DES MOINES, Iowa, June 20, 2021 (ENS) – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is launching a new “I Am a Recycler” campaign statewide, focusing on improving recycling efforts throughout […]
LANSING, Michigan, June 20, 2021 (ENS) – Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer wants to invest $250 million in federal relief dollars from President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan in state parks […]
HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 16, 2021 (ENS) – U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native American to head a Cabinet agency, allowed her emotions to show Monday as she announced […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 15, 2021 (ENS) – Environmental concerns, especially about the consequences of climate change, are on the minds of U.S. President Joe Biden and the European leaders he has met with over the past two days […]
FALMOUTH, Cornwall, UK, June 13, 2021 (ENS) – The leaders of the world’s seven wealthiest democracies, the Group of Seven, G7, underlined their shared democratic values in today’s agreement to “beat COVID-19 and build back better.” […]
FALMOUTH, Cornwall, United Kingdom, June 13, 2021 (ENS) – Now that the G7 leaders have held their 2021 summit meeting and moved on, Cornwall, the region of England where they met, will benefit from new investment in its natural landscape […]
FALMOUTH, Cornwall, UK, June 12, 2021 (ENS) – Hosted by the UK, the Group of Seven Leaders’ Summit this weekend in Cornwall aims to unite the wealthiest democracies to help the world build back better from the COVID-19 pandemic and create a greener, more prosperous future. […]
FRANKFORT, Kentucky, June 10, 2021 (ENS) – Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, a Democrat, has announced a Better Kentucky Plan that will help the state create 14,500 jobs to deliver clean […]
RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 10, 2021 (ENS) – North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, a Democrat, Wednesday issued an executive order emphasizing North Carolina’s commitment to offshore wind power as the […]
OLYMPIA, Washington, June 10, 2021 (ENS) – The Washington Department of Ecology has fined the company Electron Hydro, LLC half a million dollars for discharging discarded plastic sports turf into […]
BOZEMAN, Montana, June 10, 2021 (ENS) – A coalition of wildlife advocates and hunters, represented by the non-profit environmental law firm Earthjustice, Wednesday asked the U.S. Forest Service to issue […]
NEW YORK, New York, June 8, 2021 (ENS) – Oceans cover 70 percent of the Earth and produce at least half of the planet’s oxygen, the United Nations reminds us every year on June 8, observed as World Oceans Day. Oceans are […]
SANTA ANA, California, June 8, 2021 (ENS) – After a year when distance learning became standard in California schools, hundreds of elementary students from across the state have joined virtually to send an artistic message of protection to the oceans […]
MAUNA LOA, Hawaii, June 7, 2021 (ENS) – Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere measured at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory peaked for 2021 in May at a monthly average of 419 parts per million (ppm), the highest level […]
BEMIDJI, Minnesota, June 7, 2021 (ENS) – In Minnesota’s largest ever anti-pipeline mobilization, water protectors Monday morning halted construction of Enbridge’s Line 3 tar sands crude oil pipeline. Over 1,000 people marched with Indigenous leaders to the headwaters of the Mississippi River for a treaty ceremony […]
PARIS, France, June 6, 2021 (ENS) – Ten global business leaders have joined forces to promote sustainable mobility, and more than 250 other organizations committed to increase the sustainability of their transportation during a global summit organized by the French mobility giant Michelin. […]
NEW YORK, New York, June 6, 2021 (ENS) – “We are ravaging the very ecosystems that underpin our societies,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned in his message for World Environment Day, observed every year on June 5. […]
GAZA CITY, May 28, 2021 (ENS) – During the past week, close to 100,000 people were displaced in Gaza due to escalating violence and airstrikes between Israel and Hamas and many are now hungry. At least 2,800 families have lost […]
LOS ANGELES, California, May 28, 2021 (ENS) – Concert pianist Dr. Ayse Taspinar feels an obligation to raise awareness of climate change, so she is hosting a virtual House Party fundraiser for Vote Climate U.S. Political Action […]
SACRAMENTO, California, May 26, 2021 (ENS) – The federal departments of the Interior and Defense and the State of California have agreed to accelerate wind energy development offshore the central […]
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