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Oil Spilled Into Ecuador’s Rivers Reaches Peru
QUITO, Ecuador, June 11, 2013 (ENS) – Oil spilled from Petroecuador’s Trans-Ecuador pipeline after a May 31 landslide in the Andean foothills has reached the Peruvian Amazon. […]
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Sea Turtle Conservationist Murdered in Costa Rica
LIMÓN, Costa Rica, June 5, 2013 (ENS) – Costa Rican environmentalist Jairo Mora Sandoval was murdered on May 30, while attempting to protect leatherback turtle nests on Moín Beach, on Costa Rica’s northern Caribbean coast. He was 26. […]
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Life and Death in Oklahoma’s Tornado Alley
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, June 2, 2013 (ENS) – Oklahomans are again mourning their dead and caring for their wounded after a series of violent storms and tornadoes claimed the lives of 13 people and injured more than 100 others Friday night. […]
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‘Extremely Active’ 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season Predicted
WASHINGTON, DC, May 28, 2013 (ENS) – The United States should prepare for an “active or extremely active hurricane season” this year, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center says in its 2013 Atlantic hurricane season outlook issued for National Hurricane Preparedness Week. […]
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EPA Employees on Furlough for ‘Don’t Fry Day’
WASHINGTON, DC, May 24, 2013 (ENS) – Most of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 17,700 employees are on furlough today to meet the budget requirements of the sequester, but still the agency is recognizing the Friday before Memorial Day as “Don’t Fry Day.” […]
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Oklahoma Twister Kills 51, Injures Dozens More
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, May 20, 2013 (ENS) – A powerful tornado tore through Moore and south Oklahoma City Monday, killing at least 51 people, including 20 children. […]
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Six Die as 200 mph Tornado Howls Across Texas
AUSTIN, Texas, May 16, 2013 (ENS) – Six people have lost their lives and nearly 100 others were injured as tornadoes touched down in north-central Texas overnight. More than 100 homes were damaged or destroyed. […]
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Indian Ocean Cyclone Threatens Over Eight Million People
DHAKA, Bangladesh, May 15, 2013 (ENS) – A cyclone blowing across the Indian Ocean is expected to hit Bangladesh on Thursday, threatening the lives of 8.2 million people in northeast India, Bangladesh and Myanmar (Burma). The highest storm surge and rainfall predictions are for Bangladesh’s coastal cities of Chittagong and Cox’s Bazaar. […]
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Wildfire Out of Control in Dry Southern California
CAMARILLO, California, May 3, 2013 (ENS) – A Red Flag Warning for high fire danger remains in effect for much of Southern California due to high temperatures, low humidity and gusty winds. […]
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Ukraine President Orders Financial Aid for Chernobyl Victims
KIEV, Ukraine, April 26, 2013 (ENS) – On the 27th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych today laid flowers at the Memorial to Heroes at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. […]
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Elephants Slaughtered Amidst Chaos in Central African Republic
WASHINGTON, DC, April 26, 2013 (ENS) – Conservation groups have been forced to evacuate their staff members from the Central African Republic, where large numbers of elephants are being poached amidst a chaotic struggle for leadership of the country. […]
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Keystone XL Pipeline ‘All Risk, No Reward’ State Dept. Told
GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska, April 18, 2013 (ENS) – Opponents of TransCanada’s Keystone XL tar sands pipeline packed a State Department public hearing on its latest environmental analysis of the pipeline to warn that it is all risk for the United States, with no reward. […]
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Second Earthquake in 10 Days Kills Dozens in Iran, Pakistan
TEHRAN, Iran, April 17, 2013 (ENS) – The strongest earthquake to strike Iran in more than 50 years hit the border area between Iran and Pakistan Wednesday afternoon at 15:25 hours local time. […]
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Colorado River Tops America’s Most Endangered Rivers List
WASHINGTON, DC, April 17, 2013 (ENS) – “Dammed, diverted, and drained … to a trickle” and facing another drought this summer, the Colorado River tops American Rivers’ annual list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers, the nonprofit river advocacy group announced today. […]
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U.S. Nuclear Agency Warned to Expand Power Plant Evacuation Zones
WASHINGTON, DC, April 11, 2013 (ENS) – The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission should look at evacuation plans for areas beyond a 10-mile radius around America’s nuclear power plants, the independent research branch of Congress advised Wednesday. […]
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Radioactive Water Leaks From Japan’s Damaged Nuclear Plant
TOKYO, Japan, April 9, 2013 (ENS) – The Government of Japan has ordered Tokyo Electric Power Co. to fix fresh radioactive water leaks at its damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. […]
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Seven Dead in China as Bird Flu Virus Infects Humans
BEIJING, China, April 8, 2013 (ENS) – A new form of bird flu is alarming Chinese and World Health Organization officials. Since March 29, when human infection with the influenza A(H7N9) virus was first reported, a total of 24 cases have been confirmed; seven people have died. […]
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Power Blackout Interrupts Cooling at Fukushima Nuclear Plant
TOKYO, Japan, March 18, 2013 (ENS) – A power blackout occurred today at Japan’s damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, knocking out the system that cools four pools of water holding spent fuel rods. […]
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Japan Still Suffers Quake, Tsunami Effects Two Years Later
TOKYO, Japan, March 11, 2013 (ENS) – People across Japan today marked the second anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Honshu island on March 11, 2011 with memorial ceremonies, speeches and promises. More than 300,000 people are still in temporary housing and nearly all the country’s nuclear power plants are closed. […]
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Deadly Drug-resistant Bacteria Spreading in U.S. Hospitals
ATLANTA, Georgia, March 5, 2013 (ENS) – Drug-resistant germs called carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE, are on the rise and have become more resistant to last-resort antibiotics over the past decade, warns a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. […]