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Biden Guards ‘Breathtaking’ Lands as Nevada, Texas Monuments

March 30, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on Biden Guards ‘Breathtaking’ Lands as Nevada, Texas Monuments

WASHINGTON, DC, March 26, 2023 (ENS) – At the White House Conservation in Action Summit Tuesday, President Joe Biden established two new national monuments, one in Nevada and one in [...]

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Latest News

Kruger Park Ensnared in Corruption Linked to Criminal Syndicates

March 28, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on Kruger Park Ensnared in Corruption Linked to Criminal Syndicates

By Don Pinnock

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, South Africa, March 28 (ENS) – Yet another suspected poacher has died in a hail of bullets fired by unknown gunmen in the eastern [...]

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At Risk

Zelensky Relies on IAEA Support; Russia Moves Nuclear Weapons

March 27, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on Zelensky Relies on IAEA Support; Russia Moves Nuclear Weapons

VIENNA, Austria, March 27, 2023 (ENS) – International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Monday to plan protection for the embattled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear [...]

Cyclone Freddy damage
At Risk

Cyclone Freddy Floods Three African Countries, Kills 579

March 21, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on Cyclone Freddy Floods Three African Countries, Kills 579

BLANTYRE, Malawi, March 21, 2023 (ENS) – Tropical Cyclone Freddy is a record-breaking storm that has astonished meteorologists with its longevity. As part of its final act, the cyclone unleashed [...]

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Air/Climate

IPCC: Liveable Future Possible If We Defuse Climate Time-Bomb

March 20, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on IPCC: Liveable Future Possible If We Defuse Climate Time-Bomb

INTERLAKEN, Switzerland, March 20, 2023 (ENS) – Global temperatures have already risen to 1.1 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels after more than a century of burning fossil fuels, as well [...]

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Energy

Conservationists Sue to Stop ConocoPhillips Alaska Oil Venture

March 16, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on Conservationists Sue to Stop ConocoPhillips Alaska Oil Venture

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 16, 2023 (ENS) – Warning that the U.S. government’s environmental review fails to account for the full climate impact of oil development in Alaska, five of America’s [...]

Michael Regan
Latest News

Biden Proposes National Standard for PFAS in Drinking Water

March 14, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on Biden Proposes National Standard for PFAS in Drinking Water

WASHINGTON, DC, March 14, 2023 (ENS) – The Biden Administration today proposed the first national drinking water standard for six harmful “forever chemicals” in the latest action under President Joe [...]

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Gov/Politics

Freight Train Derailment Politics

March 9, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on Freight Train Derailment Politics

WASHINGTON, DC, March 9, 2023 (ENS) – Norfolk Southern President and CEO Alan Shaw apologized today during a hearing of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee for the February [...]

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At Risk

Atmospheric River Nears California, Escalates Storm Emergency

March 9, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on Atmospheric River Nears California, Escalates Storm Emergency

SACRAMENTO, California, March 9, 2023 (ENS) – Knowing that a series of storms are forecast to continue blowing across California through mid-March, and an atmospheric river event is predicted for [...]

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Business

Facing Major Lawsuit, 3M to Stop Making ‘Forever Chemicals’

February 9, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on Facing Major Lawsuit, 3M to Stop Making ‘Forever Chemicals’

CHARLESTON, South Carolina, February 9, 2023 (ENS) – The 3M Company, which developed and manufactured firefighting foams containing per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances, PFAS, called “forever chemicals,” is in a legal [...]

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Earthquakes Kill 29,000+, Smash Buildings in Turkiye and Syria

February 7, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on Earthquakes Kill 29,000+, Smash Buildings in Turkiye and Syria

ANKARA, Turkiye, February 12, 2023 (ENS) – At least 29,600 people have died and thousands more were injured in 10 provinces after two major earthquakes shook southern Turkiye and surrounding [...]

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Latest News

EPA Acts to Keep ‘Inactive’ Forever Chemicals Off the Market

February 3, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on EPA Acts to Keep ‘Inactive’ Forever Chemicals Off the Market

WASHINGTON, DC, February 3, 2023 (ENS) – They’re called “forever chemicals” for a reason – because they don’t break down in the environment over time. Toxic per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, PFAS, [...]

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Latest News

U.S.-South Africa Wildlife Task Force to ‘Follow the Money’

January 25, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on U.S.-South Africa Wildlife Task Force to ‘Follow the Money’

PRETORIA, South Africa, January 25, 2023 (ENS) – In her meeting with South African officials today, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced a commitment between the U.S. Treasury and South [...]

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Health

Heart Disease-Linked Trans Fats Pass WHO’s Eliminate Date

January 24, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on Heart Disease-Linked Trans Fats Pass WHO’s Eliminate Date

GENEVA, Switzerland, January 24, 2023 (ENS) – Five of every eight people on Earth, five billion people, remain unprotected from harmful trans fats in their food, increasing their risk of [...]

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Air/Climate

Davos 2023 a ‘Watershed Moment’ for Climate Accountability

January 22, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on Davos 2023 a ‘Watershed Moment’ for Climate Accountability

DAVOS, Switzerland, January 22, 2023 (ENS) – On Friday, the final day of panels at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and other climate [...]

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Gov/Politics

Climate Denier Gosar Rejoins House Natural Resources Committee

January 18, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on Climate Denier Gosar Rejoins House Natural Resources Committee

WASHINGTON, DC, January 18, 2023 (ENS) – Ally of industrial development and ex-President Donald Trump, far-right election denier Republican Congressman Paul Gosar of Arizona is back on the House Committee [...]

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Energy

Police Detain Greta Thunberg at German Coal Mine Protest

January 17, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on Police Detain Greta Thunberg at German Coal Mine Protest

LUZERATH, Germany, January 17, 2023 (ENS) – Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained by police Tuesday while protesting a coal mine expansion that has emptied a now-abandoned hamlet in [...]

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Latest News

USDA Approves World’s First Honeybee Vaccine

January 11, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on USDA Approves World’s First Honeybee Vaccine

WASHINGTON, DC, January 11, 2023 (ENS) – The first vaccine for the world’s imperiled honeybees has been approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for two years on a conditional [...]

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Air/Climate

U.S. Agencies to Assess Climate Impact of Federal Projects

January 9, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Agencies to Assess Climate Impact of Federal Projects

WASHINGTON, DC, January 9, 2023 (ENS) – In a new climate change guidance, the Biden Administration asks federal agencies to account for greenhouse gas emissions as they review proposals for [...]

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At Risk

Cyclone Bomb, Atmospheric River Soak California, Kill Two

January 7, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on Cyclone Bomb, Atmospheric River Soak California, Kill Two

SACRAMENTO, California, January 7, 2023 (ENS) – What the National Weather Service calls an “incessant parade of storms” continues to batter California with heavy rain, damaging winds, and heavy snow. [...]

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