WARSAW, Poland, November 19, 2013 (ENS) – “The coal industry can and must radically transform and diversify to avoid the worst impacts of climate change,” the United Nations’ top climate official told the CEOs of major coal companies Monday in Warsaw. […]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, November 18, 2013 (ENS) – Environmentalists and First Nations leaders joined Canadians from all walks of life in rallies against proposed oil pipelines across Canada on Saturday. The protests were part of a national day of action to “Defend Our Climate.” […]
Eight Killed By Midwestern Tornados … Tennessee Valley Authority Retires Coal-Fired Power Units … Utah’s San Rafael Swell Oil Lease Sale Deferred … Climate Change Harming Moose, Deer, Elk, Bears … Kauai Mayor’s Veto of Pesticide Restrictions Outvoted […]
WASHINGTON, DC, November 18, 2013 (ENS) – Just extending the emissions and fuel-quality standards already in force in the world’s largest vehicle markets could avert more than 210,000 early deaths in 2030, finds a new report by the nonprofit International Council on Clean Transportation. […]
GLAND, Switzerland, November 15, 2013 (ENS) – The world’s most irreplaceable site for threatened species is Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Natural National Park, a fact that has emerged from new research identifying the protected areas most critical to preventing extinctions. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, November 15, 2013 (ENS) – The average American produces 4.4 pounds of trash a day, and as a whole the United States produces more than 250 million tons of trash a year. Yet more of that trash is recycled each year. The national recycling rate is now 34.7 percent, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. […]
Navy Sonar Regulated to Protect Whales, Dolphins … EPA Corrects Pesticides Policy Re: Endangered Species … Elementis Chromium Hit With $2.57 Million Fine … California Approves First Forestry Carbon Offsets … Scientists Create First Real-Time Wildfire Forecasts … Charge Ahead California Wants a Million EVs […]
DENVER, Colorado, November 14, 2013 (ENS) – The United States today destroyed its six-ton stock of confiscated elephant ivory, sending a message that the nation will not tolerate wildlife crime that threatens to wipe out the African elephant and other species around the world. […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium, November 14, 2013 (ENS) – Nearly nine out of 10 Europeans believe that biodiversity loss – the decline and possible extinction of animals and plants, natural habitats and ecosystems in Europe – is a problem, finds a new public opinion survey. […]
MANILA, Philippines, November 14, 2013 (ENS) – Amidst the deaths and devastation wrought by Super Typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan that lashed the Philippines last weekend, the island nation has caught a much-needed break. The rice crop was spared because the storm struck in between planting seasons, say officials with the International Rice Research Institute. […]
Obama Partners With Tribal Nations on Climate … Climate Scientists Urge Halt to California Fracking … Biofuel From Beetle-Killed Trees … Rains Fail to Fill West Texas Reservoirs …, Controlling Lake Erie’s Toxic Algal Blooms … Shreveport’s $342 Million Sewer Upgrade […]
LOS ANGELES, California, November 13, 2013 (ENS) – This year’s Design Challenge at the Los Angeles Auto Show calls on automotive designers to use natural forms and functions as inspiration for their concept cars. […]
WARSAW, Poland, November 12, 2013 (ENS) – Seasoned climate negotiators from around the world were moved to tears as Naderev “Yeb” Saño, head of the Philippines delegation, made an emotional statement to the UN Climate Change Conference on the disaster in his country caused by Typhoon Haiyan on the weekend. […]
MANILA, Philippines, November 12, 2013 (ENS) – Another typhoon has struck the Philippines less than two days after Super Typhoon Yolanda, elsewhere called Haiyan, left the island nation with an estimated 10,000 people dead and nearly 10 million others affected. […]
WARSAW, Poland, November 11, 2013 (ENS) – The annual United Nations Climate Change Conference opened today with calls for governments to harness the groundswell of action on climate change across all levels of government, business and society and make real progress here towards a successful global climate change agreement in 2015. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, November 10, 2013 (ENS) – A multi-million dollar grant supporting Russia’s Conservation of Big Cats project is the first to be awarded by the funding agency Global Environment Facility directly to a nongovernmental organization. […]
MANILA, Philippines, November 10, 2013 (ENS) – Super Typhoon Yolanda, known outside the Philippines as Haiyan, battered parts of the Philippine archipelago on Friday, making landfall six times before blowing westward on Saturday over the South China Sea towards northern Vietnam and southern China. […]
GENEVA, Switzerland, November 8, 2013 (ENS) – The concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new record high in 2012, “continuing an upward and accelerating trend which is driving climate change and will shape the future of our planet for hundreds and thousands of years,” the World Meteorological Organization is warning. […]
MANILA, Philippines, November 9, 2013 (ENS) – In the Philippines they call it Super Typhoon Yolanda, the rest of the world calls it Typhoon Haiyan, but everyone agrees this storm is one of the most powerful and dangerous typhoons ever to strike the storm-prone island nation. […]
LONDON, UK, November 8, 2013 (ENS) – Britain’s Coalition government has called on Elon Musk, CEO and co-founder of U.S. electric car company Tesla Motors, to personally advise the government on how to get British drivers into electric vehicles more quickly. […]
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