By Haider Rizvi NEW YORK, New York, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – A senior United Nations official today criticized world leaders for failing to match their words with deeds […]
PERTH, Australia, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – PTTEP Australasia today confirmed it has killed a leaking oil well and stopped the main fire at the Montara well head platform […]
GLAND, Switzerland, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – Nearly one-third of all known species of plants and animals are threatened with extinction, finds the International Union for the Conservation of […]
WASHINGTON, DC, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – The U.S. Coast Guard reminds operators of vessels 65 feet or greater in length that the Right Whale Ship Strike Reduction Rule […]
BURBANK, California, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – The Walt Disney Company, which for 60 years has portrayed the glories of nature in film, today announced a $7 million investment […]
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – An oil spill south of New Orleans and flooding across northern and western parishes has made it a difficult weekend for […]
By Haider Rizvi NEW YORK, New York, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – Investors from capital-rich nations that cannot produce enough food for their own consumption are squeezing small farmers […]
PERTH, Australia, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – A huge fire has been blazing at an oil rig in the Timor Sea since Sunday, after an attempt by the oil […]
ALAMEDA, California, October 31, 2009 (ENS) – Cleanup operations continue today in response to an oil spill from a tanker into San Francisco Bay Friday morning. Bunker fuel was being […]
ABERDEEN, South Dakota, October 30, 2009 (ENS) – A leopard shot seven years ago in South Africa caught up with a South Dakota man in an Aberdeen courtroom today. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, October 30, 2009 (ENS) – The U.S. Renewable Energy Group and Cielo Wind Power have entered into a joint venture agreement with China’s Shenyang Power Group to […]
WASHINGTON, DC, October 30, 2009 (ENS) – The Obama administration is financing an expansion of the U.S. geothermal industry, investing $338 million in Recovery Act grant funding to support […]
EDISON, New Jersey, October 30, 2009 (ENS) – Polluted runoff from hard surfaces such as parking lots remains a complicated problem, but the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is renewing […]
KANGERLUUSUAQ, Greenland, October 30, 2009 (ENS) – A polar bear conservation and management agreement between Greenland, Canada and Nunavut was signed today at Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. The pact caps months […]
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, October 29, 2009 (ENS) – Student attorneys at Tulane University’s Environmental Law Clinic are taking on a giant oil company on behalf of a community group […]
WASHINGTON, DC, October 29, 2009 (ENS) – Public employees have filed a lawsuit demanding documents related to the U.S. EPA’s plans made “in secrecy” to allow public exposure to […]
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 29, 2009 (ENS) – Proposals for tighter trade controls on Atlantic bluefin tuna, polar bears, sharks, corals, and elephant ivory have been submitted to the Convention […]
ST. LUCIA, South Africa, October 29, 2009 (ENS) – South Africa and its neighbor to the north, Mozambique, have joined forces to create Africa’s largest marine protected area. Mozambique […]
SAN FRANCISCO, California, October 28, 2009 (ENS) – Some children’s face paints contain lead, a neurotoxin that can harm the brain at low doses, according to new product tests […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, October 28, 2009 (ENS) – Eight conservation and outdoor recreation groups have joined together in defense of New Zealand’s wild rivers, which now are threatened by […]
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