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Senate to Vote on Record $369 Billion Climate Change Spending

July 29, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Senate to Vote on Record $369 Billion Climate Change Spending

WASHINGTON, DC, July 29, 2022 (ENS) – Two of the Democrats’ most powerful senators have agreed to add a $700 billion climate change, energy security and debt reduction package, the [...]

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Largest U.S. City Prepares for Climate-Driven Flooding Rains

July 8, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Largest U.S. City Prepares for Climate-Driven Flooding Rains

NEW YORK, New York, July 8, 2022 (ENS) – New York City Mayor Eric Adams and staff Thursday released the Rainfall Ready NYC action plan – a plan to prepare [...]

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State of the Oceans Alarms World Leaders

July 6, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on State of the Oceans Alarms World Leaders

LISBON, Portugal, July 1, 2022 (ENS) – Heads of state, world leaders, and government officials wrapping up their week-long meeting in Lisbon at the UN Ocean Conference admitted to being [...]

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Siberian Wildfires Doubly Dangerous to Distracted Russia

May 20, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Siberian Wildfires Doubly Dangerous to Distracted Russia

By Benjamin Seidman

KRASNOYARSK, Russia, May 20, 2022 (ENS) – Early season wildfires in Siberia this spring threaten yet another record-breaking fire season in Russia, while the Russian government continues [...]

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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 [...]

Air/Climate

Humanity Can Halve Climate Emissions by 2030: UN Panel

April 17, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Humanity Can Halve Climate Emissions by 2030: UN Panel

GENEVA, Switzerland, April 17, 2022 (ENS) – In a rare encouraging climate report, the UN’s scientific Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, has recognized “increasing evidence of climate action” and [...]

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Congress OKs Climate, Energy, Water Spending in $1.5T Bill

March 12, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Congress OKs Climate, Energy, Water Spending in $1.5T Bill

WASHINGTON, DC, March 12, 2022 (ENS) – In a bipartisan vote of 68-31, the U.S. Senate has passed an appropriations bill that will fund government climate, energy, water and wildfire [...]

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MARYLAND: First State to Join DoE’s Better Climate Challenge

March 5, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on MARYLAND: First State to Join DoE’s Better Climate Challenge

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, March 5, 2022 (ENS) – Ben Grumbles, Secretary of the Maryland Department of the Environment, attended the kickoff meeting of the Better Climate Challenge last Monday. He was [...]

Air/Climate

New UN Climate Change Report “An Atlas of Human Suffering”

March 1, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on New UN Climate Change Report “An Atlas of Human Suffering”

BERLIN, Germany, March 1, 2022 (ENS) – “Today’s IPCC report is an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment of failed climate leadership,” declared UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres after [...]

Air/Climate

WMO: Climate Disasters to Increase Until at Least the 2060s

February 20, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on WMO: Climate Disasters to Increase Until at Least the 2060s

GENEVA, Switzerland, February 20, 2022 (ENS) – The impacts of climate change are already “very visible” and “happening worldwide,” the head of the UN weather agency told the opening session [...]

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World’s First: Ships Will Charge Up at Offshore Wind Farms

February 20, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on World’s First: Ships Will Charge Up at Offshore Wind Farms

LYNGBY, Denmark, February 20, 2022 (ENS) – To support decarbonization of the maritime industry by eliminating idle emissions, Maersk Supply Service is launching its offshore vessel-charging venture, Stillstrom. The new [...]

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PENNSYLVANIA: Coastal Zone Grants Fund Lake Erie Protections

February 15, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on PENNSYLVANIA: Coastal Zone Grants Fund Lake Erie Protections

MEADVILLE, Pennsylvania, February 15, 2022 (ENS) – Six projects in Pennsylvania have received Coastal Zone Grants totaling more than $250,000. Aimed at protecting and restoring the Lake Erie Coastal Zone, [...]

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Salt Intrusion Threatens Vital American Coastal Wetlands

February 11, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Salt Intrusion Threatens Vital American Coastal Wetlands

By Benjamin Seidman

CHESAPEAKE BAY, Maryland, February 11, 2022 (ENS) – In the eternal struggle between the ebb and flow of tides, high tides now have the upper hand as [...]

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MINNESOTA: Climate Change Melts Lakes Once Famed for Icy Sports

February 7, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on MINNESOTA: Climate Change Melts Lakes Once Famed for Icy Sports

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, February 7, 2022 (ENS) – “From shorter winter ice seasons to shifting fish populations, climate change is transforming Minnesota lakes as we know them,” the Minnesota Pollution [...]

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Climate Change Forces Rapid Melt of Earth’s Highest Glacier

February 7, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Climate Change Forces Rapid Melt of Earth’s Highest Glacier

WASHINGTON, DC, February 6, 2022 (ENS) – The highest glacier on Mount Everest, the world’s tallest mountain, “may already be a relic from an older, colder, time,” says the scientist [...]

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WASHINGTON: Methane Bubbles Up From Seafloor Near Seattle

January 30, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on WASHINGTON: Methane Bubbles Up From Seafloor Near Seattle

SEATTLE, Washington, January 30, 2022 (ENS) – At least 349 plumes of methane gas are bubbling up from the seafloor in Puget Sound, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, a [...]

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CALIFORNIA: Governor Invests $10B in Zero-Emission Vehicles

January 27, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on CALIFORNIA: Governor Invests $10B in Zero-Emission Vehicles

PALO ALTO, California, January 27, 2022 (ENS) – California Governor Gavin Newsom Wednesday outlined his $10 billion zero-emission vehicle, ZEV, package to accelerate the transition to zero-emission vehicles and fight [...]

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NASA Chief: Bold Climate Action Needed to Safeguard Humanity

January 17, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on NASA Chief: Bold Climate Action Needed to Safeguard Humanity

NEW YORK, New York January 17, 2022 (ENS) – “Science leaves no room for doubt: Climate change is the existential threat of our time,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.

“Eight [...]

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KENTUCKY: National Energy Lab Helps Louisville Go Renewable

January 15, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on KENTUCKY: National Energy Lab Helps Louisville Go Renewable

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, January 15, 2022 (ENS) – Kentucky’s largest city, Louisville, with its 1.1 million people, is partnering with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, NREL, to achieve a clean energy [...]

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World’s Most Daunting Ocean Project: Mapping Entire Seafloor

January 15, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on World’s Most Daunting Ocean Project: Mapping Entire Seafloor

By Benjamin Seidman

TOKYO, Japan, January 15, 2022 (ENS) – Much has changed since the early days of oceanic bathymetry, the study of the seafloor, when simple soundings were taken [...]

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