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Maersk Slammed for Sidestepping EU Ship Recycling Law

June 11, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Maersk Slammed for Sidestepping EU Ship Recycling Law

 

BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 11, 2016 (ENS) – Indian and international environmental groups are taking Danish container ship giant Maersk to task for its statement that the company is [...]

tusks
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Sri Lanka Crushes Tonnes of Contraband Ivory

January 26, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Sri Lanka Crushes Tonnes of Contraband Ivory

 

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, January 26, 2016 (ENS) – Today, on International Customs Day, the Sri Lankan government has crushed more than 350 confiscated elephant tusks to destroy the [...]

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Beijing Forest Police Bust Wildlife Trafficking Ring

October 12, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Beijing Forest Police Bust Wildlife Trafficking Ring

 

BEIJING, China, October 12, 2015 (ENS) – Beijing Forest Police have arrested 16 suspects in a major wildlife trafficking case code-named May 21. The sting led to the [...]

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Apple Explores the Electric Car Design Track

February 17, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Apple Explores the Electric Car Design Track

 

CUPERTINO, California, February 17, 2015 (ENS) – The online rumor mill is buzzing with speculation that consumer electronics giant Apple is working towards building an electric vehicle of [...]

beach
At Risk

Ship Collision Spills Tonnes of Oil in Singapore Strait

January 3, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Ship Collision Spills Tonnes of Oil in Singapore Strait

SINGAPORE, January 3, 2015 (ENS) – A collision Friday between an oil tanker and a bulk carrier at the eastern end of the Strait of Singapore, where it meets [...]

Exxon Valdez
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Single Hull Oil Tankers Barred From U.S. Waters

January 2, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on Single Hull Oil Tankers Barred From U.S. Waters

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 2, 2015 (ENS) – As of January 1, 2015 single-hull oil tankers are no longer allowed in U.S. waters.

The Oil Pollution Act of 1990, [...]

McKibben
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Climate Activist Bill McKibben Wins Right Livelihood Award

September 24, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Climate Activist Bill McKibben Wins Right Livelihood Award

 

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, September 24, 2014 (ENS) – Bill McKibben, founder of the international climate action group 350.org, will be one of five recipients of this year’s Right Livelihood [...]

tusks
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Global Wildlife Crime Sting Arrests 400+ Suspects

February 17, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Global Wildlife Crime Sting Arrests 400+ Suspects

 

NAIROBI, Kenya, February 17, 2014 (ENS) – Working together, law enforcement officers from 28 countries have made over 400 arrests of wildlife crime suspects and more than 350 [...]

Singapore
At Risk

Three Oil Spills in Two Weeks Foul Singapore’s Waters

February 11, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on Three Oil Spills in Two Weeks Foul Singapore’s Waters

 

SINGAPORE, February 11, 2014 (ENS) – A containership and a chemical tanker collided in the Singapore Strait Monday afternoon, spilling some 80 metric tonnes of bunker fuel, the [...]

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France Crushes Three Tonnes of Smuggled Ivory

February 6, 2014 News Editor Comments Off on France Crushes Three Tonnes of Smuggled Ivory

 

PARIS, France, February 6, 2014 (ENS) – Today in Paris, beside the Eiffel Tower, the government of France crushed 3.5 metric tonnes of illegal ivory seized over a [...]

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U.S. Crushes Six-Ton Ivory Stockpile

November 14, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Crushes Six-Ton Ivory Stockpile

 

DENVER, Colorado, November 14, 2013 (ENS) – The United States today destroyed its six-ton stock of confiscated elephant ivory, sending a message that the nation will not tolerate [...]

At Risk

Another Typhoon Piles Misery on Disaster-prone Philippines

November 12, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Another Typhoon Piles Misery on Disaster-prone Philippines

 

MANILA, Philippines, November 12, 2013 (ENS) – Another typhoon has struck the Philippines less than two days after Super Typhoon Yolanda, elsewhere called Haiyan, left the island nation [...]

At Risk

Russia Charges Greenpeace Arctic Protesters with Piracy

October 4, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Russia Charges Greenpeace Arctic Protesters with Piracy

 

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, October 4, 2013 (ENS) – Russian prosecutors have charged 30 people with piracy – 28 Greenpeace activists and two journalists – following what Greenpeace describes [...]

oil spill
At Risk

Thai Oil Spill Spreads, Cleanup Continues

August 1, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Thai Oil Spill Spreads, Cleanup Continues

 

BANGKOK, Thailand, August 1, 2013 (ENS) – Crude oil that spilled from a pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand on Saturday has blackened the majority of coral reefs [...]

Cambodian tailorbird
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Scientists Find New Bird in Cambodia’s Capital City

June 27, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Scientists Find New Bird in Cambodia’s Capital City

 

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, June 27, 2013 (ENS) – There are 1.5 million people living in Cambodia’s capital city, Phnom Penh, so secluded hiding places for a loud-voiced bird [...]

chickens
At Risk

Seven Dead in China as Bird Flu Virus Infects Humans

April 8, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Seven Dead in China as Bird Flu Virus Infects Humans

 

BEIJING, China, April 8, 2013 (ENS) – A new form of bird flu is alarming Chinese and World Health Organization officials. Since March 29, when human infection with [...]

No Picture
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Nations Consider Protecting Sharks as 100 Million Die Each Year

March 8, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Nations Consider Protecting Sharks as 100 Million Die Each Year

 

BANGKOK, Thailand, March 7, 2013 (ENS) – Every year in commercial fisheries around the world some 100 million sharks die, according to scientific findings released today in the [...]

No Picture
At Risk

New Lethal Bird Flu Strain Emerges in Indonesian Ducks

December 18, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on New Lethal Bird Flu Strain Emerges in Indonesian Ducks

 

JAKARTA, Indonesia, December 18, 2012 (ENS) – Indonesia has identified the bird flu virus that has killed hundreds of thousands of ducks over the past few weeks as [...]

ivory, tusks, Malaysia
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Malaysian Customs Seizes 20 Tonnes of Smuggled Ivory

December 11, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Malaysian Customs Seizes 20 Tonnes of Smuggled Ivory

 

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, December 11, 2012 (ENS) – Royal Malaysian Customs today announced their largest ivory seizure ever, a find of 1,500 pieces of elephant tusks hidden in [...]

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Land Use/Forests

Swiss Attorney General Probes UBS Over Malaysian Timber Proceeds

September 4, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Swiss Attorney General Probes UBS Over Malaysian Timber Proceeds

 

BERN, Switzerland, September 4, 2012 (ENS) – Switzerland’s Attorney General has opened a criminal investigation into the country’s largest bank, UBS AG, over suspected money laundering of timber [...]

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