Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Focusing on the conflicts of interest in Tesla Motors’ proposed takeover of SolarCity misses the bigger picture, some investors say. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/05/business/everyone-despises-solarcity-deal-except-tesla-shareholders.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme A clean environment is on the horizon for the people of Ogoniland as government, communities and oil industry commit to implementing UN Environment report recommendations Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27081&ArticleID=36239&l=en
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The reusable box that FreshRealm created to reduce packaging waste is a selling point of its delivery service — and a product it sells to competitors. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/04/business/a-tantalizing-offering-from-a-meal-kit-service-the-box.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The rebound effect describes changes that inadvertently raise carbon emissions. A recent study illustrated one such rebound involving crime reduction. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/04/science/climate-change-rebound-effect.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The spinning gold-plated copy of Carl Sagan’s “A Glorious Dawn” reached 94,000 feet above earth on a high-altitude balloon. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/04/arts/music/third-man-records-space.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service MEXICO CITY, Mexico, August 3, 2016 (ENS) – Mexico is to permanently ban the use of gillnets in waters where the endangered vaquita is found, in an attempt to save from exinction this small porpoise found only in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/08/03/mexico-bans-gillnets-to-save-endangered-porpoise/
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Trying to wrap your head around what Brazil has done right – and not – when it comes to dealing with Amazon deforestation can leave you dizzy. But there are definite bright spots. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/173214184/0/edf/blogs/feed~Deforestation-in-Brazil-%E2%80%93-another-rollercoaster-story-in-a-nation-of-contrasts
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-report-tracks-our-changing-climate
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON—La Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos (EPA, por sus siglas en inglés) publicó hoy un informe que muestra evidencia clara y convincente sobre los cambios a largo plazo en nuestro clima y destaca los impactos en la salud humana y el medio ambiente en Estad […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Rapid-response teams of researchers analyze droughts and other extreme weather events to see if global warming played a role. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/science/looking-quickly-for-the-fingerprints-of-climate-change.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment To try to restore their population, conservationists will release hundreds of the salamanders, which have been raised to maturity, into streams in Ohio. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/science/hellbenders-salamanders.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Mammoths on Alaska’s St. Paul Island could have faced freshwater problems that could be experienced by island dwellers all over in a warming world. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/science/mammoths-extinction-saint-paul-island-alaska.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University The Nicholas Institute, Resources for the Future, and the Georgetown Climate Center hosted a workshop that explored the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative’s (RGGI) role in achieving state climate goals and opportunities and challenges to expanding trading to states outside RGGI. Storified by · Mon, Aug […]
Published by the Environmental News Service LA JOLLA, California, July 31, 2016 (ENS) – Scientists have identified a beaked whale that lives in the cold and remote North Pacific Ocean as a new species. They have yet to officially name the whale, but have confirmed the species as a member of the genus Berardius. Read […]
Published by the Environmental News Service ATLANTA, Georgia, July 30, 2016 (ENS) – Since local transmission of Zika virus was first reported in Puerto Rico in December 2015, it has become so widespread on the island that public health officials are calling it an “epidemic.” Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/07/31/zika-epidemic-could-hit-10000-pregnant-puerto-ricans/
Published by the Environmental News Service MIAMI, Florida, July 30, 2016 (ENS) – Florida officials have informed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, that Zika virus infections in four people were likely caused by bites of local Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/07/30/first-u-s-local-mosquito-borne-zika-virus-sickens-four/
Published by the Environmental News Service MIAMI, Florida, July 30, 2016 (ENS) – Florida officials have informed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, that Zika virus infections in four people were likely caused by bites of local Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/07/30/first-u-s-locally-transmitted-zika-virus-sickens-four/
Published by the Environmental News Service LONDON, UK, July 29, 2016 (ENS) – Today, 45 nongovernmental organizations from around the world are raising the alarm over increasing tiger poaching and calling for an end to all tiger farming and trade in tigers and their body parts. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/07/29/wild-tigers-in-peril-as-tiger-farms-flourish/
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Because of slumping world demand and a glut of global supply, oil players are still struggling to cope with the industry’s doldrums. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/30/business/energy-environment/gloomy-days-in-the-oil-patch-but-some-see-a-glimmer-of-light.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund The business case for changing the chemicals in products is thin. But there’s more to this story. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/170639430/0/edf/blogs/feed~Why-did-Walmart-take-the-unusual-step-to-tackle-chemicals
