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. At its annual general meeting in Boston… […]
OSLO, Norway, October 10, 2021 (ENS) – The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize goes to Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia “for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.” […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
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 are members of the London-based International Council on Mining and Metals, ICMM […]
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 on the ocean floor, causing a major leak of crude oil, authorities said today. […]
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 those experiences with each other. […]
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 a byproduct clean enough for agricultural land has been developed at Rice University. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, October 4, 2021 (ENS) – The budding Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online, with 47 member companies across the tech sector, issued a progress report Tuesday – collectively they have blocked 11.6 million transactions for endangered wildlife online. […]
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 hunger stalks the arid land, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, IFRC, is warning… […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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