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Massachusetts Drinking Water Polluted With Firefighting Foam

May 25, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Massachusetts Drinking Water Polluted With Firefighting Foam

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 25, 2022 (ENS) – State Attorney General Maura Healey today sued 13 manufacturers of poly- and perfluoroalkyl, PFAS, the so-called forever chemicals used in firefighting foam. They [...]

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Wastewater Recycling Sends Microplastics Back to Soil, Ocean

May 16, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Wastewater Recycling Sends Microplastics Back to Soil, Ocean

CARDIFF, Wales, UK, May 16, 2022 (ENS) – Farmlands across Europe are becoming the largest global reservoir of microplastics due to the high concentrations found in fertilizers derived from sewage [...]

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Africa Starves Under The Blazing Sun

April 21, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Africa Starves Under The Blazing Sun

DUBLIN, Ireland, April 21, 2022 (ENS) – Trucking water into communities who are somehow surviving the drought gripping the East African country of Somalia, has got Ireland’s largest aid organization [...]

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Congress OKs Climate, Energy, Water Spending in $1.5T Bill

March 12, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Congress OKs Climate, Energy, Water Spending in $1.5T Bill

WASHINGTON, DC, March 12, 2022 (ENS) – In a bipartisan vote of 68-31, the U.S. Senate has passed an appropriations bill that will fund government climate, energy, water and wildfire [...]

Energy

U.S. to Defuel and Close Leaking Pearl Harbor Fuel Facility

March 8, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. to Defuel and Close Leaking Pearl Harbor Fuel Facility

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 8, 2022 (ENS) – The underground Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in the hills above the Pearl Harbor Naval Station on Oahu will be de-fueled and [...]

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NEW HAMPSHIRE: Rewards Sustainable Craft Beverage Brewers

February 10, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on NEW HAMPSHIRE: Rewards Sustainable Craft Beverage Brewers

CONCORD, New Hampshire, February 10, 2022 (ENS) – The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services has joined the New Hampshire Brewers Association to open a new program honoring environmental leaders [...]

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Food Swaps Can Radically Change a Diet’s Carbon Footprint

January 14, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Food Swaps Can Radically Change a Diet’s Carbon Footprint

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, January 14, 2022 (ENS) – Americans who eat beef could slash their diet’s carbon footprint as much as 48 percent by swapping just one serving a day [...]

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U.S. Navy Fuel Tanks Leak Into Oahu Drinking Water

December 10, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Navy Fuel Tanks Leak Into Oahu Drinking Water

HONOLULU, Hawaii, December 9, 2021 (ENS) – Hawaii’s entire Congressional delegation is calling on Governor David Ige to request that President Joe Biden declare an emergency and direct the U.S. [...]

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Climate Scientists Warn of ‘Looming’ World Water Crisis

October 12, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Climate Scientists Warn of ‘Looming’ World Water Crisis

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 12, 2021 (ENS) – The World Meteorological Organization is holding a special session of its Congress to meet the “explosive” growth in the demand for weather, climate, [...]

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CALIFORNIA: Newsom Signs $15B Climate Crisis Spending Bill

September 24, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on CALIFORNIA: Newsom Signs $15B Climate Crisis Spending Bill

SACRAMENTO, California, September 24, 2021 (ENS) – Among the towering ancient trees in Sequoia National Park, near the site of this season’s devastating KNP Complex fire, Governor Gavin Newsom Thursday [...]

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KANSAS: Blue-Green Algae in Lakes Prompts Public Health Warnings

September 22, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on KANSAS: Blue-Green Algae in Lakes Prompts Public Health Warnings

TOPEKA, Kansas, September 22, 2021 (ENS) – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks have issued two dozen public health advisories for [...]

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Brazil’s Irreplaceable Wetlands and Rivers Drying Up

August 27, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Brazil’s Irreplaceable Wetlands and Rivers Drying Up

SAO PAULO, Brazil, August 27, 2021 (ENS) – Brazil has lost 15 percent of its surface water in the past 30 years, finds a comprehensive analysis published on the new [...]

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MINNESOTA: 3M Groundwater Pollution Requires $700M Clean Water Plan

August 20, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on MINNESOTA: 3M Groundwater Pollution Requires $700M Clean Water Plan

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, August 20, 2021 (ENS) – The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Wednesday released a drinking water supply plan for the 14 communities [...]

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New UN Climate Report ‘Code Red for Humanity’

August 9, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on New UN Climate Report ‘Code Red for Humanity’

GENEVA, Switzerland, August 9, 2021 (ENS) – Climate change is widespread and rapidly intensifying, and some of the changes already in motion, such as continued sea level rise, are irreversible [...]

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Water Crisis Squeezes Lebanon

August 4, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Water Crisis Squeezes Lebanon

BEIRUT, Lebanon, August 4, 2021 (ENS) – More than four million of the 6.8 million people in Lebanon, including a million refugees, are at immediate risk of losing their access [...]

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NORTH DAKOTA: State OKs $3M in Drought Relief for Farmers, Ranchers

August 4, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on NORTH DAKOTA: State OKs $3M in Drought Relief for Farmers, Ranchers

BISMARCK, North Dakota, August 4, 2021 (ENS) – With 98 percent of the state suffering severe extreme, and exceptional drought, the North Dakota State Water Commission has approved two new [...]

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Watertech Startup Products Make Blue-Green Algae Commit Suicide

August 4, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Watertech Startup Products Make Blue-Green Algae Commit Suicide

TZUR HADASSAH, Israel, August 3, 2021 (ENS) – BlueGreen Water Technologies, Ltd., a global watertech company that provides innovative solutions to toxic algae blooms, has been named the Global Water [...]

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Anger Rises Over Oil Drilling in Endangered Elephants’ ‘Last Stronghold’

June 23, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Anger Rises Over Oil Drilling in Endangered Elephants’ ‘Last Stronghold’

WINDHOEK, Namibia, June 23, 2021 (ENS) – The Canadian oil and gas company Reconnaissance Energy Africa, or ReconAfrica, is currently drilling for oil in Namibia, with further exploration in Botswana [...]

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KENTUCKY: $250M in Federal Relief Will Fix Water Infrastructure

June 10, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on KENTUCKY: $250M in Federal Relief Will Fix Water Infrastructure

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, June 10, 2021 (ENS) – Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, a Democrat, has announced a Better Kentucky Plan that will help the state create 14,500 jobs to deliver clean [...]

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Salt Pollution Threatens Human Water Security

April 22, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Salt Pollution Threatens Human Water Security

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, April 22, 2021 (ENS) – “Inland freshwater salt pollution is rising nationwide and worldwide, and we investigated the potential conflict between managing freshwater salt pollution and the sustainable [...]

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