WASHINGTON, DC, January 7, 2010 (ENS) – Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has announced changes to the federal onshore oil and gas leasing program that he says will improve protections […]
NAIROBI, Kenya, January 7, 2010 (ENS) – The world of international championship football and the world of biodiversity conservation are coming together this year in a partnership announced Wednesday by […]
NEW YORK, New York, January 6, 2010 (ENS) – Buried volcanic rocks along the coasts of New York, New Jersey and New England might be ideal reservoirs to store […]
SOUTHERN OCEAN, January 6, 2010 (ENS) – In an attack captured on film, the Japanese security ship Shonan Maru No. 2 today rammed and sank the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s […]
FRESNO, California, January 6, 2010 (ENS) – At least one nuclear reactor is being planned for California’s agricultural Central Valley but it is already running into grassroots opposition and […]
WASHINGTON, DC, January 5, 2010 (ENS) – To help states develop strategies that will improve the energy efficiency of existing buildings and reduce costs and emissions, the National Governors Association […]
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 5, 2010 (ENS) – Attacks on humanitarian operations and a string of threats and unacceptable demands from armed groups have made it impossible for the world’s […]
WASHINGTON, DC, January 4, 2010 (ENS) – The National Park Service today announced the decision by its Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places that Nantucket Sound in […]
NEW YORK, New York, January 4, 2010 (ENS) – A pesticide approved just 18 months ago must be taken off the market because it could be toxic to America’s […]
SAN FRANCISCO, California, January 27, 2010 (ENS) – Jared Blumenfeld, the newly appointed director of the U.S. EPA’s Pacific Southwest region, Region 9, is pledging to make life difficult […]
DAMASCUS, Syria, January 27, 2010 (ENS) – A severe shortage of rainfall that has lasted more than three years has crippled agriculture in northeastern Syria, where residents say conditions […]
SAN FRANCISCO, California, January 26, 2010 (ENS) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to revisit the politically twisted 2003 Bush administration decision to strip a California […]
LARAMIE, Wyoming, January 26, 2010 (ENS) – Wyoming’s water resources are vulnerable to climate change because Wyoming is a dry state, a headwaters state, and a state that relies […]
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 cold […]
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 reach […]
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 could […]
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 oil […]
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 northern […]
NEW YORK, New York, January 25, 2010 (ENS) – The year 2009 was tied for the second warmest year in the modern record, shows a new analysis of global […]
TOPEKA, Kansas, January 25, 2010 (ENS) – Westar Energy today settled an air pollution lawsuit brought by the federal government by agreeing to spend at least $500 million on […]
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