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Earth Day Celebration Packs the National Mall

April 20, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Earth Day Celebration Packs the National Mall

 

WASHINGTON, DC, April 20, 2015 (ENS) – The Global Poverty Project and Earth Day Network hosted Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day on the National Mall on Saturday. Heads [...]

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Business Councils Help Houston Build for Energy Efficiency

March 4, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Business Councils Help Houston Build for Energy Efficiency

 

HOUSTON, Texas, March 4, 2015 (ENS) – An action plan designed to improve the market competitiveness of Houston’s buildings and attract energy efficiency investments was released today by [...]

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Anadarko Pays Record $5.15 Billion Environmental Settlement

January 23, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Anadarko Pays Record $5.15 Billion Environmental Settlement

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 23, 2015 (ENS) – Anadarko Petroleum Corp. today paid a record $5.15 billion settlement to the U.S. government and others – the largest environmental enforcement [...]

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Retail Investors Snap Up World Bank Green Growth Bonds

January 14, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Retail Investors Snap Up World Bank Green Growth Bonds

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 14, 2015 (ENS) – The first equity index-linked World Bank Green Bond available to retail investors just closed, and it was a big hit, raising [...]

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U.S. Congress Blocks World Bank Move to Slash Safeguards

January 9, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Congress Blocks World Bank Move to Slash Safeguards

WASHINGTON, DC, January 8, 2015 (ENS) – Environmental and social justice groups in the United States and around the world are applauding a provision of the 2015 Omnibus Appropriations [...]

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Green Investors Flunk Fracking Industry on Impact Management

December 11, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Green Investors Flunk Fracking Industry on Impact Management

 

BOSTON, Massachusetts, December 11, 2014 (ENS) – ExxonMobil, Chevron, and WPX Energy are ranked among the worst fracking companies in a new report by a coalition of green [...]

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Massey Coal Executive Indicted for Fatal Mine Explosion

November 15, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Massey Coal Executive Indicted for Fatal Mine Explosion

 

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, November 15, 2014 (ENS) – Don Blankenship, former CEO of coal giant Massey Energy, was indicted Thursday on charges of conspiring to violate federal mine [...]

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Global Market for Conservation Investing Hits $23 Billion

November 7, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Global Market for Conservation Investing Hits $23 Billion

 

ARLINGTON, Virginia, November 7, 2014 (ENS) – The first survey of conservation investing reveals a fast-growing market that totaled $23 billion in the five-year period from 2009-2013. Private [...]

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Kazakhstan Plans Electromobility, Future Energy Expo 2017

October 27, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Kazakhstan Plans Electromobility, Future Energy Expo 2017

ASTANA, Kazakhstan, October 27, 2014 (ENS) – The Kazakhstan government would like to explore collaborating with Japan to manufacture hybrid and electric vehicles, Prime Minister Karim Massimov said this [...]

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187 Companies Make ‘The A List’ for Climate Performance

October 20, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on 187 Companies Make ‘The A List’ for Climate Performance

 

LONDON, UK, October 20, 2014 (ENS) – The new “A List” of leading climate performance businesses from around the world, released Friday by the Climate Disclosure Project, numbers [...]

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Nevada Site Selected for Tesla-Panasonic Battery Gigafactory

September 5, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Nevada Site Selected for Tesla-Panasonic Battery Gigafactory

 

CARSON CITY, Nevada, September 5, 2014 (ENS) – Elon Musk, chairman and CEO of electric automaker Tesla Motors, and Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval  announced Thursday that Nevada has [...]

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China Must Lift Trade Restrictions on Rare Earth Elements

August 13, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on China Must Lift Trade Restrictions on Rare Earth Elements

 

GENEVA, Switzerland, August 13, 2014 (ENS) – In a decision that affects automakers around the world, the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, has ruled that [...]

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Tesla, Panasonic to Build ‘Gigafactory’ for Electric Car Batteries

August 4, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Tesla, Panasonic to Build ‘Gigafactory’ for Electric Car Batteries

 

PALO ALTO, California, August 4, 2014 (ENS) – Electric car batteries are about to get cheaper and more abundant. Panasonic Corporation and Tesla Motors signed an agreement Thursday [...]

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Indore Becomes Demonstration City for Sustainable Mobility

July 28, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Indore Becomes Demonstration City for Sustainable Mobility

 

INDORE, India, July 28, 2014 (ENS) – City of Indore officials Friday agreed to work with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development to implement sustainable mobility solutions [...]

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Big Companies Sign Renewable Energy Buyers’ Principles

July 21, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Big Companies Sign Renewable Energy Buyers’ Principles

 

NEW YORK, New York, July 21, 2014 (ENS) – To increase their access to cost-competitive renewable energy, 12 large corporations have signed the Renewable Energy Buyers’ Principles to [...]

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Pepsi, Coke Pledge to Respect Land, Fisheries, Forest Rights

April 25, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Pepsi, Coke Pledge to Respect Land, Fisheries, Forest Rights

 

ROME, Italy, April 25, 2014 (ENS) – The two largest beverage companies in the world have pledged to conduct their businesses in ways that promote secure ownership rights [...]

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Trillions in Public Spending Will Shift to Greener Purchases

April 1, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Trillions in Public Spending Will Shift to Greener Purchases

 

NEW YORK, New York, April 1, 2014 (ENS) – A new global program was launched today that aims to harness the trillions of dollars that governments spend each [...]

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ExxonMobil Agrees to Report Carbon Stranded Asset Risk

March 24, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on ExxonMobil Agrees to Report Carbon Stranded Asset Risk

 

NEW YORK, New York, March 24, 2014 (ENS) – In response to a shareholder resolution, ExxonMobil, the largest U.S. energy company, for the first time has agreed to [...]

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CureVac Wins EU’s €2 Million Vaccine Innovation Prize

March 10, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on CureVac Wins EU’s €2 Million Vaccine Innovation Prize

 

BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 10, 2014 (ENS) – German biopharmaceutical company CureVac GmbH has won the European Union’s first innovation inducement prize for technology producing vaccines that are stable [...]

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U.S. EPA Honors Corporations for Cutting Greenhouse Gases

February 25, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. EPA Honors Corporations for Cutting Greenhouse Gases

 

SAN DIEGO, California, February 25, 2014 (ENS) – Corporations as different as aerospace giant Boeing, Caesars Entertainment with its hotels and casinos, the networking equipment company Cisco Systems, Fruit [...]

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