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Ottawa River Cleanup Started After Months of Delay

TOLEDO, Ohio, December 28, 2009 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Ottawa River Group and the state of Ohio [...]

$30 Million Cleanup Set for Massachusetts’ Superfund Landfill

BOSTON, Massachusetts, December 28, 2009 (ENS) – Cleanup of the 50 acre Sutton Brook Disposal Area Superfund Site in Tewksbury, Massachusetts [...]

Year of the Tiger Dawns With Just 3,200 Wild Tigers Left

KATHMANDU, Nepal, December 28, 2009 (ENS) – To mark 2010 as Year of the Tiger, the government of [...]

Armenia Approves New Nuclear Plant Over Green Objections

By Gayane Mkrtchyan

YEREVAN, Armenia, December 28, 2009 (ENS) – Armenia has cleared the way for a new nuclear power plant, [...]

UK Wind Power Blasts Off With Nine New Offshore Wind Farms

LONDON, UK, January 8, 2010 (ENS) – The development of European offshore wind power accelerated today as the [...]

Obama Awards Clean-Tech Manufacturing Tax Credits Worth $2.3 Billion

WASHINGTON, DC, January 8, 2010 (ENS) – President Barack Obama today announced the award of $2.3 billion in Recovery Act [...]

U.S. Auto Fleet Shrinks as Youth Lose Interest in Cars

WASHINGTON, DC, January 7, 2009 (ENS) – “America’s century-old love affair with the automobile may be coming to an [...]

North American Zoos Fund Elephant Conservation Worldwide

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, January 8, 2010 (ENS) – The International Elephant Foundation and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums have jointly announced [...]

Florida Manatees Counted in Record Numbers, Scores Die in Cold Snap

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, January 26, 2010 (ENS) – Florida waters have been too cold for manatees this month. The [...]

Climate Change Linked to Bigger Waves off Pacific Northwest

CORVALLIS, Oregon, January 26, 2010 (ENS) – The highest waves off the Pacific Northwest coast in any 100-year period could [...]

Haiti’s Few Trees At Risk as Survivors Flee to Rural Areas

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, January 26, 2010 (ENS) – The number of people leaving Haiti’s earthquake-ravaged cities for rural areas [...]

Oil From Port Arthur Tanker-Barge Collision Stretches Nine Miles

PORT ARTHUR, Texas, January 25, 2010 (ENS) – Cleanup crews and 27 skimmer boats are working to contain and remove [...]

Federal Ghost Fleet Illegally Polluting San Francisco Bay

SACRAMENTO, California, January 25, 2010 (ENS) – The federal agency in charge of more than 70 decaying naval vessels stored in [...]