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South Africa Inflates Value of Trophy Hunts to Conservation

March 29, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on South Africa Inflates Value of Trophy Hunts to Conservation

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, March 29, 2022 (ENS) – The High Court of the Western Cape Friday ruled against South Africa’s Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment on its 2022 [...]

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Coal Waste Reimagined as ‘Ecofriendly’

March 29, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Coal Waste Reimagined as ‘Ecofriendly’

WASHINGTON, DC, March 29, 2022 (ENS) – Turning coal waste from power plants into fire-resistant, strong, lightweight building materials is a project the U.S. Department of Energy is supporting, investing [...]

Food

Hunger Stalks the World as Russia Bombs Europe’s Breadbasket

March 13, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Hunger Stalks the World as Russia Bombs Europe’s Breadbasket

ROME, Italy, March 13, 2022 (ENS) – While global attention is on Russia’s attack on Ukraine and its horrific humanitarian consequences there, a hidden hunger emergency is overwhelming South Sudan [...]

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TEXAS: Oil Exec Charged in Oilfield Deaths, Clean Air Crimes

March 13, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on TEXAS: Oil Exec Charged in Oilfield Deaths, Clean Air Crimes

MIDLAND, Texas, March 13, 2022 (ENS) – A federal grand jury in Midland has returned an indictment charging the oilfield company Aghorn Operating Inc. and an executive of the company [...]

Gov/Politics

Congress OKs Climate, Energy, Water Spending in $1.5T Bill

March 12, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Congress OKs Climate, Energy, Water Spending in $1.5T Bill

WASHINGTON, DC, March 12, 2022 (ENS) – In a bipartisan vote of 68-31, the U.S. Senate has passed an appropriations bill that will fund government climate, energy, water and wildfire [...]

Business

350 Companies Shut Russia Out of Energy, Food, Finance, Tech

March 11, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on 350 Companies Shut Russia Out of Energy, Food, Finance, Tech

WASHINGTON, DC, March 11, 2022 (ENS) – At least 350 companies have announced their withdrawal from Russia as a consequence of its invasion of Ukraine, including BP, ExxonMobil and Shell [...]

At Risk

Communication Lost With Russian-Held Chernobyl Nuclear Site

March 11, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Communication Lost With Russian-Held Chernobyl Nuclear Site

VIENNA, Austria, March 11, 2022 (ENS) – Ukraine’s nuclear regulator lost all communications with the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the disaster site where radioactive spent fuel is stored, on Monday, [...]

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TEXAS: Chevron Phillips Chemical Agrees to Cut Gas Flaring

March 11, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on TEXAS: Chevron Phillips Chemical Agrees to Cut Gas Flaring

HOUSTON, Texas, March 11, 2022 (ENS) – Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP has agreed to a legal settlement with the federal government that will eliminate thousands of tons of air [...]

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MICHIGAN: Tribes, State Collaborate to Safeguard Wild Rice

March 11, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on MICHIGAN: Tribes, State Collaborate to Safeguard Wild Rice

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 11, 2022 (ENS) – A $100,000 grant to help protect wild rice, one of Michigan’s most culturally and ecologically important native plants, has been awarded to [...]

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CALIFORNIA: EPA Decision Restores State’s Clean Car Authority

March 10, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on CALIFORNIA: EPA Decision Restores State’s Clean Car Authority

WASHINGTON, DC, March 10, 2022 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reinstated California’s authority under the Clean Air Act to implement its own greenhouse gas emission standards for [...]

Energy

U.S. to Defuel and Close Leaking Pearl Harbor Fuel Facility

March 8, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. to Defuel and Close Leaking Pearl Harbor Fuel Facility

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 8, 2022 (ENS) – The underground Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in the hills above the Pearl Harbor Naval Station on Oahu will be de-fueled and [...]

Health

Animals Can Form Viral Reservoirs Where Covid Variants Breed

March 7, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Animals Can Form Viral Reservoirs Where Covid Variants Breed

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 7, 2022 (ENS) – SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is still spreading among people globally as we enter the third year of the coronavirus pandemic. The [...]

At Risk

Russia-Ukraine War Creates a Million Refugees, EU Admits Them

March 6, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Russia-Ukraine War Creates a Million Refugees, EU Admits Them

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 6, 2022 (ENS) – On a press call to Geneva from Ukraine, Poland and Moldova on Friday, United Nations officials confirmed the vast numbers of Ukrainians who [...]

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Russians Break Safety Rules at Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant

March 6, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Russians Break Safety Rules at Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant

VIENNA, Austria, March 6, 2022 (ENS) – Ukraine informed the International Atomic Energy Agency today that although regular staff continues to operate the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, the plant management [...]

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Campaigners, Nations Encourage Japan to Close Ivory Market

March 6, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Campaigners, Nations Encourage Japan to Close Ivory Market

LYON, France, March 6, 2022 (ENS) – Africa’s elephants top a packed agenda for the CITES Standing Committee meeting opening Monday that covers protection for 30+ species of plants and [...]

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MARYLAND: First State to Join DoE’s Better Climate Challenge

March 5, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on MARYLAND: First State to Join DoE’s Better Climate Challenge

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, March 5, 2022 (ENS) – Ben Grumbles, Secretary of the Maryland Department of the Environment, attended the kickoff meeting of the Better Climate Challenge last Monday. He was [...]

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NORTH DAKOTA: Hosts CO2 Capture, Storage from Midwest Ethanol Plants

March 5, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on NORTH DAKOTA: Hosts CO2 Capture, Storage from Midwest Ethanol Plants

CASSELTON, North Dakota, March 4, 2022 (ENS) – North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, a Republican, is convinced that carbon capture and storage is important to U.S. energy security. He supports [...]

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INDIANA: Utility Must Remove Coal Ash From Town of Pines

March 4, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on INDIANA: Utility Must Remove Coal Ash From Town of Pines

MICHIGAN CITY, Indiana, March 4, 2022 (ENS) – To resolve federal and state Superfund liability, Northern Indiana Public Service Company, NIPSCO, has agreed clean up soil contamination at individual residences [...]

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Governments Agree to Draft Global Plastic Pollution Treaty

March 3, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Governments Agree to Draft Global Plastic Pollution Treaty

NAIROBI, Kenya, March 3, 2022 (ENS) – To tackle plastic pollution accumulating across the globe, governments at the UN Environment Assembly here Tuesday approved the start of talks later this [...]

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MICHIGAN: Flint Water Civil Lawsuit Opens in Federal Court

March 2, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on MICHIGAN: Flint Water Civil Lawsuit Opens in Federal Court

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 2, 2022 (ENS) – A federal civil trial related to the Flint drinking water crisis got underway in Ann Arbor on Monday, February 28. Four children [...]

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