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Iran Rocked by Two Deadly Earthquakes

August 12, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Iran Rocked by Two Deadly Earthquakes


TEHRAN, Iran, August 12, 2012 (ENS) – Two severe earthquakes of magnitudes over 6.0 devastated villages in northwestern Iran on Saturday, killing at least 300 people and injuring 2,000 [...]

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Air/Climate

California Gathers Facts to Plan for a Hot, Dry Future

August 10, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on California Gathers Facts to Plan for a Hot, Dry Future

 
SACRAMENTO, California, August 10, 2012 (ENS) – California could lose up to 20 percent of its hydropower generation as climate change causes high-elevation reservoirs to shrink, finds a new [...]

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Air/Climate

Largest UK Firms Must Disclose CO2 Emissions

August 10, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Largest UK Firms Must Disclose CO2 Emissions

LONDON, UK, August 10, 2012 (ENS) – More than 1,100 public companies listed on the London Stock Exchange will have to report their greenhouse gas emissions from next April [...]

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Land Use/Forests

Maharashtra State Revokes Monsanto’s Cotton Seed License

August 9, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Maharashtra State Revokes Monsanto’s Cotton Seed License

 

NEW DELHI, India, August 9, 2012 (ENS) – This was a difficult day for the proponents of genetically modified crops in India. In Parliament, the Agriculture Committee tabled [...]

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Energy

Obama Fast-Tracks Renewables on Military Bases, Public Lands

August 9, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Obama Fast-Tracks Renewables on Military Bases, Public Lands

 

WASHINGTON, DC, August 8, 2012 (ENS) – The Obama Administration is moving quickly to harness solar, wind, geothermal and biomass energy resources on or near military bases across [...]

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Typhoon Dumps Tons of Plastic Pellets on Hong Kong Beaches

August 8, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Typhoon Dumps Tons of Plastic Pellets on Hong Kong Beaches

 

HONG KONG, China, August 8, 2012 (ENS) – Containers full of plastic pellets swept from a ship during Typhoon Vicente last month have broken open, scattering the pellets [...]

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Air/Climate

Drought Prompts Attack on U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard

August 8, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Drought Prompts Attack on U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard

 

WASHINGTON, DC, August 8, 2012 (ENS) – Eight U.S. biofuel industry organizations have formed a new coalition to defend the nation’s Renewable Fuel Standard and to advocate for [...]

Hiroshima
At Risk

Nuclear Weapons: Earth’s Greatest Environmental Threat

August 7, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Nuclear Weapons: Earth’s Greatest Environmental Threat

HIROSHIMA, Japan, August 7, 2012 (ENS) – Japan held a solemn ceremony Monday to mark the 67th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bomb attack. About 50,000 people gathered [...]

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Cheaper, Lighter Electric Vehicle Batteries in the Works

August 7, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Cheaper, Lighter Electric Vehicle Batteries in the Works

WASHINGTON, DC, August 7, 2012 (ENS) – Nine experimental electric vehicle battery projects have been chosen for investment by the U.S. Department of Energy through its Advanced Research Projects [...]

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Energy

Groups Seeking Oil Spill Dispersant Rule Sue EPA

August 7, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Groups Seeking Oil Spill Dispersant Rule Sue EPA

WASHINGTON, DC, August 7, 2012 (ENS) – A coalition of conservation, wildlife and public health groups in the Gulf of Mexico region and in Alaska filed a Clean Water [...]

Indian Point
Energy

U.S. Freezes All Nuclear Power Plant Licensing Decisions

August 7, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Freezes All Nuclear Power Plant Licensing Decisions

WASHINGTON, DC, August 7, 2012 (ENS) – Federal nuclear regulators today froze at least 19 final reactor licensing decisions in response to a ruling by the U.S. Court of [...]

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At Risk

China Braces for Record Third Typhoon in a Week

August 6, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on China Braces for Record Third Typhoon in a Week

 

BEIJING, China, August 7, 2012 (ENS) – China is facing its third typhoon in a single week, as Haikui strengthened from a tropical storm on Sunday into a typhoon [...]

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At Risk

Bird Flu Jumps to Seals, Humans Could Be Next

August 6, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Bird Flu Jumps to Seals, Humans Could Be Next

 

NEW YORK, New York, August 6, 2012 (ENS) – A bird flu virus known for 10 years has now infected aquatic mammals, and the scientists who discovered the [...]

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Energy

Chevron Faces Midnight Deadline in $19 Billion Ecuador Judgment

August 6, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Chevron Faces Midnight Deadline in $19 Billion Ecuador Judgment

 

LAGO AGRIO, Ecuador, August 6, 2012 (ENS) – U.S. oil giant Chevron has until midnight tonight to pay a US$19.04 billion Ecuador court judgment for polluting Amazon waterways [...]

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