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UN Panel: Environmental Protection Key to Post-2015 Progress

May 31, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on UN Panel: Environmental Protection Key to Post-2015 Progress

 

NEW YORK, New York, May 31, 2013 (ENS) – Protecting the environment must be at the core of efforts to end extreme poverty by 2030, finds a high-level [...]

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Energy

Senator Boxer Seeks Criminal Probe of San Onofre Nuclear Plant

May 29, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Senator Boxer Seeks Criminal Probe of San Onofre Nuclear Plant

 

WASHINGTON, DC, May 29, 2013 (ENS) – U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer of California is asking the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation into Southern California Edison’s statements [...]

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Air/Climate

Arctic Council Prioritizes Sustainable Development, Climate Action

May 16, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Arctic Council Prioritizes Sustainable Development, Climate Action

 

KIRUNA, Sweden, May 16, 2013 (ENS) – Ministers from the eight Arctic states and representatives of the Arctic Indigenous Peoples Wednesday adopted a shared vision statement for the [...]

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Gov/Politics

Australia Trims Environmental Protection in Deficit Budget

May 14, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Australia Trims Environmental Protection in Deficit Budget

 

CANBERRA, Australia, May 14, 2013 (ENS) – Environmentalists criticized tax breaks for the fossil fuel industry and cuts to renewable energy funding in the Australian government’s new budget, [...]

Park, Obama
Air/Climate

U.S., South Korean Leaders Affirm Climate Change Cooperation

May 7, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on U.S., South Korean Leaders Affirm Climate Change Cooperation

 

WASHINGTON, DC, May 7, 2013 (ENS) – In her first foreign visit since taking office in February, South Korean President Park Geun-hye joined with President Barack Obama today [...]

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Air/Climate

U.S., Japan, G8 Commit to Climate Change Action

April 18, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on U.S., Japan, G8 Commit to Climate Change Action

 

WASHINGTON, DC, April 18, 2013 (ENS) – Support for global action to curb climate change is growing stronger within the G8 group of the world’s largest industrial democracies, [...]

Sally Jewell
Gov/Politics

Jewell Will Handle $11.9 Billion Interior Budget in 2014

April 11, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Jewell Will Handle $11.9 Billion Interior Budget in 2014

 

WASHINGTON, DC, April 11, 2013 (ENS) – President Barack Obama’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget, “starts getting the Department of the Interior out of a ditch,” said outgoing Interior [...]

Barack Obama
Energy

Obama’s 2014 Budget Sets New Energy Goals

April 10, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Obama’s 2014 Budget Sets New Energy Goals

 

WASHINGTON, DC, April 10, 2013 (ENS) – President Barack Obama today introduced his Fiscal Year 2014 budget, which sets two new goals – to cut U.S. net oil [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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