Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, July 23, 2018 (ENS) – The Trump administration is proposing new rules for implementing the Endangered Species Act, ESA, that will make it more difficult to recover Threatened and Endangered species across the country. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2018/07/23/trump-attacks-endangered-species-act/
Published by the Environmental News Service BIRMINGHAM, England, UK, July 20, 2018 (ENS) – Watercourses with high levels of fine sediment and organic materials building up in their stream beds are increasing greenhouse gas emissions from rivers, raising the risk of communicable disease and putting wildlife at risk, new research demonstrates. Read the full article […]
Published by the Environmental News Service DENVER, Colorado, July 18, 2018 (ENS) – A new poll by the Center for Western Priorities shows the growing influence of the Outdoor Voting Bloc in Mountain West swing states. These voters oppose opening more public lands for energy development, rolling back regulations on drilling and mining, and reducing […]
Published by the Environmental News Service NEW YORK, New York, July 17, 2018 (ENS) – New York City is a magnet for America’s fashion designers, but fashion hasn’t been a feature in the sober halls of United Nations headquarters. That changed this week as the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development held its annual […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Here are just a few of the proposed – and existing – regulations that could be jeopardized if the rule goes into effect. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/559052528/0/edf/blogs/feed~critical-EPA-health-rules-jeopardized-by-%E2%80%9Ccensored-science%E2%80%9D
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Overfishing is the most solvable environmental problem of our generation, writes Katie McGinty, EDF’s new Senior Vice President of Oceans. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/558722284/0/edf/blogs/feed~How-the-oceans-go-so-goes-our-future
Published by the Environmental News Service VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, July 15, 2018 (ENS) – Only 84 Critically Endangered Amur leopards, Panthera pardus orientalis, remain in the wild along the southernmost border of Primorskii Province in Russia and Jilin Province of China, according to the latest scientific estimate. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2018/07/15/amur-leopards-could-go-extinct-as-numbers-dwindle/
Published by the Environmental News Service COPENHAGEN, Denmark, July 14, 2018 (ENS) – An iceberg four miles (six kilometers) wide has broken off a glacier on Greenland’s east coast. It happened in late June while American scientists were there and were able to record the event on video. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2018/07/14/iceberg-four-miles-wide-splits-off-greenland-glacier/
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Advanced technologies are now allowing us to see and track wildlife, planetary-scale. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/558240902/0/edf/blogs/feed~Satellite-antennas-other-tech-are-about-to-transform-conservation-as-we-know-it
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Using enzymes to tackle ocean waste could be risky. Here’s why. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/558208940/0/edf/blogs/feed~Are-plasticeating-bacteria-the-solution-to-ocean-pollution-It%E2%80%99s-not-that-simple-science-shows
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Will the acting administrator follow in Scott Pruitt’s footsteps? It seems that way. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/557991346/0/edf/blogs/feed~Two-worrying-signs-at-Andrew-Wheelers-EPA
Published by the Environmental News Service NEW YORK, New York, July 10, 2018 (ENS) – “It is literally the truth, that sustainable development is the path to happiness,” Professor Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, told the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development that opened on Monday at UN […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, July 5, 2018 (ENS) – Scott Pruitt resigned as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today in the face of a long list of scandals involving disregard of science, overspending, and abuse of power to enrich himself and his family. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2018/07/05/pruitt-cant-do-it-under-attack-epa-head-resigns/
Published by the Environmental News Service NEW DELHI, India, July 5, 2018 (ENS) – When reports emerged that India and China are in talks about forming an oil buyers’ club, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, was too busy with its upcoming June 22 meeting to concern itself with that dangerous alliance. Now, […]
Published by the Environmental News Service SAINT PAUL-LEZ-DURANCE, France, July 3, 2018 (ENS) – There may be lingering disagreements among China, the European Union, India, Japan, South Korea, Russia and the United States, but there is one complex project these seven entities have in common that is on track for success – the world’s largest […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, July 2, 2018 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is trying to delay a court order that requires the agency produce the scientific information Administrator Scott Pruitt relied upon in claiming that human activity is not a “primary contributor” to climate change. Read the full article […]
Published by the Environmental News Service PAHOA, Hawaii, June 29, 2018 (ENS) – Noxious sulfur dioxide (SO2) fumes from Kilauea volcano’s summit have dropped to half the levels before the eruption activities began on May 3, according to a new report from the Geological Survey (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Still, volcanic gas emissions remain high […]
Published by the Environmental News Service MANAMA, Bahrain, June 27, 2018 (ENS) – Conservationists around the world are celebrating the announcement by UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee Tuesday that the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System – the world’s second largest coral reef system after the Great Barrier Reef – is officially off the List of World […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Game-changing technology is enabling the oil and gas industry to save product while helping the environment. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/554725644/0/edf/blogs/feed~Oil-and-gas-meet-Silicon-Valley
Published by the Environmental News Service HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 25, 2018 (ENS) – Hawaii is making history. Ten days ago the island state became the first to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos, a neurotoxin linked to asthma and seizures that damages brain development in children. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2018/06/25/hawaii-first-u-s-state-to-ban-chlorpyrifos/