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Police Detain Greta Thunberg at German Coal Mine Protest

January 17, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on Police Detain Greta Thunberg at German Coal Mine Protest

LUZERATH, Germany, January 17, 2023 (ENS) – Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained by police Tuesday while protesting a coal mine expansion that has emptied a now-abandoned hamlet in [...]

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One Man Blockade of Climate Funding Forces Biden’s Hand

July 20, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on One Man Blockade of Climate Funding Forces Biden’s Hand

WASHINGTON, DC, July 20, 2022 (ENS) – Senator Joe Manchin of the coal-producing state of West Virginia, a Democrat, has told Democratic congressional leaders that he won’t support new climate [...]

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Coal Mine Expansion Authorized in India’s Tribal Forest

April 21, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Coal Mine Expansion Authorized in India’s Tribal Forest

JAIPUR, Rajasthan, India, April 21, 2022 (ENS) – State governments in India have approved two giant new coal projects on the land of the Adivasi Indigenous people, defying a determined [...]

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Coal Waste Reimagined as ‘Ecofriendly’

March 29, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Coal Waste Reimagined as ‘Ecofriendly’

WASHINGTON, DC, March 29, 2022 (ENS) – Turning coal waste from power plants into fire-resistant, strong, lightweight building materials is a project the U.S. Department of Energy is supporting, investing [...]

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INDIANA: Utility Must Remove Coal Ash From Town of Pines

March 4, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on INDIANA: Utility Must Remove Coal Ash From Town of Pines

MICHIGAN CITY, Indiana, March 4, 2022 (ENS) – To resolve federal and state Superfund liability, Northern Indiana Public Service Company, NIPSCO, has agreed clean up soil contamination at individual residences [...]

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UK Local Governments Demand Plutonium Safety Upgrades

February 12, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on UK Local Governments Demand Plutonium Safety Upgrades

MANCHESTER, UK, February 12, 2022 (ENS) – At least 50 local governing councils across England, Scotland, and Wales are worried about radioactive contamination in their communities, as about half of [...]

Energy

U.S. Turns to Nuclear Power as States Phase Out Fossil Fuels

January 31, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Turns to Nuclear Power as States Phase Out Fossil Fuels

WASHINGTON, DC, January 31, 2022 (ENS) – Two-thirds of U.S. states are considering how to safely install nuclear power to replace the coal, oil, and gas that are being phased [...]

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ILLINOIS: Sugar Camp Energy Sued for PFAS in Firefighting Foam

January 24, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on ILLINOIS: Sugar Camp Energy Sued for PFAS in Firefighting Foam

CHICAGO, Illinois, January 24, 2022 (ENS) – Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has filed a lawsuit against Sugar Camp Energy, LLC alleging that the company violated the Illinois Environmental Protection [...]

Gov/Politics

Green Values Shape Germany’s 2022 Government

January 8, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Green Values Shape Germany’s 2022 Government

BERLIN, Germany, January 8, 2022 (ENS) – In Germany’s September 2021 federal election, voters supported the Greens at historic levels, and Germany became the sixth and largest European Union Member [...]

Air/Climate

COP26: US, China Ignore Tensions, Pledge Climate Cooperation

November 10, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on COP26: US, China Ignore Tensions, Pledge Climate Cooperation

GLASGOW, Scotland, November 10, 2021 (ENS) – Recognizing the “seriousness and urgency of the climate crisis” the world’s two biggest carbon emitters, the United States and China, today issued a [...]

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Climate Activists Can’t Wait, Biden Can’t Wait Either

October 17, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Climate Activists Can’t Wait, Biden Can’t Wait Either

WASHINGTON, DC, October 16, 2021 (ENS) – At least 300 people were arrested at the White House last week while demonstrating to demand that President Joe Biden declare a climate [...]

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ILLINOIS: Lawmakers Consider Bill to Phase Out Coal, Natural Gas

May 4, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on ILLINOIS: Lawmakers Consider Bill to Phase Out Coal, Natural Gas

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, May 4, 2021 (ENS) – The Consumers and Climate First Act was introduced in the Illinois General Assembly last week to provide a path for Illinois to help [...]

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Largest Coal-fired Power Plant in U.S. West Demolished

December 19, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Largest Coal-fired Power Plant in U.S. West Demolished

 

PAGE, Arizona, December 19, 2020 (ENS) – For 45 years the Navajo Generating Station was the largest coal-fired power plant in the western United States – a 2.25-gigawatt facility [...]

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Wary Funders Drop Proposed South African Coal Plant

November 19, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Wary Funders Drop Proposed South African Coal Plant

 

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, November 19, 2020 (ENS) – “Major climate impacts and exorbitant costs have sounded the death knell” for one of the last new proposed coal-fired power [...]

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Pandemic Shock to Energy Industry Greatest in 70 Years

May 4, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Pandemic Shock to Energy Industry Greatest in 70 Years

 

PARIS, France, May 4, 2020 (ENS) – The global COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted the global economy, forcing large parts of the world into confinement and “creating the [...]

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    March 23, 2023 Comments Off on COLORADO: Wild Horses Get New Refuge Larger Than Manhattan
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    March 23, 2023 Comments Off on LOUISIANA: US Sues Japanese Firm Over Chloroprene Emissions
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