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Americans Using Less Water than 35 Years Ago
Americans Using Less Water than 35 Years Ago WASHINGTON, DC, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – The United States is using less water than during the peak years of 1975 and […]
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Conservationists Petition EPA to Block Washington Coal Plant Permit
Conservationists Petition EPA to Block Washington Coal Plant Permit SEATTLE, Washington, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – Conservation and energy groups have filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency […]
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UN Biodiversity Chief Calls for ‘New Plans’ to Conserve Life
UN Biodiversity Chief Calls for ‘New Plans’ to Conserve Life By Haider Rizvi NEW YORK, New York, November 3, 2009 (ENS) A senior United Nations official today criticized world […]
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Timor Sea Oil Rig Blaze Snuffed But Ecosystem Damage Done
Timor Sea Oil Rig Blaze Snuffed But Ecosystem Damage Done PERTH, Australia, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – PTTEP Australasia today confirmed it has killed a leaking oil well and stopped […]
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Rapid Pace of Species Extinctions Mounts to a ‘Crisis’
Rapid Pace of Species Extinctions Mounts to a ‘Crisis’ GLAND, Switzerland, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – Nearly one-third of all known species of plants and animals are threatened with extinction, […]
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Ships Sailing U.S. Atlantic Coast Must Slow for Whales
Ships Sailing U.S. Atlantic Coast Must Slow for Whales WASHINGTON, DC, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – The U.S. Coast Guard reminds operators of vessels 65 feet or greater in length […]
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Disney Spends $7 Million to Conserve Forests in Peru, Congo, USA
Disney Spends $7 Million to Conserve Forests in Peru, Congo, USA BURBANK, California, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – The Walt Disney Company, which for 60 years has portrayed the glories […]
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Louisiana Copes With Oil Spill, High Winds, Flooding
Louisiana Copes With Oil Spill, High Winds, Flooding NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – An oil spill south of New Orleans and flooding across northern and western parishes […]
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Rich Countries Feeding on Poor Countries’ Farmland
Rich Countries Feeding on Poor Countries’ Farmland By Haider Rizvi NEW YORK, New York, November 2, 2009 (ENS) Investors from capital-rich nations that cannot produce enough food for their […]
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Fire Breaks Out at Leaking Timor Sea Oil Well
Fire Breaks Out at Leaking Timor Sea Oil Well PERTH, Australia, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – A huge fire has been blazing at an oil rig in the Timor Sea […]
Food
Up to Half of Global Food Production Wasted
LONDON, UK, January 11, 2013 (ENS) – Due to poor practices in harvesting, storage and transportation, market and consumer wastage, up to 50 percent of all food produced globally each year never feeds a human being. […]
Gov/Politics
National Council to Build 21st Century Conservation Corps
WASHINGTON, DC, January 11, 2013 (ENS) – A National Council drawn from eight federal agencies signed on Thursday to shape the Obama Administration’s new 21st Century Conservation Service Corps, 21CSC, a jobs program to put youth and returning veterans to work protecting and restoring public lands, waterways and cultural sites. […]
Gov/Politics
Governor Cuomo Proposes $1 Billion New York Green Bank
ALBANY, New York, January 10, 2013 (ENS) – In his 2013 State of the State Address, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed a $1 billion Green Bank to spur a clean economy and improve the environment in New York by “lowering capital costs and bringing green energy to scale.” […]
Energy
Court Upholds Public Process in Nuclear Plant Safety ‘Exemptions’
NEW YORK, New York, January 9, 2013 (ENS) – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission must permit public participation in decisions about exempting nuclear power plants from federal regulations or explain to the public why it will not do so, following a ruling by a federal appeals court this week. […]
At Risk
Americans Sicker, Die Sooner Than Peers in Rich Nations
WASHINGTON, DC, January 9, 2013 (ENS) – Environmental factors contribute to higher rates of disease and injury among Americans compared to people in other high-income countries, , finds a new report from the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. […]
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Supreme Court Ruling Leaves Los Angeles With Polluted Stormwater
WASHINGTON, DC, January 9, 2013 (ENS) – The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Los Angeles County’s Flood Control District can side-step responsibility for the high levels of polluted stormwater found in the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers, but only temporarily. […]
Air/Climate
2012 Hottest Year Since Record Keeping Began in 1895
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, January 8, 2013 (ENS) – The year 2012 was warmest year for the continental United States since record keeping began, marked by historic drought, wildfires, hurricanes and storms, the U.S. National Climatic Data Center announced today. […]
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U.S. Arctic Offshore Drilling Gets High-Level, Expedited Review
WASHINGTON, DC, January 8, 2013 (ENS) – Federal ocean safety regulators have launched an expedited, high-level assessment of the 2012 offshore Arctic drilling program in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said today. […]
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High-Tech Cars Invade Consumer Electronics Show
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, January 8, 2013 (ENS) – The Consumer Electronics Show is bigger than ever this year, and among all the new high-tech TVs and tablets, automotive technologies are attracting attention. […]
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Bushfires Erupt Under Australia’s ‘Dome of Heat’
CANBERRA, Australia, January 7, 2013 (ENS) – Days of bushfires have left parts of Australia’s island state, Tasmania, in ruins, and now the rest of the country is bracing for what forecasters say is the worst fire danger in decades. […]