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Month: January 2022

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NEW YORK: Legal Issues Cloud Growth of Offshore Wind Power

January 17, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on NEW YORK: Legal Issues Cloud Growth of Offshore Wind Power

ALBANY, New York, January 17, 2022 (ENS) – New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced a plan to make a nation-leading $500 million investment in offshore wind as part of [...]

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Unregulated Corrosive 9/11 Dust Lands EPA in Court

January 17, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Unregulated Corrosive 9/11 Dust Lands EPA in Court

WASHINGTON, DC, January 16, 2022 (ENS) – A lawsuit seeking justice for 9/11 first responders suffering respiratory injuries has been filed against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by the non-profit, [...]

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KENTUCKY: National Energy Lab Helps Louisville Go Renewable

January 15, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on KENTUCKY: National Energy Lab Helps Louisville Go Renewable

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, January 15, 2022 (ENS) – Kentucky’s largest city, Louisville, with its 1.1 million people, is partnering with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, NREL, to achieve a clean energy [...]

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World’s Most Daunting Ocean Project: Mapping Entire Seafloor

January 15, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on World’s Most Daunting Ocean Project: Mapping Entire Seafloor

By Benjamin Seidman

TOKYO, Japan, January 15, 2022 (ENS) – Much has changed since the early days of oceanic bathymetry, the study of the seafloor, when simple soundings were taken [...]

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Undersea Volcano Erupts in Tonga, Triggering Pacific Tsunami

January 15, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Undersea Volcano Erupts in Tonga, Triggering Pacific Tsunami

HONOLULU, Hawaii, January 15, 2022 (ENS) – A tsunami advisory was issued across the Pacific for the coasts of Australia, Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington after an undersea volcano [...]

Food

Food Swaps Can Radically Change a Diet’s Carbon Footprint

January 14, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Food Swaps Can Radically Change a Diet’s Carbon Footprint

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, January 14, 2022 (ENS) – Americans who eat beef could slash their diet’s carbon footprint as much as 48 percent by swapping just one serving a day [...]

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NEBRASKA: Two Dead Two In Prison After Railcar Cleaning Fire

January 14, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on NEBRASKA: Two Dead Two In Prison After Railcar Cleaning Fire

OMAHA, Nebraska, January 14, 2022 (ENS) – In a case nearly seven years old, Steven Braithwaite, Adam Braithwaite and their company Nebraska Railcar Cleaning Services, NRCS, were sentenced today in [...]

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Sea Shepherd Targets Ocean Criminals With ‘Age of Union’ Ship

January 10, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Sea Shepherd Targets Ocean Criminals With ‘Age of Union’ Ship

MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, January 10, 2022 (ENS) – The movement to protect marine wildlife took a giant a leap forward this week as a brand new nonprofit environmental organization, the [...]

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IOWA: Sioux City Sued Over Fraudulent Wastewater Treatment

January 9, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on IOWA: Sioux City Sued Over Fraudulent Wastewater Treatment

DES MOINES, Iowa, January 9, 2022 (ENS) – The state of Iowa filed a lawsuit Friday against the city of Sioux City, alleging that it misled state officials by manipulating [...]

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Even Bleached-out Coral Reefs Can Yield Nutritious Seafood

January 9, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Even Bleached-out Coral Reefs Can Yield Nutritious Seafood

LANCASTER, UK, January 9, 2022 (ENS) – Coral reefs damaged by rising ocean temperatures appear to be more resilient than scientists have realized. An international team studying damaged reefs has [...]

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Green Values Shape Germany’s 2022 Government

January 8, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Green Values Shape Germany’s 2022 Government

BERLIN, Germany, January 8, 2022 (ENS) – In Germany’s September 2021 federal election, voters supported the Greens at historic levels, and Germany became the sixth and largest European Union Member [...]

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MASSACHUSETTS: Sticks With California Clean Trucks Regulation

January 7, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on MASSACHUSETTS: Sticks With California Clean Trucks Regulation

BOSTON, Massachusetts, January 7, 2022 (ENS) – To reduce transportation emissions and accelerate the adoption of zero-emission vehicles, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has filed emergency regulations with the [...]

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Australia Links Increasing Megafires to Climate Change

January 6, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Australia Links Increasing Megafires to Climate Change

CANBERRA, Australia, January 6, 2022 (ENS) – Climate change has driven a measurable increase in Australia’s forest fire activity over the last 30 years, finds new research conducted by Australia’s [...]

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Philippines Super Typhoon Triggers Mounting Health Crisis

January 6, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Philippines Super Typhoon Triggers Mounting Health Crisis

MANILA, Philippines, January 6, 2022 (ENS) – A health crisis is gathering strength in the eastern Philippines after Super Typhoon Rai, locally called Odette, destroyed hospitals and affected more than [...]

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World’s Largest Free Trade Agreement Takes Effect

January 5, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on World’s Largest Free Trade Agreement Takes Effect

CANBERRA, Australia, January 4, 2022 (ENS) – The world’s largest free trade agreement, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, RCEP, entered into force on Saturday, January 1, giving 15 countries [...]

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Norway Builds World’s First Emissions-free Container Ship

January 5, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Norway Builds World’s First Emissions-free Container Ship

OSLO, Norway, January 5, 2022 (ENS) – Norway’s new Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has taken a guided tour of the world’s first electric, self-propelled container ship, the Yara Birkeland, [...]

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TEXAS: Hottest December On Record In 130+ Years

January 5, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on TEXAS: Hottest December On Record In 130+ Years

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, January 5, 2022 (ENS) – Last month Texas experienced its warmest December on record since 1889, says John Nielsen-Gammon, a regents professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas [...]

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LOUISIANA: Oil Co. Fined for Longest-Running U.S. Oil Spill

January 3, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on LOUISIANA: Oil Co. Fined for Longest-Running U.S. Oil Spill

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, January 3, 2022 (ENS) – A Louisiana oil and gas company, has agreed to turn over all its remaining assets to the United States to resolve its [...]

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