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New Space Telescope Offers Infrared Look at Ancient Universe
WASHINGTON, DC, July 12, 2022 (ENS) – “Today, we present humanity with a groundbreaking new view of the cosmos from the James Webb Space Telescope – a view the world [...]
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Funding Frustrations Plague Africa’s Great Green Wall
ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, May 23, 2022 (ENS) – “We all play a role in the common fight against climate change and land degradation, recognizing that a healthy and safe environment [...]
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Answering the Imperiled Ocean’s Silent Cries for Help
BREST, France, February 25, 2022 (ENS) – “Immense, restless and wild,” the ocean is beset by dangers, but solutions do exist and Europe is ready to lead the way to [...]
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Offshore Winds Blow Everywhere
BRUSSELS, Belgium, January 23, 2022 (ENS) – “Offshore wind has the biggest growth potential of any renewable energy technology, but the policy environment needs to improve rapidly for offshore wind [...]
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Women Sweep UN’s 2021 Champions of the Earth Awards
NAIROBI, Kenya, December 23, 2021 (ENS) – Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has been awarded the 2021 Champions of the Earth Award, the United Nations’ highest environmental honor, for her [...]
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Climate Polluters Collaborate on Carbon-Free Nuclear Fusion
PARIS, France, November 1, 2021 (ENS) – In the tiny 10th century French town of Saint-Paul-lès-Durance in Provence, the largest scientific research collaboration in history is underway in the most [...]
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The Colors of Hydrogen
BRUSSELS, Belgium, September 20, 2021 (ENS) – Green hydrogen is today’s hottest new fuel source for electric vehicles, industrial processes and urban energy supplies. Businesses and governments are picking up [...]
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Rare, Exceptional Places Chosen for World Heritage Status
PARIS, France, August 3, 2021 (ENS) – Sheltering endangered animals, birds and butterflies, giant trees, pristine waters – five natural sites are so precious to the world that they deserve [...]
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Biden Protects World’s Largest Coastal Temperate Rainforest
WASHINGTON, DC, July 19, 2021 (ENS) – Across the entire 16.7 million acres of the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska, full Roadless Rule protections are being restored and there [...]
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Millions of Children Poisoned by Flood of Toxic E-Waste
GENEVA, Switzerland, July 9, 2021 (ENS) – Effective, binding action is urgently required to protect the millions of children, adolescents and expectant mothers worldwide whose health is jeopardized by the [...]
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Oceans’ Distress Motivates Action For a Day and a Decade
NEW YORK, New York, June 8, 2021 (ENS) – Oceans cover 70 percent of the Earth and produce at least half of the planet’s oxygen, the United Nations reminds us [...]
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Biden Administration Debuts Decade of Conservation
WASHINGTON, DC, May 7, 2021 (ENS) – The Biden administration has proposed a nationwide goal to conserve 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030 – the nation’s first [...]