Published by the Environmental News Service OSLO, Norway, December 7, 2017 (ENS) – The Government of Norway has partnered with the Dutch multinational corporation Unilever to commit US$400 million in public-private funding towards building resilience to climate change in vulnerable countries around the world. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/12/07/norway-unilever-us400-million-climate-resilience-fund/
Published by the Environmental News Service LOS ANGELES, California, December 6, 2017 (ENS) – Hundreds of thousands of people are displaced tonight as wildfires driven by Santa Ana winds roar through the forests of southern California, devouring all homes in their path. About 200,000 people are under evacuation orders, but no deaths and few injuries […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Powerful Western voices are being ignored as Interior Secretary Zinke reconsiders protections for the imperiled bird. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/519831526/0/edf/blogs/feed~Zinke%E2%80%99s-sagegrouse-review-signals-shifting-influences-in-Washington
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, December 5, 2017 (ENS) – President Donald Trump Monday signed proclamations to shrink the boundaries of two national monuments in Utah – Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The proclamations result in five distinct monument units within the two monuments. Read the full article […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund We can expect another dose of the EPA chief’s slippery talking points when he finally returns to Capitol Hill. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/519831528/0/edf/blogs/feed~The-Scott-Pruitt-Dictionary-What-to-look-for-in-his-testimony-this-week
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund We can expect another dose of the EPA chief’s slippery talking points when he finally returns to Capitol Hill. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/519831528/0/edf/blogs/feed~The-Scott-Pruitt-Dictionary-What-to-look-for-in-his-upcoming-testimony
Published by the Environmental News Service LONDON, UK, November 25, 2017 (ENS) – Three of world’s largest conservation organizations – BirdLife International, the Wildlife Conservation Society and WWF – have just launched an unprecedented 25-year tree planting and restoration effort they are calling the Trillion Trees program. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/11/28/planet-earth-needs-a-trillion-new-trees/
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund As we approach the end of President Trump’s first year in office, we’re taking stock of what’s changed and ramping up our efforts. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/500973434/0/edf/blogs/feed~Climate-action-today-Where-were-going-and-how-we-reach-results-%E2%80%93-despite-current-roadblocks
Published by the Environmental News Service GOTHENBURG, Sweden, November 27, 2017 (ENS) – Within a very few years, when you call for an Uber ride, a self-driving vehicle will show up at your door. Volvo Cars has signed an agreement with the ride sharing company to sell Uber tens of thousands of autonomous driving compatible […]
Published by the Environmental News Service KABUL, Afghanistan, November 26, 2017 (ENS) – With about 300 sunny days every year, Afghanistan is well situated for solar power, and soon the country will be generating electricity with its first industrial-scale solar photovoltaic array. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/11/26/on-grid-solar-power-comes-to-afghanistan/
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, November 25, 2017 (ENS) – The seventh annual 24 Hours of Reality broadcast, a starry, 24-hour live event focused on the climate crisis and its solutions, will happen December 4-5, hosted by former U.S. Vice President and Climate Reality Founder and Chairman Al Gore. Read the full […]
Published by the Environmental News Service BONN, Germany, November 20, 2017 (ENS) – A multi-faceted new surge of climate actions and financing was announced by countries, cities, states, regions, businesses and civil society during COP23, the UN annual climate conference, which closed early Saturday morning in Bonn. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/11/20/urgency-propels-climate-actions-funding-at-cop23/
Published by the Environmental News Service LOS ANGELES, California, November 19, 2017 (ENS) – Moving bus stops away from intersections would reduce the amount of pollution to which bus riders are exposed, scientists from the University of California Los Angeles report. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/11/19/relocating-bus-stops-protects-riders-from-pollution/
Published by the Environmental News Service PIERRE, South Dakota, November 17, 2017 (ENS) – TransCanada has shut down its Keystone pipeline after it sprang a leak early Thursday near the small community of Amherst in Marshall County, South Dakota. The pipeline carrying crude oil from Canada’s tar sands will remain shut down as the company […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Beyond his inexperience, Honeycutt’s faulty logic could have a direct effect on science at the EPA. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/493604824/0/edf/blogs/feed~Why-Honeycutt-is-such-an-alarming-choice-for-EPAs-science-advisory-panel
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Some of these concrete and often-easy projects pay for themselves in just a few years. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/493066670/0/edf/blogs/feed~smart-investments-helped-these-communities-weather-extreme-storms
Published by the Environmental News Service BONN, Germany, November 14, 2017 (ENS) – “We’re here, we’re in and we’re not going away,” California Governor Jerry Brown said of many U.S. states and cities at the ongoing UN climate talks in Bonn. Despite President Donald Trump’s vow to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement […]
Published by the Environmental News Service DUBLIN, Ireland, November 13, 2017 (ENS) – December 2017 is the last month when wild animals in circuses can legally be shown to Irish audiences. Michael Creed, Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, has signed regulations banning the use of wild animals in circuses that perform in […]
Published by the Environmental News Service BONN, Germany, November 10, 2017 (ENS) – National leaders and business leaders pledged ambitious action and millions in funding for renewable energy today at the UN climate talks in Bonn, hosted by the government of Fiji. It’s Energy Day at COP23, the 23rd Conference of the Parties to the […]
Published by the Environmental News Service KARACHI, Pakistan, November 10, 2017 – Shipbreaking plot no. 54 in Gadani, Pakistan, was sealed off Thursday after a massive fire broke out aboard the ship ACES. No casualties were reported. This is the same floating oil production tanker that blew up on November 1 last year, an explosion […]