Health
Bird Flu Infects Chickens, Turkeys Worldwide, Millions Killed
WASHINGTON, DC, April 1, 2022 (ENS) – Highly infectious outbreaks of bird flu in 23 states since January have led to the killing of more than 17 million chickens and [...]
United States
Gov/Politics
EU, USA Pledge Energy Security as Russia Threatens Ukraine
BRUSSELS, Belgium, January 28, 2022 (ENS) – In a joint statement today, U.S. President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen reinforced their cooperation on energy security. [...]
At Risk
Undersea Volcano Erupts in Tonga, Triggering Pacific Tsunami
HONOLULU, Hawaii, January 15, 2022 (ENS) – A tsunami advisory was issued across the Pacific for the coasts of Australia, Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington after an undersea volcano [...]
At Risk
Back-to-back Hurricanes Forecast to Double on U.S. Gulf Coast
WASHINGTON, DC, November 11, 2021 (ENS) – The interval between tropical storms making landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast has been getting shorter over the past 40 years. By the [...]
Air/Climate
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 [...]
Air/Climate
COP26 Finance: Changing Climate Change With Financial Support
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 intensified on raising the [...]
RSS
Climate Polluters Collaborate on Carbon-Free Nuclear Fusion
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 [...]
Land Use/Forests
Biden Renews Protections on National Monuments Trump Defiled
WASHINGTON, DC, October 7, 2021 (ENS) – President Joe Biden is poised to sign three proclamations restoring protections for Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monuments, [...]
Latest News
23 Species Off U.S. Endangered Species List: All Are Extinct
WASHINGTON, DC, September 29, 2021 (ENS) – Endangered Species Act protections came too late for 23 species that will be removed from the Endangered Species List because they are already [...]
Energy
UN Climate Week Yields Energy Uplift for a Billion People
NEW YORK, New York, September 26, 2021 (ENS) – Commitments of US$400 billion in new finance and investment to increase renewables and access to electricity and clean cooking techniques were [...]
Gov/Politics
Biden to UN: We Stand At an ‘Inflection Point in History’
NEW YORK, New York, September 21, 2021 (ENS) – UN Secretary-General António Guterres today welcomed important commitments made towards climate action by the world’s two largest economies, the United States [...]
Gov/Politics
US-Australia Fortify Climate, Environmental, Human Rights Alliance
WASHINGTON, DC, September 16, 2021 (ENS) – Climate, clean energy, and the environment were front and center today in US-Australia ministerial consultations, setting policy on the 70th anniversary of a [...]
Air/Climate
Biden, Merkel Ink U.S.-Germany Climate and Energy Partnership
WASHINGTON, DC, July 15, 2021 (ENS) – President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel today at the White House launched the U.S.-Germany Climate and Energy Partnership during Merkel’s farewell [...]
Latest News
Secret Canada-U.S. Plastic Waste Trade Deal Revealed
SEATTLE, Washington, December 18, 2020 (ENS) – Environmental groups are calling a secret agreement on plastic wastes signed between Canada and the United States “illegal, unacceptable and dangerous.” In [...]
Health
Pfizer 1st With COVID Vaccine, Claims Over 90% Efficacy
NEW YORK, New York, November 11, 2020 (ENS) – Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is the first company to announce a successful vaccine candidate that is safe and effective in preventing [...]
At Risk
Global Vaccine Telethon Raises $8 Billion Without USA
BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 5, 2020 (ENS) – To battle the deadly coronavirus, six countries, the European Commission and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Monday pledged billions in [...]
At Risk
Race for a Virus Shield: 50 Vaccines in Development
WASHINGTON, DC, April 1, 2020 (ENS) – Vaccine researchers around the world are laser-focused on developing a vaccine to defeat COVID-19, the deadly disease caused by the novel [...]