WASHINGTON, DC, April 13, 2023 (ENS) – The benefits of the “most ambitious pollution standards ever,” will top costs by US$1 trillion, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency promised Tuesday, announcing new, stricter vehicle pollution standards to make all cars and trucks on U.S. roads cleaner and more efficient. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, March 26, 2023 (ENS) – At the White House Conservation in Action Summit Tuesday, President Joe Biden established two new national monuments, one in Nevada and one in Texas, protecting over half a million acres of public lands in honor of both Tribal Nations and military veterans. […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 16, 2023 (ENS) – Warning that the U.S. government’s environmental review fails to account for the full climate impact of oil development in Alaska, five of America’s largest conservation groups have filed a lawsuit to stop ConocoPhillips’ Willow oil project in the National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska, which the Biden Administration approved Monday. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, March 9, 2023 (ENS) – Norfolk Southern President and CEO Alan Shaw apologized today during a hearing of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee for the February derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio, just a mile from the Pennsylvania border. […]
ANKARA, Turkiye, February 12, 2023 (ENS) – At least 29,600 people have died and thousands of others were injured in 10 provinces after two major earthquakes shook southern Turkiye and surrounding countries on Monday, an official from Turkiye’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority, AFAD, said. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, January 18, 2023 (ENS) – Ally of industrial development and ex-President Donald Trump, far-right election denier Republican Congressman Paul Gosar of Arizona is back on the House Committee on Natural Resources where he sat for 10 years before he was removed by formal censure of the House in 2021. His return to the committee is a boon for resource extraction companies… […]
WASHINGTON, DC, January 9, 2023 (ENS) – In a new climate change guidance, the Biden Administration asks federal agencies to account for greenhouse gas emissions as they review proposals for clean energy and other infrastructure projects under the National Environmental Policy Act, commonly called NEPA. […]
SHARM el-SHEIKH, Egypt, November 5, 2022 (ENS) – People who care about global warming are focusing in on the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, where the United Nations’ annual climate conference, COP27, opens Sunday, with speeches by world leaders set for Monday and Tuesday. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, October 18, 2022 (ENS) – Fifty years ago today the Clean Water Act of 1972 became law, requiring America to protect and restore the crucial waterways that must sustain ecosystems, communities, and the economy. Now, a new law is providing the funding to accomplish those goals. […]
LEADVILLE, Colorado, October 14, 2022 (ENS) – President Joe Biden established the first new national monument of his presidency on Wednesday – the 53,800-acre Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument in the heart of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, October 10, 2022 (ENS) – The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, has just established the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights to serve underprivileged communities overburdened by the challenges created by lack of environmental justice. It will enforce civil rights laws, and deliver new grants and technical assistance. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, October 7, 2022 (ENS) – Today, the Biden Administration released a new 10-year National Strategy for the Arctic Region, which is melting at least three times faster than anywhere else on Earth. The new strategy addresses climate change with greater urgency and makes new investments in sustainable development to improve livelihoods for Arctic residents, while conserving the environment. […]
MIAMI, Florida, September 28, 2022 (ENS) – Blowing 155 miles per hour, Hurricane Ian made landfall this afternoon near the Florida barrier island of Cayo Costo off the southwest panhandle coast of Lee County. The storm forced hundreds of thousands to leave home to escape towering floods, and knocked out power to millions. […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, September 21, 2022 (ENS) – Conditions in Puerto Rico remain life-threatening after Hurricane Fiona devastated the island on Sunday, knocking out power across the island. Homes, […]
WASHINGTON, DC, September 16, 2022 (ENS) – The Biden Administration is launching a fleet of coordinated actions to develop floating offshore wind platforms, an emerging clean energy technology that will help the United States lead on offshore wind. Called the “Floating Offshore Wind Shot,” the new program will capture this potential to power millions of homes and businesses… […]
WASHINGTON, DC, September 9, 2022 (ENS) – Where’s the fire? Where’s the flood? For the first time, an online live climate impact dashboard is allowing people to see extreme weather, drought, wildfire and other climate change hazards that their locations are facing in the short term, with more maps showing how each community could be affected in the future. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, August 18, 2022 (ENS) – As President Joe Biden signed the $739 billion Inflation Reduction Act into law at the White House on Tuesday, he showcased what motivates his politics, and Democratic politics in general, exclaiming, “Let me say from the start: With this law, the American people won and the special interests lost!” […]
WASHINGTON, DC, August 10, 2022 (ENS) – President Joe Biden today signed the bipartisan Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics, PACT, Act. The PACT Act is the widest expansion of benefits and services for veterans exposed to toxics in more than 30 years. […]
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 […]
WASHINGTON, DC, July 12, 2022 (ENS) – “Today, we present humanity with a groundbreaking new view of the cosmos from the James Webb Space Telescope – a view the world has never seen before,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, presenting unique images of the universe from the newly launched telescope. “These images, including the deepest view of our universe that has ever been taken, show us how Webb will help to uncover the answers to questions we don’t even yet know to ask… […]
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