BRUSSELS, Belgium, December 11, 2009 (ENS) – European leaders have pledged a total of 7.2 billion euros (US$10.5bn) over the next three years to help poorer nations cope with […]
WASHINGTON, DC, December 10, 2009 (ENS) – Three U.S. senators – a Democrat, a Republican, and an Independent – today released their framework for climate change and energy independence […]
WASHINGTON, DC, December 10, 2009 (ENS) – As a result of the largest environmental bankruptcy in U.S. history, $1.79 billion has been paid to fund environmental cleanup and restoration […]
WASHINGTON, DC, December 10, 2009 (ENS) – A new technical guide to help federal agencies minimize the impact of federal development projects on nearby water bodies was issued Wednesday […]
OSLO, Norway, December 10, 2009 (ENS) – President Barack Obama accepted the 2009 Nobel Prize for Peace at a ceremony today at Oslo City Hall. Delivering a Nobel lecture […]
MIRI, Sarawak, Malaysia, December 10, 2009 (ENS) – The indigenous Penan people on the island of Borneo have turned to the courts in their decades-long effort to protect their […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, December 9, 2009 (ENS) – Ice plugged an inactive pipeline, causing it to burst, officials said Tuesday in an attempt to explain how 46,000 gallons of crude […]
WASHINGTON, DC, December 9, 2009 (ENS) – The federal Minerals Management Service has approved a controversial plan by Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc. to drill up to three exploratory […]
WASHINGTON, DC, December 9, 2009 (ENS) – In the first federal lawsuit challenging an industrial wind energy project on environmental grounds, a federal court ruled Tuesday that a wind […]
By Lisa J. Wolf SAN FRANCISCO, California, December 3, 2009 (ENS) – The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today ordered that a preliminary injunction be granted to tribal plaintiffs […]
WASHINGTON, DC, December 2, 2009 (ENS) – The heads of the world’s largest international financial institutions today called for a comprehensive agreement to combat climate change at this month’s […]
WASHINGTON, DC, December 1, 2009 (ENS) Honeycreepers that sing in Hawaii’s mountain forests, the lynx that inhabit the snowy Rocky Mountains and New England, and the grizzly bears […]
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 1, 2009 (ENS) – Rhino poaching in both Africa and Asia is increasing, finds a report issued today by the International Union for the Conservation of […]
SYDNEY, Australia, December 1, 2009 (ENS) – Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama said Monday that the world’s leaders must give the highest priority to the issue […]
NEW YORK, New York, November 30, 2009 (ENS) – A website launched today makes it easier New Yorkers to switch to clean, renewable energy. The site was established through a […]
GREENSBORO, North Carolina, November 30, 2009 (ENS) – A federal grand jury in Greensboro returned an indictment today charging a poultry processor and a plant manager with multiple violations […]
WASHINGTON, DC, November 30, 2009 (ENS) – The Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems […]
OLYMPIA, Washington, November 30, 2009 (ENS) – Governor Chris Gregoire and the Washington state Department of Ecology have approved clean water projects in Olympia, Spokane, and Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood worth […]
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, November 30, 2009 (ENS) – An environmental assessment of the pollution left by decades of oil production in the Ogoni region of the Niger Delta was jointly […]
NAIROBI, Kenya, November 30, 2009 (ENS) – More than two tons of illegal ivory have been seized and more than 100 people have been arrested in the largest international […]
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