEMAN, Montana, October 31, 2021 (ENS) – In a victory for cleaner water in Montana, a state district court judge has ordered the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, DEQ, to [...]

Health

G20 Creates Finance-Health Task Force to Address Pandemics

October 30, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on G20 Creates Finance-Health Task Force to Address Pandemics

ROME, Italy, October 30, 2021 (ENS) – The G20 nations are getting serious about controlling the coronavirus pandemic and any future pandemic that might arise. On Friday in their first [...]

Air/Climate

Demonstrators Demand Federal Reserve Account for Climate Risk

October 29, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Demonstrators Demand Federal Reserve Account for Climate Risk

WASHINGTON, DC, October 29, 2021 (ENS) – Thousands of people rallied today outside branches of the central banking system of the United States, The Federal Reserve, to send a message [...]

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Facebook Morphs Into Meta for Metaverse: Zuckerberg Explains

October 28, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Facebook Morphs Into Meta for Metaverse: Zuckerberg Explains

MENLO PARK, California, October 28, 2021 (ENS) – Facebook has had many troubles in its 15 year history – outages, accusations of all kinds, privacy concerns, lawsuits, the list goes [...]

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OREGON: Making Sure Wind Turbines and Whales Won’t Mix

October 24, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on OREGON: Making Sure Wind Turbines and Whales Won’t Mix

NEWPORT, Oregon, October 25, 2021 (ENS) – Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute has been awarded a $2 million grant to collect data about distribution and density of marine mammals [...]

Business

Bank Alliances Underpin Global Net-Zero Financial Effort

October 24, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Bank Alliances Underpin Global Net-Zero Financial Effort

OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, October 25, 2021 (ENS) – Canada’s largest banks are jointly taking action to limit global warming. As part of a worldwide, industry-led initiative to accelerate and support [...]

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US EPA to Regulate, Clean Up Non-stick ‘Forever Chemicals’

October 24, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on US EPA to Regulate, Clean Up Non-stick ‘Forever Chemicals’

WASHINGTON, DC, October 21, 2021 (ENS) – Toxic when ingested, persistent in the environment, PFAS are manufactured chemicals used in industrial and consumer products worldwide since the 1950s. Now, the [...]

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NEW YORK: Trafficker in Protected African Cats Gets 18 Months

October 23, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on NEW YORK: Trafficker in Protected African Cats Gets 18 Months

BUFFALO, New York, October 23, 2021 (ENS) – A conviction for trafficking African wild cats has landed a New York man in prison for 18 months for violating two federal [...]

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IDAHO: $50M Mine Waste Treatment Plant Means Cleaner Rivers

October 22, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on IDAHO: $50M Mine Waste Treatment Plant Means Cleaner Rivers

KELLOGG, Idaho, October 22, 2021 (ENS) – In an effort to reduce the volume of heavy metals discharged to Idaho’s Coeur D’Alene River from the Bunker Hill Mine and Smelting [...]

Air/Climate

Biden, US Diplomats Fly the World to Advocate Climate Action

October 22, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Biden, US Diplomats Fly the World to Advocate Climate Action

WASHINGTON, DC, October 21, 2021 (ENS) – John Kerry, the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, is on his way to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on October 24-25, just a few [...]

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WISCONSIN: Largest Unprotected Forest Sold for Conservation

October 21, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on WISCONSIN: Largest Unprotected Forest Sold for Conservation

RHINELANDER, Wisconsin, October 21, 2021 (ENS) – The Conservation Fund has purchased 70,000 acres of forested land in central Wisconsin from The Forestland Group to safeguard wildlife habitat and water [...]

Gov/Politics

Climate Activists Can’t Wait, Biden Can’t Wait Either

October 17, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Climate Activists Can’t Wait, Biden Can’t Wait Either

WASHINGTON, DC, October 16, 2021 (ENS) – At least 300 people were arrested at the White House last week while demonstrating to demand that President Joe Biden declare a climate [...]

Food

Marshall Islands Key to Sustainable Global Tuna Industry

October 17, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Marshall Islands Key to Sustainable Global Tuna Industry

MAJURO, Marshall Islands, October 17, 2021 (ENS) – In an advance for tuna conservation, Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, has chosen Pacific Island Tuna, based in the Marshall Islands, to [...]

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MAINE: Lobstermen, Conservationists Sue Over Right Whale Rule

October 16, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on MAINE: Lobstermen, Conservationists Sue Over Right Whale Rule

AUGUSTA, Maine, October 16, 2021 (ENS) – The Maine Lobstermen’s Association is suing the National Marine Fisheries Service, NMFS, and the Secretary of Commerce in a challenge to the agency’s [...]

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TENNESSEE: Cherokee National Forest Expands by 1,500 Acres

October 15, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on TENNESSEE: Cherokee National Forest Expands by 1,500 Acres

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, October 15, 2021 (ENS) – Volkswagen of America and The Conservation Fund have completed a multi-year effort to buy, conserve and transfer 1,500 acres of land to the [...]

Energy

Biden Administration Plans Rapid Offshore Windpower Buildup

October 14, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Biden Administration Plans Rapid Offshore Windpower Buildup

BOSTON, Massachusetts, October 14, 2021 (ENS) – At least 16 wind energy projects are in the works for offshore locations around the United States, at various stages of development and [...]

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World’s E-Waste Heavier than China’s Great Wall

October 14, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on World’s E-Waste Heavier than China’s Great Wall

BRUSSELS, Belgium, October 14, 2021 (ENS) – Today, on International E-Waste Day 2021, waste management experts are asking households, businesses, and governments to take more dead or unused electronic devices [...]

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Humans ‘Hold the Survival of Other Species in Our Hands’

October 13, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Humans ‘Hold the Survival of Other Species in Our Hands’

WASHINGTON, DC, October 12, 2021 (ENS) – An agreement to halt human-induced extinctions in 2022 is under consideration as countries gather online this week for the 15th meeting of the [...]

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Climate Scientists Warn of ‘Looming’ World Water Crisis

October 12, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Climate Scientists Warn of ‘Looming’ World Water Crisis

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 12, 2021 (ENS) – The World Meteorological Organization is holding a special session of its Congress to meet the “explosive” growth in the demand for weather, climate, [...]

Air/Climate

UN Climate Action Award Winners Offer Leadership, New Ideas

October 10, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on UN Climate Action Award Winners Offer Leadership, New Ideas

BONN, Germany, October 11, 2021 (ENS) – Ahead of the pivotal United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 26, in Glasgow in November, winners of the 10th anniversary UN Global Climate [...]

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