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Month: October 2021

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World’s Airlines Strengthen Net-Zero-Emissions-by-2050 Trend

October 10, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on World’s Airlines Strengthen Net-Zero-Emissions-by-2050 Trend

BOSTON, Massachusetts, October 10, 2021 (ENS) – The air transport industry is joining the current global wave of commitments to a climate protection goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. [...]

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2021 Nobel Prizes Raise Awareness of Democracy, Climate

October 10, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on 2021 Nobel Prizes Raise Awareness of Democracy, Climate

OSLO, Norway, October 10, 2021 (ENS) – The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 to Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia [...]

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MINNESOTA: Zebra Mussels Invade Woman Lake, Famous for Its Fish

October 9, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on MINNESOTA: Zebra Mussels Invade Woman Lake, Famous for Its Fish

LONGVILLE, Minnesota, October 9, 2021 (ENS) – For the first time, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has sounded the alarm to notify the public the agency is fighting invasive [...]

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NEW JERSEY: Chinese Citizen Jailed for Financing Turtle Trade

October 8, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on NEW JERSEY: Chinese Citizen Jailed for Financing Turtle Trade

CAMDEN, New Jersey, October 8, 2021 (ENS) – “The extradition of a foreign national who had never set foot on American soil for financing a turtle-trafficking ring in the U.S. [...]

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Biden Renews Protections on National Monuments Trump Defiled

October 7, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Biden Renews Protections on National Monuments Trump Defiled

WASHINGTON, DC, October 7, 2021 (ENS) – President Joe Biden is poised to sign three proclamations restoring protections for Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monuments, [...]

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World’s Biggest Miners Vow Net-Zero CO2 Emissions By 2050

October 7, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on World’s Biggest Miners Vow Net-Zero CO2 Emissions By 2050

LONDON, UK, October 7, 2021 (ENS) – Some of the world’s largest mining companies signed a pledge on Tuesday to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 if not sooner. All [...]

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Spill From Damaged Oil Pipeline Fouls California Beaches

October 4, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Spill From Damaged Oil Pipeline Fouls California Beaches

LONG BEACH, California, October 4, 2021 (ENS) – The anchor of a ship approaching or leaving a major port on the southern California coast may have struck an oil pipeline [...]

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Artificial Intelligence Systems Learn to Teach Each Other

October 4, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Artificial Intelligence Systems Learn to Teach Each Other

WASHINGTON, DC, October 4, 2021 (ENS) – A new international project is creating advanced artificial intelligence, AI, programs that will enable machines to learn progressively over a lifetime and share [...]

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‘Treasure in Our Dumpsters’ Released by Texas Chemist

October 4, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on ‘Treasure in Our Dumpsters’ Released by Texas Chemist

HOUSTON, Texas, October 4, 2021 (ENS) – A process to extract valuable metals from electronic waste that uses up to 500 times less energy than current lab methods and produces [...]

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Tech Firms Block 11.6M Online Wildlife Trafficking Deals

October 4, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Tech Firms Block 11.6M Online Wildlife Trafficking Deals

WASHINGTON, DC, October 4, 2021 (ENS) – The budding Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online, with 47 member companies across the tech sector, issued its second progress report on [...]

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Afghanistan Starves, Health System on ‘Brink of Collapse’

October 3, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Afghanistan Starves, Health System on ‘Brink of Collapse’

KABUL, Afghanistan, October 3, 2021 (ENS) – Some 18 million Afghans are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, health services across the country are at risk of collapse and widespread [...]

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VERMONT: Climate Lawsuit Targets Exxon, Shell, Sunoco, CITGO

October 2, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on VERMONT: Climate Lawsuit Targets Exxon, Shell, Sunoco, CITGO

MONTPELIER, Vermont, October 2, 2021 (ENS) – Vermont Attorney General Thomas J. Donovan Jr. has filed a consumer protection lawsuit against several big fossil fuel companies for deceptive and unfair [...]

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ALASKA: Salmon Disaster Averted as Neighbor Helps Neighbor

October 2, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on ALASKA: Salmon Disaster Averted as Neighbor Helps Neighbor

BETHEL, Alaska, October 2, 2021 (ENS) – The 56 tribal communities living in Alaska on one of the world’s largest deltas is witnessing the loss of their customary salmon run [...]

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LOUISIANA: HazChem Emissions Cost Synthetic Rubber Factory

October 1, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on LOUISIANA: HazChem Emissions Cost Synthetic Rubber Factory

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, October 1, 2021 (ENS) – Sulphur, Louisiana got its name, and its French spelling, from the sulfur mines that were operated in the area in the 1900s. Until [...]

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TEXAS: Gas Companies Fined Millions for Fatal Air Pollution

October 1, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on TEXAS: Gas Companies Fined Millions for Fatal Air Pollution

MIDLAND, Texas, October 1, 2021 (ENS) – Five subsidiaries of West Texas Gas Inc. will spend up to $5 million on compliance measures in a settlement that resolves U.S. government [...]

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