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Monkeypox Declared a Global Public Health Emergency

July 24, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Monkeypox Declared a Global Public Health Emergency

GENEVA, Switzerland, July 24, 2022 (ENS) –  The ongoing multi-country outbreak of monkeypox constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared [...]

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Africa Starves Under The Blazing Sun

April 21, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Africa Starves Under The Blazing Sun

DUBLIN, Ireland, April 21, 2022 (ENS) – Trucking water into communities who are somehow surviving the drought gripping the East African country of Somalia, has got Ireland’s largest aid organization [...]

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Police, Diplomats Form United Front for Endangered Wildlife

February 12, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Police, Diplomats Form United Front for Endangered Wildlife

BEIJING, China, February 12, 2022 (ENS) – The endangered animals and plants protected by the global treaty known as CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, now have [...]

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World Wetlands Day: Guarding the ‘Most Threatened Ecosystem’

February 2, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on World Wetlands Day: Guarding the ‘Most Threatened Ecosystem’

GENEVA, Switzerland, February 2, 2022 (ENS) – In 2020 wildfires destroyed 30 percent of the Pantanal, South America’s largest wetland extending across Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay. For the last 60 [...]

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Vietnam Cracks Down on Wildlife Trafficking But Crimes Persist

November 28, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Vietnam Cracks Down on Wildlife Trafficking But Crimes Persist

LONDON, UK, November 28, 2021 (ENS) – Vietnam needs international help to disrupt the operations of Vietnamese-led wildlife crime syndicates active in Africa and Asia. Despite government efforts to turn [...]

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NEW YORK: Trafficker in Protected African Cats Gets 18 Months

October 23, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on NEW YORK: Trafficker in Protected African Cats Gets 18 Months

BUFFALO, New York, October 23, 2021 (ENS) – A conviction for trafficking African wild cats has landed a New York man in prison for 18 months for violating two federal [...]

Food

Marshall Islands Key to Sustainable Global Tuna Industry

October 17, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Marshall Islands Key to Sustainable Global Tuna Industry

MAJURO, Marshall Islands, October 17, 2021 (ENS) – In an advance for tuna conservation, Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, has chosen Pacific Island Tuna, based in the Marshall Islands, to [...]

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African Elephants Classed as Two Species, Both Endangered

March 26, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on African Elephants Classed as Two Species, Both Endangered

GLAND, Switzerland, March 26, 2021 (ENS) – Poaching for ivory and loss of habitat over the past five decades have taken a grim toll on African elephants. The African forest [...]

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Land Use/Forests

Paradise Closing: Oil Drilling Begins in Okavango Delta

February 1, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Paradise Closing: Oil Drilling Begins in Okavango Delta

 

WINDHOEK, Namibia, February 1, 2021 (ENS) – The fate of one of Africa’s most valuable ecosystems will depend on results from wells being drilled deep into the bedrock beneath [...]

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  • OHIO: Freight Train Derailment Threatens Chemical Explosion
    February 6, 2023 Comments Off on OHIO: Freight Train Derailment Threatens Chemical Explosion
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    January 25, 2023 Comments Off on ALABAMA: Persistent Landfill Fire Prompts State Capitol Rally
  • KANSAS: Keystone Pipeline Spill Cleanup Plan Agreed
    January 9, 2023 Comments Off on KANSAS: Keystone Pipeline Spill Cleanup Plan Agreed
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    December 15, 2022 Comments Off on ALABAMA: Seven Sentenced, Ending Giant U.S. Cockfighting Biz

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