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… […]
WASHINGTON, DC, June 30, 2022 (ENS) – A majority of U.S. Supreme Court Justices voted today to restrict the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to limit and reduce carbon dioxide emissions that raise the atmospheric temperature, accelerating the climate crisis. […]
SCHLOSS ELMAU, Bavaria, Germany, June 26, 2022 (ENS) – At a century-old retreat in a Bavarian Alpine nature reserve, the world’s seven largest and wealthiest liberal democracies today formally launched
the Partnership for Global Infrastructure to mobilize “hundreds of billions of dollars and deliver quality, sustainable infrastructure” to support climate action and improve cybersecurity, gender equality and health care. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, March 10, 2022 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reinstated California’s authority under the Clean Air Act to implement its own greenhouse gas emission standards for […]
LORAIN, Ohio, February 18, 2022 (ENS) – In Lorain, once famed for its shipyards, where the Black River flows into Lake Erie, President Joe Biden Thursday announced that his administration is making “the most significant restoration of the Great Lakes in the history of the Great Lakes.” […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium, January 23, 2022 (ENS) – “Offshore wind has the biggest growth potential of any renewable energy technology, but the policy environment needs to improve rapidly for offshore wind to reach international net zero targets,” the Brussels-based Global Wind Energy Council said in its latest Offshore Wind Report 2021. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, January 22, 2022 (ENS) – Computer chip maker Intel Friday announced plans for an initial investment of more than $20 billion in the construction of two new leading-edge chip factories near Columbus, Ohio. The site will be Intel’s first new factory in 40 years and is already attracting other companies … […]
WASHINGTON, DC, December 20, 2021 (ENS) – The strongest vehicle greenhouse gas emissions standards ever established for the U.S. light-duty vehicle sector were set today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for vehicles sold in model years 2023-2026. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, December 11, 2021 (ENS) – President Joe Biden has approved an emergency declaration requested by Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear today after more than 30 tornadoes swept across Midwestern and Southern states overnight, claiming the lives of at least 70 people in Kentucky alone. […]
GLASGOW, Scotland, November 11, 2021 (ENS) – Transport Day at COP26 on Wednesday was studded with announcements of new initiatives and new funding for the decarbonization of road, rail, air and maritime transport around the world. […]
GLASGOW, Scotland, November 3, 2021 (ENS) – After two days of speeches and announcements from world leaders, the focus today at the UN climate summit COP26 shifted to raising the funding needed to accomplish the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate. But as the day unfolded, protests disrupted finance sessions… […]
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