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Month: November 2021

Health

Ultrashort-pulse Laser Makes Short Work of Superbugs

November 29, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Ultrashort-pulse Laser Makes Short Work of Superbugs

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, November 29, 2021 (ENS) – Lasers that emit ultrashort pulses of light can kill multidrug-resistant bacteria such as MRSA and E. coli, researchers at Washington University School [...]

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Vietnam Cracks Down on Wildlife Trafficking But Crimes Persist

November 28, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Vietnam Cracks Down on Wildlife Trafficking But Crimes Persist

LONDON, UK, November 28, 2021 (ENS) – Vietnam needs international help to disrupt the operations of Vietnamese-led wildlife crime syndicates active in Africa and Asia. Despite government efforts to turn [...]

Land Use/Forests

Illegal Logging Robs Mexico of Its Forests

November 26, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Illegal Logging Robs Mexico of Its Forests

MEXICO CITY, Mexico, November 26, 2021 (ENS) – Forests in about 15 percent of Mexico’s territory are disappearing due to illegal logging carried out by criminal groups, according to Mexico’s [...]

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CALIFORNIA: Famous Traveling Wolf Hit By Vehicle, Dies

November 26, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on CALIFORNIA: Famous Traveling Wolf Hit By Vehicle, Dies

SACRAMENTO, California, November 26, 2021 (ENS) – A wolf that made national headlines by becoming the first reported wolf on California’s central coast in up to 300 years has died [...]

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Burning Toxic Firefighting Foam Hazardous to Human Health

November 22, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Burning Toxic Firefighting Foam Hazardous to Human Health

WASHINGTON, DC, November 22, 2021 (ENS) – Just a month after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a new plan to cope with the wide spread of PFAS, a group [...]

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PENNSYLVANIA: Drilling Wastewater Toxics Spread on Dirt Roads

November 19, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on PENNSYLVANIA: Drilling Wastewater Toxics Spread on Dirt Roads

FARMINGTON TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania, November 19, 2021 (ENS) – In 2017-18, Farmington Township, a community of about 2,000 in northwestern Pennsylvania became what resident Siri Lawson calls “ground zero” in the [...]

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Trudeau Activates Troops as Floods, Slides Isolate Vancouver

November 19, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Trudeau Activates Troops as Floods, Slides Isolate Vancouver

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, November 19, 2021 (ENS) – Vancouver, Canada’s third-largest city, as well as smaller cities across southern British Columbia are blocked off from the rest of the [...]

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WEST VIRGINIA: Clean Water Settlement Protects Potomac River

November 18, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on WEST VIRGINIA: Clean Water Settlement Protects Potomac River

MARTINSBURG, West Virginia, November 17, 2021 (ENS) –  The largest sewage district in the state, located in West Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley must make improvements to its sewer and stormwater systems [...]

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MAINE: Truck Dealer Caught Installing Illegal ‘Defeat Devices’

November 15, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on MAINE: Truck Dealer Caught Installing Illegal ‘Defeat Devices’

WINDHAM, Maine, November 15, 2021 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with APlus Truck Sales, Inc. of Windham, resolving EPA allegations that from 2017 to [...]

Gov/Politics

Youth Urgency Influenced COP26 Climate Negotiations

November 15, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Youth Urgency Influenced COP26 Climate Negotiations

By Benjamin Seidman

GLASGOW, Scotland, November 15, 2021 (ENS) – Young people have long fought at the forefront of social justice movements and environmental justice is no exception. Youth roles [...]

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WASHINGTON: Bayer Fined $62M in School PCB Exposure Case

November 14, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on WASHINGTON: Bayer Fined $62M in School PCB Exposure Case

MONROE, Washington, November 14, 2021 (ENS) – A jury in King County Superior Court this week awarded $62 million in damages to eight people in King and Snohomish counties harmed [...]

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OREGON: Enviros, Timber, Fishing Groups Protect Private Forests

November 14, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on OREGON: Enviros, Timber, Fishing Groups Protect Private Forests

SALEM, Oregon, November 14, 2021 (ENS) – “This is truly an exciting time to be a part of the Oregon forest sector,” said David Bechtold, representative of a coalition of [...]

Air/Climate

COP26 Glasgow ‘Compromise’ Climate Pact Disappoints

November 13, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on COP26 Glasgow ‘Compromise’ Climate Pact Disappoints

GLASGOW, Scotland, November 13, 2021 (ENS) – The UN climate conference COP26 has wrapped with a deal among the 196 Parties to forestall catastrophic climate change, that hinged on a [...]

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COP26 Transport Day Pledges Cover Road, Rail, Air, and Sea

November 12, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on COP26 Transport Day Pledges Cover Road, Rail, Air, and Sea

GLASGOW, Scotland, November 11, 2021 (ENS) – Transport Day at COP26 on Wednesday was studded with announcements of new initiatives and new funding for the decarbonization of road, rail, air [...]

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ILLINOIS: Diesel Truck and Engine Maker Fined $52 Million

November 12, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on ILLINOIS: Diesel Truck and Engine Maker Fined $52 Million

LISLE, Illinois, November 11, 2021 (ENS) – Navistar International Corporation, which manufactures trucks and diesel engines in Lisle, has agreed to pay a $52 million civil penalty and mitigate at [...]

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Back-to-back Hurricanes Forecast to Double on U.S. Gulf Coast

November 11, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Back-to-back Hurricanes Forecast to Double on U.S. Gulf Coast

WASHINGTON, DC, November 11, 2021 (ENS) – The interval between tropical storms making landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast has been getting shorter over the past 40 years. By the [...]

Air/Climate

COP26: US, China Ignore Tensions, Pledge Climate Cooperation

November 10, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on COP26: US, China Ignore Tensions, Pledge Climate Cooperation

GLASGOW, Scotland, November 10, 2021 (ENS) – Recognizing the “seriousness and urgency of the climate crisis” the world’s two biggest carbon emitters, the United States and China, today issued a [...]

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COP26: Climate Activists March Against Net-Zero ‘Greenwash’

November 7, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on COP26: Climate Activists March Against Net-Zero ‘Greenwash’

GLASGOW, Scotland, November 7, 2021 (ENS) – Thousands marched peacefully in the streets of Glasgow Saturday demanding more funding and action as week one of the UN climate summit here [...]

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HAWAII: Courts Rule Maui Wastewater Injection Wells Need Permit

November 6, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on HAWAII: Courts Rule Maui Wastewater Injection Wells Need Permit

HONOLULU, Hawaii, November 6, 2021 (ENS) – The County of Maui has lost another court ruling in its campaign to avoid getting a Clean Water Act permit for injection wells [...]

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Ecuador Enlarges Galapagos Marine Reserve, Darwin’s Dream

November 6, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Ecuador Enlarges Galapagos Marine Reserve, Darwin’s Dream

GLASGOW, Scotland, November 5, 2021 (ENS) – Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso has just expanded the marine reserve around the Galapagos Islands by 45 percent and created a protected swimway from [...]

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