NAIROBI, Kenya, February 28, 2022 (ENS) – The world’s foremost environmental decision-making body, the United Nations Environment Assembly, opens its annual meeting today in Nairobi. For the next three days, […]
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, February 27, 2022 (ENS) – Cyclone Batsirai smashed into the east coast of Madagascar on February 5, destroying many buildings and disrupting power and communication services to the […]
BREST, France, February 25, 2022 (ENS) – “Immense, restless and wild,” the ocean is beset by dangers, but solutions do exist and Europe is ready to lead the way to healthier seas, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told attendees at the high-level segment of the One Ocean Summit in Brest on February 11. […]
ORLANDO, Florida, February 26, 2022 (ENS) – “There is an ecological crisis in Indian River Lagoon. Large quantities of water with high levels of nutrient pollution from Lake Okeechobee and […]
CANBERRA, Australia, February 26, 2022 (ENS) – To strengthen Australia’s strategic and scientific capabilities in Antarctica, the Liberal government of Prime Minister Scott Morrison is making an A$804.4 million investment over the next 10 years. […]
DURHAM, UK, February 25, 2022 (ENS) – Astronomers from Durham University collaborating with a team of international scientists have mapped more than a quarter of the northern sky using a pan-European radio telescope. The map reveals a detailed radio image of more than 4.4 million galaxies… […]
FRANKFORT, Kentucky, February 24, 2022 (ENS) – Federal officials this week notified the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources that highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has […]
VALDOSTA, Georgia, February 24, 2022 (ENS) – A Georgia man was sentenced to nearly three years in prison Wednesday for illegally transporting and falsely labeling dangerous venomous African snakes and […]
WASHINGTON, DC, February 23, 2022 (ENS) – Maryland’s clean energy program has major components that are both environmentally counterproductive and excessively costly to ratepayers, finds a report released this week […]
GENEVA, Switzerland, February 20, 2022 (ENS) – The impacts of climate change are already “very visible” and “happening worldwide,” the head of the UN weather agency told the opening session of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, which convened on Monday in a virtual meeting that will last through February 25. […]
GLAND, Switzerland, February 20, 2022 (ENS) – An in-depth new map and report that tracks whale migrations around the globe, highlights where the whales go in the high seas and the cumulative impacts they face has been issued by the World Wildlife Fund, WWF, to mark this year’s World Whale Day, February 20. […]
LYNGBY, Denmark, February 20, 2022 (ENS) – To support decarbonization of the maritime industry by eliminating idle emissions, Maersk Supply Service is launching its offshore vessel-charging venture, Stillstrom. […]
SOUTH BEND, Indiana, February 16, 2022 (ENS) – The largest flat-rolled steel producer in North America, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., has agreed to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and […]
HONOLULU, Hawaii, February 19, 2022 (ENS) – President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill to avert a federal shutdown that funds the government, but only through March 11. […]
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas, February 18, 2022 (ENS) – “They’ll come into U.S. waters, they’ll fish, they’ll grab as much snapper as they can and they’ll go head back south before we can detect ’em. The average catch they’ll have on board is 1,000 to 3,000 pounds of snapper,” commanding officer of Coast Guard Station South Padre Island, Lieutenant Commander Dan Ippolito told reporters last year. […]
LORAIN, Ohio, February 18, 2022 (ENS) – In Lorain, once famed for its shipyards, where the Black River flows into Lake Erie, President Joe Biden Thursday announced that his administration is making “the most significant restoration of the Great Lakes in the history of the Great Lakes.” […]
OAKLAND, California, February 15, 2022 (ENS) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a lawsuit against McWane Inc., operating as AB&I, alleging that the company has illegally emitted cancer-causing […]
MEADVILLE, Pennsylvania, February 15, 2022 (ENS) – Six projects in Pennsylvania have received Coastal Zone Grants totaling more than $250,000. Aimed at protecting and restoring the Lake Erie Coastal Zone, […]
SACRAMENTO, California, February 13, 2022 (ENS) – The California Air Resources Board has awarded three grants totaling $25 million to provide innovative clean transportation solutions for disadvantaged and low-income communities […]
MANCHESTER, UK, February 12, 2022 (ENS) – At least 50 local governing councils across England, Scotland, and Wales are worried about radioactive contamination in their communities, as about half of the UK’s current nuclear generating capacity is due for decommissioning by 2025. […]
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