Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-calls-nominations-2017-presidential-green-chemistry-challenge-awards
Published by the Environmental News Service JUPITER, Florida, October 17, 2016 (ENS) – In new research that could help eliminate the tragic birth defects caused by the Zika virus, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have pinpointed how the virus attacks the brains of newborns. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/10/17/zika-most-damaging-during-rapid-brain-growth/
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Brian Helmuth, the marine scientist who devised them about 18 years ago, says they are an example of “biomimicry,” a relatively new field. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/18/science/robotic-mussels-climate-change.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, October 16, 2016 (ENS) – Independent biologist Alexandra Morton has filed a lawsuit against Canada’s Minister of Fisheries and Oceans for putting wild salmon at risk by failing to test farmed salmon for a viral disease. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/10/16/biologist-sues-canadian-government-over-salmon-disease/
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-honors-2016-green-power-leaders
Published by the Environmental News Service NAIROBI, Kenya, October 15, 2016 (ENS) – African delegates from more than 45 countries have welcomed progress made by the New Partnership for African Development, NEPAD, Gender Climate Change and Agriculture Programme, established to foster resilience among farmers to the shocks of climate change. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/10/15/africa-seeks-25-million-climate-smart-farmers-by-2025/
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A binding accord on a heat-trapping chemical used in air-conditioners and refrigerators could have a greater impact on global warming than the Paris pact of 2015. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/15/world/africa/kigali-deal-hfc-air-conditioners.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Declaración y blog de la administradora de EPA Gina McCarthy sobre el histórico Acuerdo de Kigali El 15 de octubre de 2016 Información de contacto Melissa Harrison (Harrison.Melissa@epa.gov) Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/declaracion-y-blog-de-la-administradora-de-epa-gina-mccarthy-sobre-el-historico-acuerdo
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Statement from EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy on Historic Kigali Agreement Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/statement-blog-epa-administrator-gina-mccarthy-historic-kigali-agreement
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme – Reducing emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under the Kigali Amendment can prevent up to 0.5°C of global warming, while continuing to protect the ozone layer – HFCs consumption to be reduced in 2019 in developed countries and frozen in 2024 and 2028 in developing countries Read the full […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The U.S. has struggled to limit wild horse populations since Congress passed a law in 1971 protecting the animals on public land in 10 Western states. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/15/us/wild-horses-us-west.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service GUILDFORD, Surrey, UK, October 14, 2016 E(NS) – The European Union’s own internal policy processes are blocking the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions across the 28-member bloc, finds new research by an international team from Sweden and the United Kingdom. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/10/14/eu-blocks-its-own-climate-change-emissions-cuts/
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Technology displayed in Paris would make it possible for a production-ready vehicle to vary the compression ratio in the engine’s combustion chambers while the car is being driven. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/automobiles/infinitis-vc-turbo-suv-a-leap-ahead-in-efficiency.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, October 12, 2016 (ENS) – Carbon emissions from international aviation will be controlled through a new global market-based measure, government, industry and civil society representatives have agreed. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/10/12/international-aviation-emissions-to-be-offset-by-agreement/
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Those who paint large-scale farmers and agribusiness as a monolithic villain ignore improvements that are being made today on the ground, in corporate offices and in food company kitchens. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/210510776/0/edf/blogs/feed~What-Michael-Pollan-gets-wrong-about-Big-Ag
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Foreign intelligence copied “an unknown quantity of documents,” a government report said, but it did not specify which country may have been responsible. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/13/world/australia/hacking-weather-bureau.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A phaseout of hydrofluorocarbons could have a major effect on climate change but would make air-conditioning more expensive just as many Indians are becoming able to afford it. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/13/world/asia/india-air-conditioning.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme New GEO-6 website provides access to vital information and data Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27086&ArticleID=36282&l=en
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund After years of hard, behind-the-scenes work, it’s the first-ever cap on carbon pollution from a major, global industry. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/210120440/0/edf/blogs/feed~Cutting-carbon-pollution-from-aviation-A-major-breakthrough-years-in-the-making
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON, DC—La Agencia de Protección Ambiental de EE.UU. (EPA, por sus siglas en inglés) otorga $1.3 millones a 22 organizaciones en 18 estados para ayudar a proteger y restaurar las aguas urbanas y apoyar la revitalización comunitaria y otras prioridades locales. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-otorga-13-millones-para-revitalizar-las-aguas-urbanas-y-comunidades-aledanas-en