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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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MASSACHUSETTS: Sticks With California Clean Trucks Regulation

January 7, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on MASSACHUSETTS: Sticks With California Clean Trucks Regulation

BOSTON, Massachusetts, January 7, 2022 (ENS) – To reduce transportation emissions and accelerate the adoption of zero-emission vehicles, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has filed emergency regulations with the [...]

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MAINE: Truck Dealer Caught Installing Illegal ‘Defeat Devices’

November 15, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on MAINE: Truck Dealer Caught Installing Illegal ‘Defeat Devices’

WINDHAM, Maine, November 15, 2021 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with APlus Truck Sales, Inc. of Windham, resolving EPA allegations that from 2017 to [...]

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ILLINOIS: Diesel Truck and Engine Maker Fined $52 Million

November 12, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on ILLINOIS: Diesel Truck and Engine Maker Fined $52 Million

LISLE, Illinois, November 11, 2021 (ENS) – Navistar International Corporation, which manufactures trucks and diesel engines in Lisle, has agreed to pay a $52 million civil penalty and mitigate at [...]

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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World’s Biggest Miners Vow Net-Zero CO2 Emissions By 2050

October 7, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on World’s Biggest Miners Vow Net-Zero CO2 Emissions By 2050

LONDON, UK, October 7, 2021 (ENS) – Some of the world’s largest mining companies signed a pledge on Tuesday to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 if not sooner. All [...]

Air/Climate

Climate Change Aims Achievable If Pledges Are Kept

September 21, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Climate Change Aims Achievable If Pledges Are Kept

LONDON, UK, September 21, 2021 (ENS) – Targets set by 131 countries as they aim for net-zero carbon emissions could limit global climate change to temperatures close to Paris Agreement [...]

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Biden, Dems Crack Down on Methane Emissions to Benefit Climate

June 30, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Biden, Dems Crack Down on Methane Emissions to Benefit Climate

WASHINGTON, DC, June 30, 2021 (ENS) – President Joe Biden signed into law today a Resolution of Disapproval that invalidates the Trump administration’s 2020 Methane Rescission Rule and reinstates two [...]

Gov/Politics

G7 Leaders Agree Global Agenda to ‘Build Back Better’

June 15, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on G7 Leaders Agree Global Agenda to ‘Build Back Better’

FALMOUTH, Cornwall, UK, June 13, 2021 (ENS) – The leaders of the world’s seven wealthiest democracies, the Group of Seven, G7, underlined their shared democratic values in today’s agreement to [...]

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Forests Don’t Offset as Much CO2 as Countries Claim

April 29, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Forests Don’t Offset as Much CO2 as Countries Claim

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 3, 2021 (ENS) – A giant gap between the amount of greenhouse gases countries report emitting and the amount of these heat-trapping gases independent scientists estimate from [...]

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Oil and Gas Firms Take Initiative on Methane Emissions

December 7, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Oil and Gas Firms Take Initiative on Methane Emissions

 

NEW YORK, New York, December 6, 2020 (ENS) – Major players in the oil and gas industry such as Shell, BP and Total have agreed to report emissions of [...]

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GM Quits Trump Suit to Strip California’s Emissions Control

November 25, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on GM Quits Trump Suit to Strip California’s Emissions Control

 

DETROIT, Michigan, November 25, 2020 (ENS) – General Motors CEO Mary Barra said on Monday the company is pulling out of a lawsuit led by the Trump administration against [...]

Air/Climate

Trump vs Biden: Environment in the Final Debate

October 23, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Trump vs Biden: Environment in the Final Debate

 

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, October 23, 2020 (ENS) – Republican President Donald Trump and his challenger in the November 3 election former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, faced [...]

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  • COLORADO: Wild Horses Get New Refuge Larger Than Manhattan
    March 23, 2023 Comments Off on COLORADO: Wild Horses Get New Refuge Larger Than Manhattan
  • LOUISIANA: US Sues Japanese Firm Over Chloroprene Emissions
    March 23, 2023 Comments Off on LOUISIANA: US Sues Japanese Firm Over Chloroprene Emissions
  • MASSACHUSETTS: Holyoke Must Spend $27M to Beat Sewage Overflow
    March 23, 2023 Comments Off on MASSACHUSETTS: Holyoke Must Spend $27M to Beat Sewage Overflow
  • OHIO: Norfolk Southern Train Wreck Remediation Makes Progress
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