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New Enzyme Can Gobble Plastic Waste by the Billions of Tons

April 28, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on New Enzyme Can Gobble Plastic Waste by the Billions of Tons

AUSTIN, Texas, April 28, 2022 (ENS) – An enzyme variant created by engineers and scientists at the University of Texas at Austin can break down environment-strangling plastics that typically take [...]

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Lions, Tigers, Bears, Apes Rescued from Ecopark Under Fire

April 27, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Lions, Tigers, Bears, Apes Rescued from Ecopark Under Fire

KHARKIV, Ukraine, April 27, 2022 (ENS) – The evacuation of the Oleksandr Feldman Ecopark in the bombed city of Kharkiv is still going on – the animals are being removed [...]

Food

Humans Shown to Have ‘Surprising’ Nutritional Wisdom

April 26, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Humans Shown to Have ‘Surprising’ Nutritional Wisdom

BRISTOL, UK, April 26, 2022 (ENS) – Pioneering research by a British-led team has shed new light on what drives people’s basic food preferences. It shows that our choices may [...]

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MARYLAND: State Seeks $100M Compensation for Ship Grounding

April 26, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on MARYLAND: State Seeks $100M Compensation for Ship Grounding

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, April 26, 2022 (ENS) – The State of Maryland has requested that the Evergreen Shipping Agency pay $100 million as a “Responsibility Fund” against the damages to the [...]

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XPRIZE Awards 15 Winners $1M Each for CO2 Removal Know-How

April 22, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on XPRIZE Awards 15 Winners $1M Each for CO2 Removal Know-How

LOS ANGELES, California, April 22, 2022 (ENS) – In celebration of Earth Day, 15 teams have been designated as million-dollar Milestone winners in the $100 Million XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition. [...]

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OREGON: Extremist Pleads Guilty to Arson Conspiracies

April 22, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on OREGON: Extremist Pleads Guilty to Arson Conspiracies

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 22, 2022 (ENS) – A Pacific Northwest environmental extremist, arsonist and former fugitive pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court for his role in two arson conspiracies targeting [...]

Health

150 Clean Cookstoves Change Lives In Guatemala

April 22, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on 150 Clean Cookstoves Change Lives In Guatemala

By Benjamin Seidman

SANTA CRUZ DEL QUICHE, Guatemala, April 21, 2022 (ENS) – “Before, it wasted a lot of firewood and it’s very expensive. We don’t have jobs to get [...]

Land Use/Forests

Coal Mine Expansion Authorized in India’s Tribal Forest

April 21, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Coal Mine Expansion Authorized in India’s Tribal Forest

JAIPUR, Rajasthan, India, April 21, 2022 (ENS) – State governments in India have approved two giant new coal projects on the land of the Adivasi Indigenous people, defying a determined [...]

At Risk

Africa Starves Under The Blazing Sun

April 21, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Africa Starves Under The Blazing Sun

DUBLIN, Ireland, April 21, 2022 (ENS) – Trucking water into communities who are somehow surviving the drought gripping the East African country of Somalia, has got Ireland’s largest aid organization [...]

Business

Green Means Planet-Healing Investment to EarthDay.org

April 20, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Green Means Planet-Healing Investment to EarthDay.org

WASHINGTON, DC, April 20, 2022 (ENS) – “This is the moment to change it all – the business climate, the political climate, and how we take action on climate. Now [...]

Energy

Solar, Wind, and Hydro Power in New York City’s Future

April 19, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Solar, Wind, and Hydro Power in New York City’s Future

ALBANY, New York, April 19, 2022 (ENS) – To deliver clean, renewable solar, wind and hydroelectric power from upstate New York and Canada south to fossil-fuel powered New York City, [...]

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RHODE ISLAND: 1,000 Free Trees Help Save Energy and Water 

April 19, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on RHODE ISLAND: 1,000 Free Trees Help Save Energy and Water 

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 19, 2022 (ENS) – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, DEM, is distributing 1,000 free, four-to-six foot trees at sites around the state in late [...]

Air/Climate

Humanity Can Halve Climate Emissions by 2030: UN Panel

April 17, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Humanity Can Halve Climate Emissions by 2030: UN Panel

GENEVA, Switzerland, April 17, 2022 (ENS) – In a rare encouraging climate report, the UN’s scientific Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, has recognized “increasing evidence of climate action” and [...]

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LOUISIANA: Man Gets Three Years In Prison for Dog Fighting

April 15, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on LOUISIANA: Man Gets Three Years In Prison for Dog Fighting

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 15, 2022 (ENS) – A Louisiana man was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison, three years of supervised release and a $1,000 fine for possession [...]

Health

Bird Flu Infects Chickens, Turkeys Worldwide, Millions Killed

April 1, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Bird Flu Infects Chickens, Turkeys Worldwide, Millions Killed

WASHINGTON, DC, April 1, 2022 (ENS) – Highly infectious outbreaks of bird flu in 23 states since January have led to the killing of more than 17 million chickens and [...]

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  • PUERTO RICO: Govt, Nonprofit Partners Build Protective Reef
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  • KENTUCKY: Stabilizing After Disastrous Floods
    August 11, 2022 Comments Off on KENTUCKY: Stabilizing After Disastrous Floods
  • CALIFORNIA: New Law Makes Plastics Makers Pay for Recycling
    August 10, 2022 Comments Off on CALIFORNIA: New Law Makes Plastics Makers Pay for Recycling
  • MONTANA: New Wildlife Refuge Conserves Elk, Bear Lynx Habitat
    July 13, 2022 Comments Off on MONTANA: New Wildlife Refuge Conserves Elk, Bear Lynx Habitat

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