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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 permanently closed, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced Monday. The facility holds more than 100 million gallons of fuel in support of U.S. military operations in the Pacific, […]
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 risk of future variants is high and could be multiplied by the spread of SARS-CoV-2 to wildlife, resulting in the formation of animal reservoirs. […]
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 have been forced from their homes since February 24 by the Russian invasion. To date, approximately 1.5 million people have fled Ukraine, with roughly as many people displaced within the country. […]
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 […]
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 animals. Delegates will consider the live trade in elephants, management of ivory stockpiles, and the closure of domestic ivory markets. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 year to draft a legally binding agreement – a treaty – that would promote sustainable production and consumption of plastics and prevent their pollution of the environment. […]
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 […]
BERLIN, Germany, March 1, 2022 (ENS) – “Today’s IPCC report is an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment of failed climate leadership,” declared UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres after reading the latest from the agency charged with compiling climate reports to advise the United Nations – the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. […]
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… […]
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