THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, May 26, 2021 (ENS) – For the first time in history, a judge has held a corporation liable for causing climate change. Today, as a result of legal action brought by Friends of the Earth Netherlands, together with 17,000 co-plaintiffs and six other organizations […]
ATHENS, Greece, May 24, 2021 (ENS) – Six villages and two Orthodox Christian monasteries have been evacuated ahead of a giant wildfire raging in Greece’s Geraneia mountain range about 90 kilometers (55 miles) west of the capital. […]
WEST YELLOWSTONE, Montana, May 24, 2021 (ENS) – The U.S. Forest Service has responded to a formal challenge from four environmental groups by halting a plan to clearcut more than 4,600 acres of pine forests, log across an […]
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 24, 2021 (ENS) – There was a time, not very long ago when deer got killed and caused traffic accidents trying to cross the busy six-lane […]
ROME, Italy, May 23, 2021 (ENS) – Leaders of the G20 have committed to a series of actions to accelerate the end of the COVID-19 crisis throughout the world and better prepare for future pandemics. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, May 17, 2021 (ENS) – Government watchdog Accountable.US has filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service requesting an investigation of the nonprofit American Stewards of Liberty for operating as […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, May 17, 2021 (ENS) – The 10th International Uranium Film Festival of Rio de Janeiro, the world’s largest film fest about everything nuclear and radioactive, starts streaming online Thursday, May 20, open to all […]
WASHINGTON, DC, May 16, 2021 (ENS) – Glacial melting due to climate change is likely the cause of a shift in the movement of the poles that occurred in the 1990s, new research from China shows […]
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 14, 2021 (ENS) – Scanty vaccine supplies in low and lower-middle income countries cannot cover even the innoculation of health care workers, the head of the World Health Organization, WHO, warned today, […]
PARIS, France, May 15, 2021 (ENS) – Methane emissions caused by human activities can be reduced by up to 45 percent this decade, finds the world’s first Global Methane Assessment just issued by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, a voluntary partnership led by governments, and the United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP. […]
PROVO, Utah, May 9, 2021 (ENS) – Hologram experts can now create real-life images that move in the air. Using lasers to create the displays of science fiction inspired by Star Wars and Star Trek […]
WASHINGTON, DC, May 7, 2021 (ENS) – The Biden administration has proposed a nationwide goal to conserve 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030 – the nation’s first […]
OLYMPIA, Washington, May 6, 2021 (ENS) – Washington Governor Jay Inslee Monday signed a bill that establishes an eight-year state-wide pilot project for the reduction of sales tax on purchases […]
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, May 5, 2021 (ENS) – South Africa has announced it will stop the abusive practices of captive breeding and canned hunting of lions and will phase out captive rhino breeding. […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 4, 2021 (ENS) – A Danish aid plan to support electricity production from renewable sources has won the approval of the European Commission. Denmark will invest €400 million (nearly US$481 million) to […]
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, May 4, 2021 (ENS) – The Consumers and Climate First Act was introduced in the Illinois General Assembly last week to provide a path for Illinois to help […]
LYON, France, May 4, 2021 (ENS) – Thousands of suspects, companies and criminal networks engaged in maritime pollution have been detected and dozens arrested in a global operation […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 28, 2021 (ENS) – A giant gap between the amount of greenhouse gases countries report emitting and the amount of these heat-trapping gases independent scientists estimate from global models that the countries actually emit, a scientific team led by… […]
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 23, 2021 (ENS) – Kansas-based Strategic Biofuels has announced that the company’s subsidiary, Louisiana Green Fuels, plans to develop a renewable diesel plant in northern Louisiana […]
AUGUSTA, Maine, April 22, 2021 (ENS) – Maine Governor Janet Mills has signed an executive order requiring that a “clean transportation roadmap” be drawn that will help the state hit […]
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