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Air/Climate

California, China Officials Sign Clean Air Cooperation Pact

April 10, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on California, China Officials Sign Clean Air Cooperation Pact

 

BEIJING, China, April 10, 2013 (ENS) – To strengthen and coordinate efforts to improve air quality, California Governor Jerry Brown today signed the first agreement of its kind [...]

James Hansen
Air/Climate

NASA’s Top Climate Scientist Retires to Activist Life

April 3, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on NASA’s Top Climate Scientist Retires to Activist Life

NEW YORK, New York, April 3, 2013 (ENS) – Outspoken climate scientist James Hansen, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, is retiring as director of the cutting-edge [...]

drought Kenya
Gov/Politics

Canada Turns Its Back on International Drought Treaty

April 2, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Canada Turns Its Back on International Drought Treaty

 

OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, April 2, 2013 (ENS) – The Government of Canada is quietly withdrawing from the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, UNCCD, the only legally binding international [...]

President Obama
Energy

Obama Advocates $2 Billion Fund for Advanced Cars, Fuels

March 15, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Obama Advocates $2 Billion Fund for Advanced Cars, Fuels

 

ARGONNE, Illinois, March 15, 2013 (ENS) – President Barack Obama today again called on Congress to establish a $2 billion Energy Security Trust for investments in research that [...]

anglers, fish
Air/Climate

Hunters, Anglers Urge Obama to Act on Climate Change

March 15, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Hunters, Anglers Urge Obama to Act on Climate Change

 

WASHINGTON, DC, March 15, 2013 (ENS) – Hunters and anglers from across the United States are concerned about the impact of climate change on wildlife and natural resources [...]

Uhuru Kenyatta
Gov/Politics

Land Reform Center-Stage in Kenyan Election

March 5, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Land Reform Center-Stage in Kenyan Election

 

By Robert Wanjala

NAIROBI, Kenya, March 5, 2013 (ENS) – Tackling long running-disputes over land is certain to be one of the key challenges for whoever wins in Kenya’s [...]

Moniz, McCarthy
Gov/Politics

Obama Names McCarthy to Head EPA, Moniz for Energy

March 4, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Obama Names McCarthy to Head EPA, Moniz for Energy

 

WASHINGTON, DC, March 4, 2013 (ENS) – President Barack Obama has selected Gina McCarthy to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in his second term. In that position [...]

sewer line break
Air/Climate

Sequester Cuts Hit Clean Air, Water, Energy, National Parks

March 1, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Sequester Cuts Hit Clean Air, Water, Energy, National Parks

 

WASHINGTON, DC, March 1, 2013 (ENS) – Air and water quality, national parks and surrounding communities, and clean energy development will be hard hit by across-the-board spending cuts [...]

polar bear
Gov/Politics

Wildlife at the Mercy of International Trade Politics

February 27, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Wildlife at the Mercy of International Trade Politics

 

ARLINGTON, Virginia, February 27, 2013 (ENS) – In a rare reversal of diplomatic relations, the U.S. government has aligned with China on a proposal to ban international trade [...]

Sandy containers
Gov/Politics

Sequester Spending Cuts Will Hurt the Environment

February 24, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Sequester Spending Cuts Will Hurt the Environment

 

WASHINGTON, DC, February 24, 2013 (ENS) – If Congress does not act this coming week, automatic federal spending cuts, called the sequester, will go into effect March 1 [...]

rally flag
Air/Climate

‘Forward on Climate’ Rally Draws Nearly 50,000

February 17, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on ‘Forward on Climate’ Rally Draws Nearly 50,000

 

WASHINGTON, DC, February 17, 2013 (ENS) – Tens of thousands of people from across the country rallied in the nation’s capital on this chilly day to demand that [...]

Kerry, Ban
At Risk

Climate, Syria, Nuclear Test, High on Global Risk Agenda

February 14, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Climate, Syria, Nuclear Test, High on Global Risk Agenda

 

WASHINGTON, DC, February 14, 2013 (ENS) – Secretary of State John Kerry and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held talks in Washington D.C. today focused on high risk issues, [...]

Gene Dodaro
Air/Climate

Climate Change, Weather Satellites New on U.S. Govt Risk List

February 14, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Climate Change, Weather Satellites New on U.S. Govt Risk List

 

WASHINGTON, DC, February 14, 2013 (ENS) – The U.S. Government Accountability Office has added two new areas to the agency’s High Risk List – limiting the government’s fiscal [...]

President Obama
Air/Climate

Union: Obama Vows Climate Change Action ‘Before It’s Too Late’

February 12, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Union: Obama Vows Climate Change Action ‘Before It’s Too Late’

 

WASHINGTON, DC, February 12, 2013 (ENS) – In a State of the Union Address focused on rebuilding the U.S. economy, President Barack Obama tonight pledged to fight climate [...]

Barroso, Van Rompuy
Air/Climate

Climate Gets 20 Percent of Seven-Year European Budget

February 8, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Climate Gets 20 Percent of Seven-Year European Budget

 

BRUSSELS, Belgium, February 8, 2013 (ENS) – European heads of state and government have agreed to commit at least 20 percent of the entire European Union budget over [...]

fishing boats
Food

EU Parliament Uses New Powers to End Overfishing

February 8, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on EU Parliament Uses New Powers to End Overfishing

 

STRASBOURG, France, February 8, 2013 (ENS) – A major reform of the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy, which aims to end overfishing, ban discards and restrict catches to sustainable [...]

Obama, Jewell, Salazar
Gov/Politics

REI Chief Nominated Secretary of the Interior

February 6, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on REI Chief Nominated Secretary of the Interior

 

WASHINGTON, DC, February 6, 2013 (ENS) – Sally Jewell, who now heads outdoors retailer REI, the nation’s largest consumer cooperative, has been nominated as the next Secretary of [...]

EVI van
Business

UPS Deploys 100 Electric Delivery Vans in California

February 6, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on UPS Deploys 100 Electric Delivery Vans in California

 

SACRAMENTO, California, February 6, 2013 (ENS) – UPS is buying 100 electric commercial vehicles made in California and putting them to work delivering packages around the state, the [...]

Kerry, World Bank
Air/Climate

John Kerry, Climate Champion, Next U.S. Secretary of State

January 31, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on John Kerry, Climate Champion, Next U.S. Secretary of State

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 31, 2013 (ENS) – Combating climate change is important to Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, who was confirmed by the Senate 94-3 on Tuesday as [...]

bee demonstrators
Gov/Politics

Giant Bees Buzz British Prime Minister’s Office

January 29, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Giant Bees Buzz British Prime Minister’s Office

 

LONDON, UK, January 29, 2013 (ENS) – Giant bees appeared at Prime Minister David Cameron’s office at #10 Downing Street this morning to sting the government into delivering [...]

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