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Illinois Governor Vetos Ban on Plastic Bag Bans
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, August 27, 2012 (ENS) – Illinois cities and towns can still pass ordinances to ban single-use plastic bags now that Governor Pat Quinn Sunday vetoed the Plastic […]
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Greenpeace Battles Gazprom Over Russia’s Arctic Drill Rig
MOSCOW, Russia, August 27, 2012 (ENS) – Two days after voluntarily ending its occupation of the first permanent oil rig in the offshore Russian Arctic, Greenpeace International has mounted another action to stop Gazprom from drilling in the environmentally fragile area. […]
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Republican National Convention Spared Direct Hurricane Hit
TAMPA, Florida, August 27, 2012 (ENS) – Tropical Storm Isaac has turned northwestward over the Gulf of Mexico, heading for the central Gulf states and striking only a glancing blow at Tampa on Florida’s west coast, where the Republican National Convention was supposed to kick into high gear today. […]
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Tropical Storm Isaac Delays Republican National Convention
TAMPA, Florida, August 26, 2012 (ENS) – The Republican National Convention, scheduled to open Monday in Tampa, will be postponed by at least a day and a half, as Tropical Storm Isaac blows up into a hurricane heading for Florida’s west coast. […]
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America’s Oil City Relies on Electric Car-Sharing
HOUSTON, Texas, August 24, 2012 (ENS) – The Zipcar car sharing network has crafted a new partnership with the City of Houston for a municipal electric vehicle fleet-sharing program […]
Food
Malawi Fears Hunger as Lake Chilwa Dries
ZOMBA, Malawi, August 24, 2012 (ENS) – Malawi’s Lake Chilwa could dry up completely in 2013 or 2014, scientists warn. The prediction has created fears of hunger and economic ruin among the more than one million people in fishing and farming communities around the lake. […]
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Greenpeace Occupies Gazprom Oil Rig in Russian Arctic
MOSCOW, Russia, August 24, 2012 (ENS) – A team of six Greenpeace International activists, led by Executive Director Kumi Naidoo, boarded a Gazprom Arctic oil platform early this morning to demand that the Russian company abandon its Arctic drilling plans. […]
Energy
Brazilian Court Blocks Hydropower to Conserve Pantanal
BRASILIA, Brazil, August 23, 2012 (ENS) – A Brazilian Federal Court ruled today that environmental permits for more than 120 proposed hydropower plants in the Upper Paraguay River Basin cannot be issued without first doing environmental impact assessments. […]
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EPA Asked to Set National Marine Plastic Debris Standard
SAN FRANCISCO, California, August 23, 2012 (ENS) – The Center for Biological Diversity filed a legal petition with the U.S. EPA Wednesday that asks the agency to set plastic pollution limits for ocean waters under the Clean Water Act. […]
Energy
Romney Backs Fossil Fuels and Nuclear, Drops Renewables
BOSTON, Massachusetts, August 23, 2012 (ENS) – Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney today released an energy plan for the nation that supports development of oil, gas and nuclear power but undercuts wind and solar energy. […]
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West Nile Virus Outbreak Worst in U.S. History
ATLANTA, Georgia, August 22, 2012 (ENS) – A mosquito bite can kill, and this year 41 Americans have found that out the hard way as they lost their lives to the mosquito-borne disease West Nile virus. […]
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Tropical Storm Isaac Threatens Republican National Convention
TAMPA, Florida, August 22, 2012 (ENS) – The 2012 Republican National Convention, scheduled to open at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on Monday, could be cancelled if Tropical Storm Isaac strengthens into a hurricane. […]
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California Governor Declares Wildfire Emergency
SACRAMENTO, California, August 22, 2012 (ENS) – Wildfires that have destroyed homes, forced evacuations and caused road closures prompted California Governor Jerry Brown to issue an emergency proclamation today for three northern California counties at their request. […]
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New Nanotech Batteries Allow Super-Fast Charging
SEOUL, South Korea, August 22, 2012 (ENS) – Electric car charging time could be cut from hours to just minutes by battery technology being developed in Ulsan, South Korea. […]
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Hanford Double-Shell Tank Leaks Nuclear Waste
RICHLAND, Washington, August 20, 2012 (ENS) – For the first time, a leak of highly radioactive waste has been detected from a double-shelled tank at the Hanford Nuclear Site in central Washington state. […]
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Underwater Noise Surrounds Whales With ‘Acoustic Smog’
WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, August 17, 2012 (ENS) – High levels of background noise, mainly from ships, have reduced the ability of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales in a marine sanctuary to communicate with each other by about two-thirds. […]
Energy
Brazilian Court Halts Belo Monte Dam
BRASILIA, Brazil, August 16, 2012 (ENS) – A halt to construction of the controversial Belo Monte Hydroelectric Dam on the Amazon’s Xingu River has been ordered by a federal court in the Brazilian capital. […]
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Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles Demonstrate ‘Rapid’ Advance
GOLDEN, Colorado, August 16, 2012 (ENS) – The world’s largest hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle and hydrogen fueling demonstration indicates that automakers could bring FCEVs to market in the 2014-2016 timeframe. […]
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China Urged to Impose ‘Green’ Taxes
MANILA, Philippines, August 15, 2012 (ENS) – The Chinese government should establish a “green taxation system” to attain its target of reducing pollution and promoting sustainable economic growth, the Asian Development Bank said today in a new report. […]
Energy
Obama Backs Wind Energy Tax Credit, Blasts Romney
HAVERHILL, Iowa, August 15, 2012 (ENS) – President Barack Obama used his Tuesday campaign visit to an Iowa farm that hosts wind turbines to slam his opponent, Mitt Romney, for his failure to support the wind energy production tax credit. […]