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Tornadoes Claim 80+ Lives Across Six U.S. States

December 11, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Tornadoes Claim 80+ Lives Across Six U.S. States

WASHINGTON, DC, December 11, 2021 (ENS) – President Joe Biden has approved an emergency declaration requested by Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear today after more than 30 tornadoes swept across Midwestern [...]

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World’s Tigers Vanishing Into Tiger Bone Glue Pots

December 10, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on World’s Tigers Vanishing Into Tiger Bone Glue Pots

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 10, 2021 (ENS) – More tigers now live in illegal captivity on so-called tiger farms than in the wild, raised from cubs as livestock, and slaughtered when [...]

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U.S. Navy Fuel Tanks Leak Into Oahu Drinking Water

December 10, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Navy Fuel Tanks Leak Into Oahu Drinking Water

HONOLULU, Hawaii, December 9, 2021 (ENS) – Hawaii’s entire Congressional delegation is calling on Governor David Ige to request that President Joe Biden declare an emergency and direct the U.S. [...]

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Indonesia’s Volcanic Mt. Semeru Claims 22 Lives, Erupts Again

December 6, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Indonesia’s Volcanic Mt. Semeru Claims 22 Lives, Erupts Again

JAKARTA, Indonesia, December 6, 2021 (ENS) – Mt. Semeru, the tallest mountain on the Indonesian island of Java, erupted Saturday, killing at least 22 people, and again today, sending pillars [...]

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Canada’s First Nations Score Two Environmental Victories

December 3, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Canada’s First Nations Score Two Environmental Victories

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, December 3, 2021 (ENS) – The British Columbia government and its logging agency BC Timber Sales, BCTS, have pulled three more cutblocks from their sales plan [...]

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Junk Food Has a Higher Carbon Footprint Than Nutritious Food

December 2, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Junk Food Has a Higher Carbon Footprint Than Nutritious Food


LEEDS, UK, December 2, 2021 (ENS) – Cutting out that sugary morning pastry and those fries for lunch might help fight the climate crisis, new research from the University of [...]

Energy

French Companies Develop Offshore Green Hydrogen Production

December 2, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on French Companies Develop Offshore Green Hydrogen Production

PARIS, France, December 2, 2021 (ENS) – The world’s first floating wind turbine with an integrated hydrogen production system onboard has advanced one step closer to realization.

Known as the [...]

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Artificial Intelligence Ethics Approved by 193 Countries

December 1, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Artificial Intelligence Ethics Approved by 193 Countries

PARIS, France, December 1, 2021 (ENS) – The first global agreement on the ethics of artificial intelligence, AI, was adopted Thursday by 193 countries. All the member states of the [...]

Health

Ultrashort-pulse Laser Makes Short Work of Superbugs

November 29, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Ultrashort-pulse Laser Makes Short Work of Superbugs

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, November 29, 2021 (ENS) – Lasers that emit ultrashort pulses of light can kill multidrug-resistant bacteria such as MRSA and E. coli, researchers at Washington University School [...]

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Vietnam Cracks Down on Wildlife Trafficking But Crimes Persist

November 28, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Vietnam Cracks Down on Wildlife Trafficking But Crimes Persist

LONDON, UK, November 28, 2021 (ENS) – Vietnam needs international help to disrupt the operations of Vietnamese-led wildlife crime syndicates active in Africa and Asia. Despite government efforts to turn [...]

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Illegal Logging Robs Mexico of Its Forests

November 26, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Illegal Logging Robs Mexico of Its Forests

MEXICO CITY, Mexico, November 26, 2021 (ENS) – Forests in about 15 percent of Mexico’s territory are disappearing due to illegal logging carried out by criminal groups, according to Mexico’s [...]

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Burning Toxic Firefighting Foam Hazardous to Human Health

November 22, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Burning Toxic Firefighting Foam Hazardous to Human Health

WASHINGTON, DC, November 22, 2021 (ENS) – Just a month after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a new plan to cope with the wide spread of PFAS, a group [...]

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Trudeau Activates Troops as Floods, Slides Isolate Vancouver

November 19, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Trudeau Activates Troops as Floods, Slides Isolate Vancouver

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, November 19, 2021 (ENS) – Vancouver, Canada’s third-largest city, as well as smaller cities across southern British Columbia are blocked off from the rest of the [...]

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Youth Urgency Influenced COP26 Climate Negotiations

November 15, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Youth Urgency Influenced COP26 Climate Negotiations

By Benjamin Seidman

GLASGOW, Scotland, November 15, 2021 (ENS) – Young people have long fought at the forefront of social justice movements and environmental justice is no exception. Youth roles [...]

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COP26 Glasgow ‘Compromise’ Climate Pact Disappoints

November 13, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on COP26 Glasgow ‘Compromise’ Climate Pact Disappoints

GLASGOW, Scotland, November 13, 2021 (ENS) – The UN climate conference COP26 has wrapped with a deal among the 196 Parties to forestall catastrophic climate change, that hinged on a [...]

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COP26 Transport Day Pledges Cover Road, Rail, Air, and Sea

November 12, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on COP26 Transport Day Pledges Cover Road, Rail, Air, and Sea

GLASGOW, Scotland, November 11, 2021 (ENS) – Transport Day at COP26 on Wednesday was studded with announcements of new initiatives and new funding for the decarbonization of road, rail, air [...]

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Back-to-back Hurricanes Forecast to Double on U.S. Gulf Coast

November 11, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Back-to-back Hurricanes Forecast to Double on U.S. Gulf Coast

WASHINGTON, DC, November 11, 2021 (ENS) – The interval between tropical storms making landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast has been getting shorter over the past 40 years. By the [...]

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COP26: US, China Ignore Tensions, Pledge Climate Cooperation

November 10, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on COP26: US, China Ignore Tensions, Pledge Climate Cooperation

GLASGOW, Scotland, November 10, 2021 (ENS) – Recognizing the “seriousness and urgency of the climate crisis” the world’s two biggest carbon emitters, the United States and China, today issued a [...]

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COP26: Climate Activists March Against Net-Zero ‘Greenwash’

November 7, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on COP26: Climate Activists March Against Net-Zero ‘Greenwash’

GLASGOW, Scotland, November 7, 2021 (ENS) – Thousands marched peacefully in the streets of Glasgow Saturday demanding more funding and action as week one of the UN climate summit here [...]

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Ecuador Enlarges Galapagos Marine Reserve, Darwin’s Dream

November 6, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Ecuador Enlarges Galapagos Marine Reserve, Darwin’s Dream

GLASGOW, Scotland, November 5, 2021 (ENS) – Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso has just expanded the marine reserve around the Galapagos Islands by 45 percent and created a protected swimway from [...]

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