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Month: February 2022

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Plastics Pact, Wildfires Top UN Environment Assembly Agenda

February 28, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Plastics Pact, Wildfires Top UN Environment Assembly Agenda

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, [...]

Air/Climate

Madagascar Trapped in Cycles of Cyclones and Droughts

February 28, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Madagascar Trapped in Cycles of Cyclones and Droughts

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 [...]

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Answering the Imperiled Ocean’s Silent Cries for Help

February 27, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Answering the Imperiled Ocean’s Silent Cries for Help

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 [...]

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FLORIDA: Indian River Lagoon Gets Stormwater Treatment Help

February 26, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on FLORIDA: Indian River Lagoon Gets Stormwater Treatment Help

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 [...]

Land Use/Forests

Australia Fortifies Antarctic Territory Sovereignty, Science

February 26, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Australia Fortifies Antarctic Territory Sovereignty, Science

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 [...]

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Mapping the Universe: Scientists Reveal 4.4 Million Galaxies

February 25, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Mapping the Universe: Scientists Reveal 4.4 Million Galaxies

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 the [...]

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KENTUCKY: Bird Flu Found in Wild Birds and on Poultry Farms

February 24, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on KENTUCKY: Bird Flu Found in Wild Birds and on Poultry Farms

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 [...]

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GEORGIA: Reptile Dealer Caught Transporting Deadly Vipers

February 24, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on GEORGIA: Reptile Dealer Caught Transporting Deadly Vipers

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 [...]

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MARYLAND: Ratepayers Subsidize Polluting Energy at Top Prices

February 23, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on MARYLAND: Ratepayers Subsidize Polluting Energy at Top Prices

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 [...]

Air/Climate

WMO: Climate Disasters to Increase Until at Least the 2060s

February 20, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on WMO: Climate Disasters to Increase Until at Least the 2060s

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 [...]

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Exploring Whale Superhighways With a Global Team of Scientists

February 20, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Exploring Whale Superhighways With a Global Team of Scientists

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 [...]

Energy

World’s First: Ships Will Charge Up at Offshore Wind Farms

February 20, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on World’s First: Ships Will Charge Up at Offshore Wind Farms

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. The new [...]

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INDIANA: Steelmaker Emits Ammonia, Cyanide; Fined $3 Million

February 19, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on INDIANA: Steelmaker Emits Ammonia, Cyanide; Fined $3 Million

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 [...]

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HAWAII: $350M to Defuel, Rectify Navy’s Leaky WWII Fuel Storage

February 19, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on HAWAII: $350M to Defuel, Rectify Navy’s Leaky WWII Fuel Storage

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. [...]

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U.S. Pressures Mexico to Curb Illegal Fishing of Gulf Waters

February 18, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Pressures Mexico to Curb Illegal Fishing of Gulf Waters

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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 [...]

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Bypassed for Decades, Great Lakes Get Billion Dollar Cleanup

February 18, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Bypassed for Decades, Great Lakes Get Billion Dollar Cleanup

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 [...]

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CALIFORNIA: State Sues Metal Foundry Over Hexavalent Chromium

February 15, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on CALIFORNIA: State Sues Metal Foundry Over Hexavalent Chromium

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 [...]

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PENNSYLVANIA: Coastal Zone Grants Fund Lake Erie Protections

February 15, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on PENNSYLVANIA: Coastal Zone Grants Fund Lake Erie Protections

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, [...]

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CALIFORNIA: $25 Million Funds Clean Transport Equity Grants

February 13, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on CALIFORNIA: $25 Million Funds Clean Transport Equity Grants

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 [...]

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UK Local Governments Demand Plutonium Safety Upgrades

February 12, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on UK Local Governments Demand Plutonium Safety Upgrades

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 [...]

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