BRUSSELS, Belgium, January 28, 2022 (ENS) – In a joint statement today, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and U.S. President Joe Biden reinforced their cooperation on energy security. The two leaders made their positions clear in the face of Russia’s buildup of an estimated 100,000 troops on its border with Ukraine. […]
PARIS, France, November 1, 2021 (ENS) – In the tiny 10th century French town of Saint-Paul-lès-Durance in Provence, the largest scientific research collaboration in history is underway in the most expensive building ever built. The international nuclear fusion megaproject has brought all the countries that top the greenhouse gas emissions list together in an unprecedented global collaboration. […]
GLAND, Switzerland, June 24, 2021 (ENS) – The International Union for the Conservation of Nature, IUCN, the official advisor on nature to UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, has recommended that the world’s largest reef, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef be placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger. […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 15, 2021 (ENS) – Environmental concerns, especially about the consequences of climate change, are on the minds of U.S. President Joe Biden and the European leaders he has met with over the past two days […]
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, February 22, 2021 (ENS) – The Arctic’s icy Northern Sea Route is melting, allowing the Russian icebreaking LNG carrier Christophe de Margerie to complete her experimental round trip voyage across the Arctic in winter. For the first time in history, due to climate warming, the Arctic ice has thawed enough to allow a large-capacity cargo vessel to transit the eastern portion of the Northern Sea Route in January. […]
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