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LOUISIANA: Oil Co. Fined for Longest-Running U.S. Oil Spill
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, January 3, 2022 (ENS) – A Louisiana oil and gas company, has agreed to turn over all its remaining assets to the United States to resolve its […]
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Philippines Face Holiday Recovery From Typhoon ‘Odette’
MANILA, Philippines, December 25, 2021 (ENS) – More than 100 towns in areas devastated a week ago by Typhoon Odette, internationally known as Typhoon Rai, have no electricity this Christmas. Communities hit hardest by the typhoon endured 195 kilometer-an-hour (121 miles per hour) sustained winds, with gusts of up to 270 kph (168 mph) in central island provinces. […]
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Women Sweep UN’s 2021 Champions of the Earth Awards
NAIROBI, Kenya, December 23, 2021 (ENS) – Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has been awarded the 2021 Champions of the Earth Award, the United Nations’ highest environmental honor, for her policy leadership. Mottley heads the first entirely female selection of awardees; others were recognized for their work on coral bleaching in the Pacific, protecting wildlife health in Uganda, and entrepreurship in Kyrgystan. […]
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Italy to Ban Fur Farming, Fur Growers Will Be Compensated
ROME, Italy, December 21, 2021 (ENS) – The Budget Committee of the Italy’s Senate today voted to approve an amendment to the budget law which will see the country’s 10 […]
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ILLINOIS: Alcoa Must Do $4M Cleanup of Old Aluminum Plant
EAST ST. LOUIS, Illinois, December 20, 2021 (ENS) – Alcoa Corporation and Howmet Aerospace, successors to Alcoa Incorporated, and the City of East St. Louis will clean up hazardous waste […]
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U.S. EPA Issues Strictest-Ever GHG Emissions Standards
WASHINGTON, DC, December 20, 2021 (ENS) – The strongest vehicle greenhouse gas emissions standards ever established for the U.S. light-duty vehicle sector were set today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for vehicles sold in model years 2023-2026. […]
Business
Unilever Uses 1st Product Bottles Made of Paper, Not Plastic
LONDON, UK, December 15, 2021 (ENS) – The British multinational consumer goods company Unilever is using a new technology to create the first paper-based laundry detergent bottle made of sustainably sourced pulp and designed to be recycled in standard paper waste streams. […]
Air/Climate
Europe Defines Fair, Inclusive Shift to Climate Neutrality
BRUSSELS, Belgium, December 14, 2021 (ENS) – Today, the European Commission issued policy guidance for a “fair and inclusive transition towards climate neutrality” to complement the package on delivering the European Green Deal presented in July. […]
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NEVADA: Lawsuit Seeks to Stop Feds Killing Native Wildlife
RENO, Nevada, December 13, 2021 (ENS) – Conservation groups WildEarth Guardians and Western Watersheds Project have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services in Nevada over […]
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Tornadoes Claim 80+ Lives Across Six U.S. States
WASHINGTON, DC, December 11, 2021 (ENS) – President Joe Biden has approved an emergency declaration requested by Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear today after more than 30 tornadoes swept across Midwestern and Southern states overnight, claiming the lives of at least 70 people in Kentucky alone. […]
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World’s Tigers Vanishing Into Tiger Bone Glue Pots
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 10, 2021 (ENS) – More tigers now live in illegal captivity on so-called tiger farms than in the wild, raised from cubs as livestock, and slaughtered when mature to harvest their skeletons and body parts for the manufacture of tiger bone glue. […]
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U.S. Navy Fuel Tanks Leak Into Oahu Drinking Water
HONOLULU, Hawaii, December 9, 2021 (ENS) – Hawaii’s entire Congressional delegation is calling on Governor David Ige to request that President Joe Biden declare an emergency and direct the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to step in and assist with a water contamination crisis on Oahu. […]
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HAWAII: Endangered Honeycreeper Rescued From Malarial Forest
KAHULUI, Maui, Hawaii, December 9, 2021 (ENS) – An ambitious effort to rescue four tiny birds deep in a thick Hawaiian rainforest saw its first taste of success last weekend, […]
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Pipeline Company Fined $15M for Largest U.S. Inland Oil Spill
WILLISTON, North Dakota, December 8, 2021 (ENS) – The pipeline company responsible for the discharge of 29 million gallons of oil-contaminated produced water – a waste product of hydraulic fracturing – has been sentenced to pay a $15 million criminal fine and serve a three year period of probation … […]
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Indonesia’s Volcanic Mt. Semeru Claims 22 Lives, Erupts Again
JAKARTA, Indonesia, December 6, 2021 (ENS) – Mt. Semeru, the tallest mountain on the Indonesian island of Java, erupted Saturday, killing at least 22 people, and again today, sending pillars of hot ash skyward to rain down on nearby villages, burying them to the rooftops. […]
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NEW YORK, RHODE ISLAND: Offshore Wind Will Power 70,000 Homes
WASHINGTON, DC, December 5, 2021 (ENS) – The construction and operations of the South Fork Wind power project offshore Rhode Island and New York has been approved by the Department […]
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OREGON: Crews At Work on Deep Water Wave Energy Test Site
By Benjamin Seidman NEWPORT, Oregon, December 4, 2021 (ENS) – On the central Oregon coast, a first-of-its-kind $80 million wave energy testing facility is under construction. “This is the first […]
Land Use/Forests
Canada’s First Nations Score Two Environmental Victories
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, December 3, 2021 (ENS) – The British Columbia government and its logging agency BC Timber Sales, BCTS, have pulled three more cutblocks from their sales plan in Argonaut Creek in central British Columbia on the traditional territory of the Ktunaxa, Syilx, Secwépemc and Sinixt nations. […]
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NEW YORK: Conspiracy to Evade Asbestos Regs Exposes Crimes
BINGHAMTON, New York, December 2, 2021 (ENS) – Two convicted asbestos criminals will be jailed and fined nearly $400,000 for exposing their workers and the surrounding community to the risk […]
Food
Junk Food Has a Higher Carbon Footprint Than Nutritious Food
LEEDS, UK, December 2, 2021 (ENS) Cutting out that sugary morning pastry and those fries for lunch might help fight the climate crisis, new research from the University of Leeds has concluded. Many less nutritious foods and drinks account for nearly a quarter of diet-related greenhouse gas emissions… […]