COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 15, 2009 (ENS) – Often critical of government officials for their failure to protect the environment, one of the largest U.S. environmental groups had praise today […]
By Suzanne Maxx COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 15, 2009 (ENS) – The CO2 E-Race was among the many extraordinary events in Copenhagen this week intended to wake up the world […]
WASHINGTON, DC, December 14, 2009 (ENS) – The federal government will spend an additional $13 million to prevent invasive Asian carp from migrating further toward the Great Lakes. The […]
WASHINGTON, DC, December 14, 2009 (ENS) – The Obama administration is trying a new approach to federal resource planning for oceans, coasts and the Great Lakes by establishing nine […]
ALBANY, New York, December 14, 2009 (ENS) – The State of New York has agreed with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Center to purchase one of the largest […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 14, 2009 (ENS) – A tribe in the Brazilian Amazon region owns carbon trading rights in future global warming deals, finds a new legal opinion from […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 14, 2009 (ENS) – Snow and ice across the planet are melting much faster than anticipated, and the cryosphere – the Earth’s ice and snow cover […]
By Haider Rizvi COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 14, 2009 (ENS) – United Nations climate negotiations have resumed in Copenhagen after delegates from some 130 developing countries, including China, Brazil, India, […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 13, 2009 (ENS) – Tens of thousands of activists from around the world flooded the streets of Copenhagen on Saturday and again on Sunday to demand […]
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, December 11, 2009 (ENS) – The Department of the Interior will undertake an experimental initiative to improve the management of Glen Canyon Dam and the Colorado […]
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, December 11, 2009 (ENS) – Polembros Shipping Ltd., a Greek ship management company, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in New Orleans to pay a $2.7 […]
By Suzanne Maxx COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 11, 2009 (ENS) – Chanting “Our future, our future,” wearing bright orange t-shirts reading, “How Old Will You Be In 2050?” over 1,000 […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium, December 11, 2009 (ENS) – European leaders have pledged a total of 7.2 billion euros (US$10.5bn) over the next three years to help poorer nations cope with […]
WASHINGTON, DC, December 10, 2009 (ENS) – Three U.S. senators – a Democrat, a Republican, and an Independent – today released their framework for climate change and energy independence […]
WASHINGTON, DC, December 10, 2009 (ENS) – As a result of the largest environmental bankruptcy in U.S. history, $1.79 billion has been paid to fund environmental cleanup and restoration […]
WASHINGTON, DC, December 10, 2009 (ENS) – A new technical guide to help federal agencies minimize the impact of federal development projects on nearby water bodies was issued Wednesday […]
OSLO, Norway, December 10, 2009 (ENS) – President Barack Obama accepted the 2009 Nobel Prize for Peace at a ceremony today at Oslo City Hall. Delivering a Nobel lecture […]
MIRI, Sarawak, Malaysia, December 10, 2009 (ENS) – The indigenous Penan people on the island of Borneo have turned to the courts in their decades-long effort to protect their […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, December 9, 2009 (ENS) – Ice plugged an inactive pipeline, causing it to burst, officials said Tuesday in an attempt to explain how 46,000 gallons of crude […]
WASHINGTON, DC, December 9, 2009 (ENS) – The federal Minerals Management Service has approved a controversial plan by Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc. to drill up to three exploratory […]
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