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Month: August 2022

Pakistan flood victims
At Risk

Flooded Pakistan Counts 1,100 Dead, Seeks $160M Relief Cash

August 30, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Flooded Pakistan Counts 1,100 Dead, Seeks $160M Relief Cash

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, August 30, 2022 (ENS) – More than 1,100 people, including 350 children, have lost their lives since June as the worst monsoon rains in decades, severe floods and [...]

illegal mines Yanomami territory
Gov/Politics

Bolsonaro Blamed as Invaders Plunder Brazil’s Indigenous Lands

August 25, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Bolsonaro Blamed as Invaders Plunder Brazil’s Indigenous Lands

BRASILIA, Brazil, August 25, 2022 (ENS) – The Indigenous peoples of Brazil, subject to the rapid invasion of their lands by miners, loggers, hunters, fishermen, and land grabbers, are committing [...]

rare earth Greenland mine site
Land Use/Forests

Greenland to Host One of Few Rare Earth Mines Outside China

August 25, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Greenland to Host One of Few Rare Earth Mines Outside China

TORONTO, Ontario, Canada, August 23, 2022 (ENS) – A new deal between two Canadian corporations is about to make the now-unknown name of the Sarfartoq Rare Earth Element Project famous [...]

Zaporizhzya Nuclear Power Plant
Energy

After Shelling, Putin Allows IAEA Into Ukraine Nuclear Plant

August 22, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on After Shelling, Putin Allows IAEA Into Ukraine Nuclear Plant

VIENNA, Austria, August 22, 2022 (ENS) – The office of French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has “reconsidered” his original demand that International Atomic Energy [...]

Jabiru stork
At Risk

UN Petitioned to Save Pantanal Wetland Wildlife From Fires

August 21, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on UN Petitioned to Save Pantanal Wetland Wildlife From Fires

PARIS, France, August 21, 2022 (ENS) – As this year’s fire season intensifies, wildfires in Brazil are jeopardizing the world’s largest tropical wetland, the Pantanal, and its rare and imperiled [...]

electronic skin
Latest News

Chip-free Sensitive Electronic Skin Fabricated at MIT

August 19, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Chip-free Sensitive Electronic Skin Fabricated at MIT

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, August 19, 2022 (ENS) – Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, have devised a new kind of wearable sensor that communicates wirelessly without onboard chips or [...]

Biden, Manchin, Schumer, Clyburn
Air/Climate

Biden Signs Wide-Ranging Climate, Clean Energy Bill Into Law

August 18, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Biden Signs Wide-Ranging Climate, Clean Energy Bill Into Law

WASHINGTON, DC, August 18, 2022 (ENS) – As President Joe Biden signed the $739 billion Inflation Reduction Act into law at the White House on Tuesday, he showcased what motivates [...]

Palen Solar Project
Energy

Solar Power Extended to 116,000 More California Homes

August 16, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Solar Power Extended to 116,000 More California Homes

PALM SPRINGS, California, August 15, 2022 (ENS) – The Palen Solar Project, a 457-megawatt photovoltaic facility in Riverside County, California, has reached full power operation, the Department of the Interior [...]

Condado Beach Puerto Rico
AmeriScan

PUERTO RICO: Govt, Nonprofit Partners Build Protective Reef

August 13, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on PUERTO RICO: Govt, Nonprofit Partners Build Protective Reef

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, August 13, 2022 (ENS) – Through the Puerto Rico Coral Reef Program, the Puerto Rico Department of Environment & Natural Resources is working with nonprofit organization [...]

Kentucky flood
AmeriScan

KENTUCKY: Stabilizing After Disastrous Floods

August 11, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on KENTUCKY: Stabilizing After Disastrous Floods

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, August 11, 2022 (ENS) – Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, a Democrat, focused his weekly Team Kentucky update on the continuing efforts in Eastern Kentucky following historic flooding, noting [...]

plastic trash California
AmeriScan

CALIFORNIA: New Law Makes Plastics Makers Pay for Recycling

August 10, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on CALIFORNIA: New Law Makes Plastics Makers Pay for Recycling

SACRAMENTO, California, August 10, 2022 (ENS) – The California Legislature has passed the Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act, the nation’s most comprehensive policy to curb the sale, distribution and import [...]

burn pit
Latest News

Biden Signs Burn Pit Law to Protect Veterans from Toxics

August 10, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Biden Signs Burn Pit Law to Protect Veterans from Toxics

WASHINGTON, DC, August 10, 2022 (ENS) – President Joe Biden today signed the bipartisan Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics, PACT, Act. The PACT Act is the widest expansion of benefits [...]

wildfire France
At Risk

Europe Sizzles and Burns in Record Heat

August 9, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Europe Sizzles and Burns in Record Heat

GENEVA, Switzerland, August 9, 2022 (ENS) – Authorities are scrambling water-bomber planes and hundreds of exhausted firefighters are gearing up again to battle the wildfires racing through Europe this summer. [...]

Port of Shanghai
Business

Asia-Pacific Economic Outlook Down as China’s Growth Slows

August 7, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Asia-Pacific Economic Outlook Down as China’s Growth Slows

MANILA, Philippines, August 7, 2022 (ENS) – The Asian Development Bank has lowered its economic growth forecast for developing Asia and the Pacific to 4.6 percent this year, down from [...]

Ford F-150 Lightning
Latest News

Electric Car Buyers Worldwide Purchase to Protect the Planet

August 3, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Electric Car Buyers Worldwide Purchase to Protect the Planet

LONDON, UK, August 3, 2022 (ENS) – The electric vehicle market is opening quickly now around the world, making it possible to come up with a consumer portrait of the [...]

Ameriscan

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    September 2, 2023 Comments Off on TEXAS: Japanese Crane Maker Fined $40M for Clean Air Crimes
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    August 16, 2023 Comments Off on NEW MEXICO: Mewbourne Oil Spends $10M to Meet Clean Air Regs
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