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The Colors of Hydrogen
BRUSSELS, Belgium, September 20, 2021 (ENS) – Green hydrogen is today’s hottest new fuel source for electric vehicles, industrial processes and urban energy supplies. Businesses nd governments are picking up [...]
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Land Use/Forests
Indigenous Penan Block Logging on Their Ancestral Lands
LONG AJENG, Sarawak, Malaysia, September 16, 2021 (ENS) – In Malaysian Borneo, a dozen indigenous Penan communities of Sarawak’s Upper Baram region have acted in concert to stop the bulldozers [...]
Gov/Politics
US-Australia Fortify Climate, Environmental, Human Rights Alliance
WASHINGTON, DC, September 16, 2021 (ENS) – Climate, clean energy, and the environment were front and center today in US-Australia ministerial consultations, setting policy on the 70th anniversary of a [...]
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General Motors Recalls All Chevy Bolt EVs Over Battery Fires
DETROIT, Michigan, September 15, 2021 (ENS) – In a setback for electric cars, General Motors has now had to recall every one of the approximately142,000 battery-electric Chevrolet Bolts it has [...]
Land Use/Forests
RCMP Arrest 900+ in Conflict Over Old-Growth Forest Logging
PORT RENFREW, British Columbia, Canada, September 14, 2021 (ENS) – The battle over protest blockades raised on southwestern Vancouver Island to prevent logging of some of Canada’s largest old-growth trees [...]
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Asian Development Bank Issues Blue Bonds for Asia-Pacific Oceans
MANILA, Philippines, September 13, 2021 (ENS) – To finance ocean protection projects in Asia and the Pacific, the Asian Development Bank has issued its first dual-tranche blue bonds denominated in [...]
AmeriScan
MASSACHUSETTS: Cracks Down on Idling Diesel School Buses
BOSTON, Massachusetts, September 13, 2021 (ENS) – Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has reached a settlement with a New Bedford-based school bus company over allegations that its drivers excessively idled [...]
Air/Climate
AmeriScan
MARYLAND: Five Zebras Escape From Breeder’s Farm, Run Free
UPPER MARLBORO, Maryland, September 10, 2021 (ENS) – For more than a week, five zebras have been been wandering freely through the roads and residential neighborhoods of Prince George’s County, [...]
Business
Europe Funds Pandemic Recovery With Green Bonds
BRUSSELS, Belgium, September 9, 2021 (ENS) – The European Commission has adopted an independently evaluated Green Bond framework, taking a step towards the issuance of up to €250 billion green [...]
Land Use/Forests
IUCN to Coordinate Sustainability of Nature-based Solutions
MARSEILLE, France, September 9, 2021 (ENS) – The IUCN World Conservation Congress amplified its environmental decision-making on Wednesday by introducing a plan to develop a collaborative certification system for Nature-based [...]
AmeriScan
WASHINGTON: Columbia River Toxic Site Proposed for Superfund
OLYMPIA, Washington, September 8, 2021 (ENS) – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it wants to add Bradford Island at Bonneville Dam to the National Priorities List, known as [...]
AmeriScan
Health
COVID-19 Infected More Americans in 2020 than Official Tallies Show
By Dr. Francis Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health, United States
BETHESDA, Maryland, September 7, 2021 (ENS) – At the end of last year, you may recall hearing news reports [...]
At Risk
Hurricane Ida Survivors Get Help for Power, Home Restoration
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, September 3, 2021 (ENS) – At least 66 people across nine U.S. states have died due to Ida in her various phases from Category 4 hurricane when [...]
Health
WHO Pandemic, Epidemic Intelligence Hub Opens in Germany
BERLIN, Germany, September 2, 2021 (ENS) – The tools to forecast, detect and assess epidemic and pandemic risks are on offer from a new central intelligence collection and sharing hub [...]
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Judge Terminates Trump-era ‘Dirty Water Rule’
WASHINGTON, DC, August 31, 2021 (ENS) – A federal judge in Arizona Monday overturned the Trump-era Navigable Waters Protection Rule, more commonly known as the Dirty Water Rule, in a [...]
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U.S. Clean Air Enforcers Win Defeat Device Convictions
WASHINGTON, DC, August 31, 2021 (ENS) – Electric vehicles are on their way to widespread acceptance, but as of June 2021, cumulative sales in the United States totaled just 1.98 [...]
At Risk
Ida Still Dangerous with Heavy Rains, Storm Surge, Power Outages
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, August 30, 2021 (ENS) – Precisely 16 years after devastating Hurricane Katrina made landfall, another major hurricane hit southern Louisiana around noon on Sunday. Hurricane Ida came [...]
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Brazil’s Irreplaceable Wetlands and Rivers Drying Up
SAO PAULO, Brazil, August 27, 2021 (ENS) – Brazil has lost 15 percent of its surface water in the past 30 years, finds a comprehensive analysis published on the new [...]