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Ukrainian, U.S. Prosecutors Go After Environmental War Crimes

May 19, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on Ukrainian, U.S. Prosecutors Go After Environmental War Crimes

WASHINGTON, DC, May 19, 2023 (ENS) – Eight guests from the Ukraine Prosecutor General’s Office are in Washington this week for a series of training and study sessions at the [...]

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COVID-19 Global Public Health Emergency Ends: Threat Remains

May 5, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on COVID-19 Global Public Health Emergency Ends: Threat Remains

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 5, 2023 (ENS) – COVID-19 no longer constitutes a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization announced today, following the advice of the International [...]

Health

Bird Flu Infects Chickens, Turkeys Worldwide, Millions Killed

April 1, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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EU, USA Pledge Energy Security as Russia Threatens Ukraine

January 28, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on 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. [...]

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Undersea Volcano Erupts in Tonga, Triggering Pacific Tsunami

January 15, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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Back-to-back Hurricanes Forecast to Double on U.S. Gulf Coast

November 11, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on 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

November 10, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on 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

November 3, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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Climate Polluters Collaborate on Carbon-Free Nuclear Fusion

November 2, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on 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

October 7, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on 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, [...]

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23 Species Off U.S. Endangered Species List: All Are Extinct

September 29, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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UN Climate Week Yields Energy Uplift for a Billion People

September 26, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on 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’

September 21, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on 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

September 16, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on 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

July 15, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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Secret Canada-U.S. Plastic Waste Trade Deal Revealed

December 18, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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Pfizer 1st With COVID Vaccine, Claims Over 90% Efficacy

November 11, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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Global Vaccine Telethon Raises $8 Billion Without USA

May 5, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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Race for a Virus Shield: 50 Vaccines in Development

April 1, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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