LOS ANGELES, California, July 11, 2013 (ENS) – A nationwide undercover operation aimed at disrupting the trafficking of protected wildlife on the Internet, today resulted in charges against six California residents for selling endangered species and animal parts through online sites such as Craigslist. […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 11, 2013 (ENS) – The 28 member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are reducing the energy footprint of their defense operations as a priority, top NATO officials said this week. […]
NEW DELHI, India, July 11, 2013 (ENS) – India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday put his government’s stamp of approval on the rapid development of hybrid and electric vehicles, despite “uncertainties on the horizon.” […]
WASHINGTON, DC, July 11, 2013 (ENS) – The latest environmental assessment of the controversial TransCanada Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is flawed because the contractor hired by the U.S. State Department to write the review “lied” on its conflict of interest disclosure form about its past work for TransCanada, finds research released Wednesday by two environmental groups. […]
HOUSTON, Texas, July 10, 2013 (ENS) – In a flare gas recovery agreement that is the first of its kind in the United States, Shell Oil will spend $100 million on innovative technology to reduce air pollution from burning off waste gases at one of its largest refineries. […]
BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia, July 10, 2013 (ENS) – The Australian and Queensland governments today pledged to protect the world’s longest coral reef , but environmental advocates warn the ministers are ignoring alarm bells about industrial development rung by the United Nations. […]
NEW DELHI, India, July 9, 2013 (ENS) – There is evidence that some wildlife crime syndicates are linked to terror groups, India’s Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan told a meeting Friday of police, customs and wildlife officers from eight countries. […]
OAKLAND, California, July 8, 2013 (ENS) – The U.S. State Department is in the process of deciding whether the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline would be in the U.S. national interest, but the determination is being made without location data on milepost markers, waterbody crossings and the centerline route. […]
TOWNSVILLE, Queensland, Australia, July 8, 2013 (ENS) – Young coral reef fishes find their way back to the reef of their birth using the Sun and an internal body clock to steer by, an international team of marine scientists has discovered. […]
MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, July 7, 2013 (ENS) – Balls of fire filled the sky above the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic early Saturday morning after a driverless train carrying crude oil exploded and burned. Five people are dead and about 2,000 others were forced from their homes. […]
SYDNEY, Australia, July 5, 2013 (ENS) – In a world’s first, Algae.Tec has signed a deal with Australia’s largest power company to site an algae carbon capture and biofuels production facility beside a big coal-fired power station near Sydney. […]
LONDON, UK, July 5, 2013 (ENS) – The world’s largest offshore wind farm, the London Array, was inaugurated Thursday at a ceremony in Margate, Kent, attended by British Prime Minister David Cameron and 350 other dignitaries. […]
SINGAPORE, July 5, 2013 (ENS) – Crews are cleaning up after a collision between two bulk carriers Tuesday that spilled approximately 100 metric tonnes (957 barrels) of fuel oil into the Singapore Strait between Singapore and Indonesia. […]
BETHESDA, Maryland, July 3, 2013 (ENS) – The National Institutes of Health plans to use fewer chimpanzees in future NIH-funded biomedical research and retire most of the several hundred chimpanzees it currently owns or supports. […]
CHANGSHA, China, July 3, 2013 (ENS) – Animal welfare organizations from across China have agreed to work together against what they term the “criminal and cruel” dog and cat meat industry. […]
NEWARK, Delaware, July 2, 2013 (ENS) – A species of swimming marine algae that forms toxic algal blooms in the natural environment can be harnessed to grow a feedstock for bioethanol to fuel vehicles. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, July 2, 2013 (ENS) – The 2013 World Food Prize has gone to three scientists turned chemical company executives who pioneered the development of genetically modified organisms, GMOs. For the first time, the jury’s selection has been met with “shock and outrage” from sustainable food and environmental advocates across the world. […]
PRESCOTT, Arizona, July 1, 2013 (ENS) – Fighting the lightning-sparked Yarnell Hill wildfire near Prescott late Sunday, 19 firefighters died in the line of duty. The firefighters, all men, were part of the elite Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew of Prescott.
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DAR es SALAAM, Tanzania, July 1, 2013 (ENS) – During a state visit to Tanzania today, President Barack Obama said his administration will put new energy and funds into fighting wildlife trafficking, which he called “an international crisis that continues to escalate.” […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, July 1, 2013 (ENS) – In the Emirates, used cooking oil from McDonald’s restaurants is not wasted. It fuels the trucks of the chain’s fresh produce supplier. […]
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