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President Obama, Governor Christie Tour Damaged New Jersey

WASHINGTON, DC, October 31, 2012 (ENS) – President Barack Obama joined New Jersey Governor Chris Christie today for a survey of the destruction left by Hurricane Sandy, which battered the East Coast on Monday. The President has issued a major disaster declaration for New Jersey, among a dozen other states. […]

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Devastated: New York and New Jersey Survey the Damage

NEW YORK, New York, October 30, 2012 (ENS) – “Sadly, this storm claimed the lives of people throughout the region, including at least 10 in our city – and tragically we expect that number to go up as information continues to come in,” said New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg surveying his damaged city this morning in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. […]

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Vicious Superstorm Sandy Smashes U.S. Northeast Cities

NEW YORK, New York, October 29, 2012 (ENS) – After claiming 69 lives in the Caribbean countries it ravaged last week, Hurricane Sandy struck land near Atlantic City, New Jersey about 8 pm Monday night. Four hours later, 11 more people have lost their lives to the howling winds and flooding rains of the enormous storm. […]

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New York City Evacuates 375,000 Ahead of Hurricane Sandy

NEW YORK, New York, October 28, 2012 (ENS) – Large and “extremely dangerous,” the National Weather Service says Hurricane Sandy is expected to bring “life-threatening storm surge flooding” to the Mid-Atlantic coast, including Long Island Sound and New York Harbor, on Monday morning. […]

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Deadly Hurricane Sandy Blows North; U.S. East Coast on Alert

MIAMI, Florida, October 25, 2012 (ENS) – Hurricane Sandy howled across the Bahamas on Thursday as a powerful Category 2 storm, packing winds up to 105 miles per hour and moving north at about 20 mph. The storm is forecast to be felt in Florida tonight, says the U.S. National Hurricane Center. […]

Canadian & Chinese officials
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Harper’s China-Canada Deal Overrides Environmental Protections

OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, October 24, 2012 (ENS) – To attract Chinese investment for natural resource development, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is pushing through a treaty that gives away Canadian sovereignty with no public debate, warns a Canadian international investment law expert and law professor. […]

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World’s Worst Pollution Problems: 2012

NEW YORK, New York, October 23, 2012 (ENS) – Industrial pollution is a critical public health threat on a par with malaria and tuberculosis, but while 125 million people around the world are at risk from toxic pollutants, these causes of illness and death are underestimated, new research shows. […]

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Primates Vanishing Under Relentless Human Pressure

HYDERABAD, India, October 15, 2012 (ENS) – More than half the world’s species of apes, monkeys and lemurs – humanity’s closest living relatives – are on the brink of extinction and in need of urgent conservation measures, wildlife experts warned today. The world’s 25 most endangered primates are named in a new report. […]

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Typhoon Hits Japan as Nuclear Plant Construction Resumes

TOKYO, Japan, October 1, 2012 (ENS) – The Japanese power company J-Power today said it will resume construction of a nuclear power plant in Aomori prefecture at the northern tip of Japan’s main island, just as a typhoon delivered high winds, pounding rain and high waves to the area. […]

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UN Links Peace, Rule of Law, Sustainable Development

NEW YORK, New York, September 24, 2012 (ENS) – The UN General Assembly’s first-ever High-level Meeting on the rule of law today stressed the “essential link” between the rule of law and sustainable development, economic growth and the eradication of poverty and hunger. […]

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New Malaria-Carrying Mosquito Found in Kenya

LONDON, UK, September 21, 2012 (ENS) – A “dangerous” new malaria-transmitting mosquito has been discovered in Kenya by British, Kenyan and U.S. scientists. As yet unnamed, the newly-found species has never before been implicated in the transmission of malaria. […]

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Naval Base Protest Rocks IUCN World Conservation Congress

JEJU ISLAND, South Korea, September 6, 2012 (ENS) – The International Union for the Conservation of Nature, IUCN, the world’s oldest environmental group, opened its World Conservation Congress to some 8,000 attendees on Jeju Island Wednesday, throwing into the spotlight a bitter battle over a naval base being built on the island. […]