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350 Companies Shut Russia Out of Energy, Food, Finance, Tech

March 11, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on 350 Companies Shut Russia Out of Energy, Food, Finance, Tech

WASHINGTON, DC, March 11, 2022 (ENS) – At least 350 companies have announced their withdrawal from Russia as a consequence of its invasion of Ukraine, including BP, ExxonMobil and Shell [...]

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Communication Lost With Russian-Held Chernobyl Nuclear Site

March 11, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Communication Lost With Russian-Held Chernobyl Nuclear Site

VIENNA, Austria, March 11, 2022 (ENS) – Ukraine’s nuclear regulator lost all communications with the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the disaster site where radioactive spent fuel is stored, on Monday, [...]

Energy

U.S. to Defuel and Close Leaking Pearl Harbor Fuel Facility

March 8, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. to Defuel and Close Leaking Pearl Harbor Fuel Facility

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 8, 2022 (ENS) – The underground Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in the hills above the Pearl Harbor Naval Station on Oahu will be de-fueled and [...]

Health

Animals Can Form Viral Reservoirs Where Covid Variants Breed

March 7, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Animals Can Form Viral Reservoirs Where Covid Variants Breed

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 7, 2022 (ENS) – SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is still spreading among people globally as we enter the third year of the coronavirus pandemic. The [...]

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Russia-Ukraine War Creates a Million Refugees, EU Admits Them

March 6, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Russia-Ukraine War Creates a Million Refugees, EU Admits Them

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 6, 2022 (ENS) – On a press call to Geneva from Ukraine, Poland and Moldova on Friday, United Nations officials confirmed the vast numbers of Ukrainians who [...]

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Russians Break Safety Rules at Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant

March 6, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Russians Break Safety Rules at Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant

VIENNA, Austria, March 6, 2022 (ENS) – Ukraine informed the International Atomic Energy Agency today that although regular staff continues to operate the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, the plant management [...]

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Campaigners, Nations Encourage Japan to Close Ivory Market

March 6, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Campaigners, Nations Encourage Japan to Close Ivory Market

LYON, France, March 6, 2022 (ENS) – Africa’s elephants top a packed agenda for the CITES Standing Committee meeting opening Monday that covers protection for 30+ species of plants and [...]

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Governments Agree to Draft Global Plastic Pollution Treaty

March 3, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Governments Agree to Draft Global Plastic Pollution Treaty

NAIROBI, Kenya, March 3, 2022 (ENS) – To tackle plastic pollution accumulating across the globe, governments at the UN Environment Assembly here Tuesday approved the start of talks later this [...]

Air/Climate

New UN Climate Change Report “An Atlas of Human Suffering”

March 1, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on New UN Climate Change Report “An Atlas of Human Suffering”

BERLIN, Germany, March 1, 2022 (ENS) – “Today’s IPCC report is an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment of failed climate leadership,” declared UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres after [...]

Gov/Politics

Plastics Pact, Wildfires Top UN Environment Assembly Agenda

February 28, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Plastics Pact, Wildfires Top UN Environment Assembly Agenda

NAIROBI, Kenya, February 28, 2022 (ENS) – The world’s foremost environmental decision-making body, the United Nations Environment Assembly, opens its annual meeting today in Nairobi. For the next three days, [...]

Air/Climate

Madagascar Trapped in Cycles of Cyclones and Droughts

February 28, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Madagascar Trapped in Cycles of Cyclones and Droughts

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, February 27, 2022 (ENS) – Cyclone Batsirai smashed into the east coast of Madagascar on February 5, destroying many buildings and disrupting power and communication services to the [...]

Land Use/Forests

Australia Fortifies Antarctic Territory Sovereignty, Science

February 26, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Australia Fortifies Antarctic Territory Sovereignty, Science

CANBERRA, Australia, February 26, 2022 (ENS) – To strengthen Australia’s strategic and scientific capabilities in Antarctica, the Liberal government of Prime Minister Scott Morrison is making an A$804.4 million investment [...]

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Mapping the Universe: Scientists Reveal 4.4 Million Galaxies

February 25, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Mapping the Universe: Scientists Reveal 4.4 Million Galaxies

DURHAM, UK, February 25, 2022 (ENS) – Astronomers from Durham University collaborating with a team of international scientists have mapped more than a quarter of the northern sky using the [...]

Air/Climate

WMO: Climate Disasters to Increase Until at Least the 2060s

February 20, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on WMO: Climate Disasters to Increase Until at Least the 2060s

GENEVA, Switzerland, February 20, 2022 (ENS) – The impacts of climate change are already “very visible” and “happening worldwide,” the head of the UN weather agency told the opening session [...]

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Exploring Whale Superhighways With a Global Team of Scientists

February 20, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Exploring Whale Superhighways With a Global Team of Scientists

GLAND, Switzerland, February 20, 2022 (ENS) – An in-depth new map and report that tracks whale migrations around the globe, highlights where the whales go in the high seas and [...]

Energy

World’s First: Ships Will Charge Up at Offshore Wind Farms

February 20, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on World’s First: Ships Will Charge Up at Offshore Wind Farms

LYNGBY, Denmark, February 20, 2022 (ENS) – To support decarbonization of the maritime industry by eliminating idle emissions, Maersk Supply Service is launching its offshore vessel-charging venture, Stillstrom. The new [...]

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U.S. Pressures Mexico to Curb Illegal Fishing of Gulf Waters

February 18, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Pressures Mexico to Curb Illegal Fishing of Gulf Waters

By Benjamin Seidman

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas, February 18, 2022 (ENS) – “They’ll come into U.S. waters, they’ll fish, they’ll grab as much snapper as they can and they’ll go [...]

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Bypassed for Decades, Great Lakes Get Billion Dollar Cleanup

February 18, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Bypassed for Decades, Great Lakes Get Billion Dollar Cleanup

LORAIN, Ohio, February 18, 2022 (ENS) – In Lorain, once famed for its shipyards, where the Black River flows into Lake Erie, President Joe Biden Thursday announced that his administration [...]

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UK Local Governments Demand Plutonium Safety Upgrades

February 12, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on UK Local Governments Demand Plutonium Safety Upgrades

MANCHESTER, UK, February 12, 2022 (ENS) – At least 50 local governing councils across England, Scotland, and Wales are worried about radioactive contamination in their communities, as about half of [...]

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Police, Diplomats Form United Front for Endangered Wildlife

February 12, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Police, Diplomats Form United Front for Endangered Wildlife

BEIJING, China, February 12, 2022 (ENS) – The endangered animals and plants protected by the global treaty known as CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, now have [...]

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