ash spill
Energy

Coal Ash Crimes Cost Duke Energy $102 Million

WASHINGTON, DC, May 19, 2015 (ENS) – Admitting guilt for a massive coal ash spill last year, three subsidiaries of Duke Energy, the largest utility in the United States, will pay a $68 million criminal fine and spend $34 million to benefit rivers and wetlands in North Carolina and Virginia. […]

nanosponges
Health

Nanosponges in Disguise Mop Up MRSA Staph Infections

SAN DIEGO, California, May 19, 2015 (ENS) – A new gel filled with nanosponges that absorb toxins has proven effective against the “super bug” MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), an antibiotic-resistant bacteria that can be life-threatening. […]

workers
Latest News

RCA Taiwan Ex-Workers Win Pollution Lawsuit

TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 17, 2015 (ENS) – The Taipei District Court has ruled in favor of former assembly line workers employed between 1970 and 1992 at the now-defunct electronics company Radio Corporation of America, or RCA. […]

Kathmandu
At Risk

Another Severe Earthquake Terrifies Nepal

KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 12, 2015 (ENS) – People in Nepal’s capital city of Kathmandu had just begun to pick up the pieces after the massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake that claimed more than 8,000 lives late last month, when another major quake today shook an area between Kathmandu and Mount Everest. […]

Obama, Saudis
Gov/Politics

Saudi King Calls Obama But Stays Home

WASHINGTON, DC, May 11, 2015 (ENS) – King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia called President Barack Obama today to express his regret at not being able to travel to Washington this week for a meeting of the Arab States regional council. […]

Yanomami leader
Land Use/Forests

Brazil Pursues Illegal Miners on Indigenous Land

BRASILIA, Brazil, May 11, 2015 (ENS) – Federal Police officers from the states of Roraima, Rondônia, São Paulo, Amazonas, and Pará are in the process of serving 313 warrants against people suspected of clandestine gold and gemstone mining on indigenous lands. […]

solar power
Energy

Bright Future for Utility-Scale Solar Power: MIT Report

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 7, 2015 (ENS) – Solar energy on a grand scale could meet humanity’s future long-term energy needs while cutting carbon emissions, but lower-cost technologies and more effective government policies are needed to achieve this potential, finds a study released Tuesday by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Energy Initiative. […]

spacecraft
Latest News

NASA’s Mercury Mission Ends With a Successful Crash

WASHINGTON, DC, May 4, 2015 (ENS) – NASA’s 10-year-long planetary exploration mission to Mercury came to a planned end Thursday when it slammed into Mercury’s surface at about 8,750 miles per hour, creating a new crater on the planet’s surface. […]

survivors
At Risk

Nepal Earthquake Death Toll Tops 7,000, Aid Delayed

KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 2, 2015 (ENS) – At least 7,040 people have lost their lives and 10,000 others are injured as a result of the magnitude-7.8 earthquake that devastated the Nepal on April 25, the country’s National Emergency Operation Centre said today. […]

Powerwall
Business

Tesla Debuts Rechargeable Solar-Powered Battery

HAWTHORNE, California, May 1, 2015 (ENS) – Tesla Motors, maker of luxury electric cars, is expanding to become the first manufacturer and distributor of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that store solar power for use in homes and businesses. […]

LA
Air/Climate

Four in Every 10 Americans Are Breathing Dirty Air

WASHINGTON, DC, April 29, 2015 (ENS) – The American Lung Association’s “State of the Air 2015” report, released today during Air Quality Awareness Week, shows that over four in every 10 Americans live in counties where levels of these pollutants make the air unhealthy to breathe. […]