WASHINGTON, DC, July 24, 2012 (ENS) – Virtually the entire ice sheet covering Greenland – from its coastal edges to its two-mile-thick center – experienced some degree of melting for several days this month, according to an analysis by NASA and university scientists based on measurements from three satellites. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, May 24, 2012 (ENS) – More than 150,000 additional Americans could die by the end of this century due to excessive heat caused by climate change, finds […]
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand, May 17, 2012 (ENS) – One of New Zealand’s major environmental groups will appeal a decision by the Environment Court that stops climate change impacts from […]
SEATTLE, Washington, May 15, 2012 (ENS) – As the climate heats up across the Western Hemisphere, many animals will not be able to move fast enough to find safe […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 15, 2012 (ENS) – Airlines flying to and from European airports have complied with the EU Emissions Trading Scheme and reported their greenhouse gas emissions data, […]
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, May 9, 2012 (ENS) – As the climate warms, plant species that prefer a colder environment are disappearing from the mountain ranges of Southern Europe. Since many […]
DAVOS, Switzerland, January 30, 2010 (ENS) – The head of the International Monetary Fund today proposed to create a multi-billion dollar Green Fund that would provide the financing that […]
WASHINGTON, DC, January 29, 2010 (ENS) – President Barack Obama today announced that the federal government will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 28 percent by 2020. “As the […]
WASHINGTON, DC, January 28, 2010 (ENS) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission voted Wednesday to provide publicly traded companies with interpretive guidance on existing SEC disclosure requirements relating […]
DAVOS-KLOSTERS, Switzerland, January 29, 2010 (ENS) – U.S. Congressman Edward Markey told the World Economic Forum today that President Barack Obama has committed himself to passing climate legislation. Markey […]
WASHINGTON, DC, January 28, 2010 (ENS) – Concentrations of the air pollutant nitrogen dioxide must be below 100 parts per billion in any one-hour period under a new national […]
WASHINGTON, DC, January 7, 2010 (ENS) – Two environmental groups have come forward in federal court to defend the Obama administration’s new rule limiting air pollutants emitted by medical […]
NEW YORK, New York, January 6, 2010 (ENS) – Buried volcanic rocks along the coasts of New York, New Jersey and New England might be ideal reservoirs to store […]
DAMASCUS, Syria, January 27, 2010 (ENS) – A severe shortage of rainfall that has lasted more than three years has crippled agriculture in northeastern Syria, where residents say conditions […]
LARAMIE, Wyoming, January 26, 2010 (ENS) – Wyoming’s water resources are vulnerable to climate change because Wyoming is a dry state, a headwaters state, and a state that relies […]
NEW YORK, New York, January 25, 2010 (ENS) – The year 2009 was tied for the second warmest year in the modern record, shows a new analysis of global […]
TOPEKA, Kansas, January 25, 2010 (ENS) – Westar Energy today settled an air pollution lawsuit brought by the federal government by agreeing to spend at least $500 million on […]
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