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Heavy fighting in Gaza halts most aid delivery and leaves civilians with few places to seek safety…

Biden urges Congress to pass Ukraine aid package while expressing openness to Mexico border changes…

Taylor Swift is named Time magazine’s person of the year…

GOP Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California is resigning, 2 months after his ouster as House speaker…

4 Russian-affiliated fighters charged with war crimes in alleged torture of U.S. citizen…

Nepal police detain 10 over allegations they sent youths to Russian army…

British government sanctions 46 entities and individuals for trading with Russia…

Saudi Arabia urges US restraint as Houthis attack ships in Red Sea…

China starts up world’s first fourth-generation nuclear reactor…

Norman Lear: Sitcom writer and producer dies aged 101…

Largest spill-response ship being readied to work off B.C. coast…

Northern China battles record flooding…

Heatwave spanning half of Australia this week to be capped by rain, cyclone…

ARIZONA: Copper Mine Proposal Looms Over Sacred Apache Site

February 11, 2022 News Editor Comments Off

PHOENIX, Arizona, February 11, 2022 (ENS) – The world’s two largest mining companies are pressing their proposal to mine for copper beneath a site most sacred to the San Carlos [...]

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

October 7, 2021 News Editor Comments Off

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 [...]

SOUTH CAROLINA: Safari Owner Guilty of Wildlife Trafficking

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U.S. Devotes $128 Million to Environmental Justice Projects

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MICHIGAN: Steel Giant Must Spend $100M to Cut Air Pollution

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HAWAII: U.S. Military to Drain Leaking Red Hill Fuel Tanks

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