CHAUVIN, Louisiana, August 3, 2013 (ENS) – The 2013 area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico, often called the dead zone, covers an area the size of the state of Connecticut but is still not as large as predicted. […]
CANBERRA, Australia, August 2, 2013 (ENS) – Australia will start construction in January on the largest solar power station in the Southern Hemisphere, which will meet the electricity needs of over 50,000 average Australian homes. […]
BAGHDAD, Iraq, August 2, 2013 (ENS) – Drained by development and nearly destroyed under Saddam Hussein’s regime, the Central Marshes of Iraq have now been declared the country’s first national park. The Iraqi Council of Ministers approved the designation on July 23. […]
ATLANTA, Georgia, August 1, 2013 (ENS) – The shipping giant UPS, or United Parcel Service, aims to chalk up one billion miles driven by alternative fuel/advanced technology vehicles by 2017, the company said on Monday, releasing its annual sustainability report. […]
BEND, Oregon, August 1, 2013 (ENS) – A wildfire on the Deschutes National Forest in central Oregon today claimed the life of a firefighter and sent another to the hospital with serious injuries. […]
BANGKOK, Thailand, August 1, 2013 (ENS) – Crude oil that spilled from a pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand on Saturday has blackened the majority of coral reefs near Koh Samet island’s Ao Phrao Beach and has spread to smaller islands nearby, according to local officials. […]
SANTIAGO, Chile, July 31, 2013 (ENS) – To avoid “widespread disorder and violence,” the Chilean government must stop applying an anti-terrorism law against its Mapuche indigenous people, who are fighting to recover their ancestral lands, warns a United Nations human rights and counter-terrorism expert. […]
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 31, 2013 (ENS) – Newly confirmed Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy on Tuesday pledged action on climate change during the Obama administration’s remaining years, saying the concern is as much economic as it is environmental. […]
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, July 31, 2013 (ENS) – While a compact city may be more efficient for gasoline-powered vehicles, a sprawling city is more efficient when electric vehicles are the means of transport and solar electricity is the main energy source, according to new research by an international team of scientists. […]
BANGKOK, Thailand, July 30, 2013 (ENS) – Crude oil that leaked from a pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand on the weekend has reached a Thai tourist resort, pipeline operator PTT Global Chemical Pcl said Monday. The company is part of state-controlled PTT Pcl, Thailand’s biggest energy firm. […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, July 30, 2013 (ENS) – Pope Francis on Saturday asked the Catholic bishops of Brazil not to exploit the Amazon rainforest but instead make it “into a garden.” […]
NEW YORK, New York, July 30, 2013 (ENS) – In a simultaneous launch on three continents – North America, Europe and Asia – BMW Monday revealed its first all-electric series production vehicle, the i3. […]
MAINZ, Germany, July 30, 2013 (ENS) – Drenched with rain and working in the dense forests of southern Madagascar, researchers have identified a new species of dwarf lemur previously unknown to science. […]
HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 29, 2013 (ENS) – Tropical Storm Flossie is bringing heavy rains, strong winds and big waves to the main Hawaiian Islands today through Tuesday. The state’s newly updated Ocean Resources Management Plan projects much larger storm surges and higher wind velocities for Hawaii as the planet warms. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, July 29, 2013 (ENS) – Wild animals in national parks are dying by the hundreds under the wheels of visitors’ cars, according to road-kill records from Yellowstone, Yosemite and Grand Teton national parks released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, PEER. […]
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 26, 2013 (ENS) – Two companies involved in the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the largest in U.S. history, have attempted to withhold evidence from investigating authorities, but one must now produce the documents sought, and the other is being penalized for destroying a separate set of evidentiary facts. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, July 25, 2013 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today selected eight academic partners for the Toxics Release Inventory University Challenge, a project that finds innovative ways to increase public awareness of toxic chemical releases. […]
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo, July 25, 2013 (ENS) – Ghislain Ngondjo, alias “Pépito,” notorious for elephant poaching and ivory trafficking in the Republic of Congo, was sentenced on July 15 to five years in jail by the Congolese Supreme Court. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, July 24, 2013 (ENS) – Coal-fired power plants, many operating with expired permits, have become the largest source of toxic water pollution in the United States, finds new research released Tuesday by a coalition of environmental and clean water groups. […]
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 24, 2013 (ENS) – A gas well fire in the Gulf of Mexico that started Tuesday night after the operator failed to keep control of the well is still burning out of control, according to U.S. Coast Guard officials and the companies involved. […]
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