VW Explores Making EVs With State-Owned Chinese Firm

September 9, 2016 / by News Editor / Asia, Environment, Environmental News Service, Europe, Journalism

Published by the Environmental News Service WOLFSBURG, Germany, September 9, 2016 (ENS) – Volkswagen and the Chinese corporation Anhui Jianghuai Automobile will explore joint development of electric vehicles in China, the two companies agreed in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed at VW headquarters in Wolfsburg on Tuesday. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/09/09/vw-explores-making-evs-with-state-owned-chinese-firm/

Ohio Superfund Site to Get $18.75 Million Cleanup

September 9, 2016 / by News Editor / Environment, Environmental News Service, Journalism

Published by the Environmental News Service YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, September 9, 2016 (ENS) – Faced with state and federal charges, Rutgers Organics Corporation has agreed to complete the cleanup of the Nease Chemical Superfund Site near Salem, Ohio, at an estimated cost of $18.75 million. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/09/09/ohio-superfund-site-to-get-18-75-million-cleanup/

China’s Biggest Stars Go Wild for Life to End Illegal Trade in Wildlife

September 9, 2016 / by Jason Patlis / Environment, Global News, Government, United Nations Environment Programme

Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme “This new campaign will not allow ignorance, indifference, fashion or status to serve as an excuse.” – UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador Li Bingbing Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27084&ArticleID=36263&l=en

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Awarded Three GreenGov Presidential Sustainability Awards

September 8, 2016 / by Headquarters Office of the Administrator AO / Climate, Environment, Government, North America, United States EPA

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Agency (EPA) has received three White House Presidential GreenGov sustainability awards, including one for helping Long Island communities develop post-Hurricane Sandy climate resiliency strategies. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-awarded-three-greengov-presidential-sustainability-awards

Governments and international organizations pledge stronger partnerships for green economy

September 8, 2016 / by Jason Patlis / Environment, Global News, Government, South America, United Nations Environment Programme

Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme – Partnership for Action on Green Economy is supporting governments in Peru, Colombia and Mongolia to introduce green policies. – Mongolia plans to green public education buildings, by reducing heat loss by 20 per cent by 2020 and by 40 per cent by 2030. Read the full article […]

Sioux Battle Dakota Access Pipeline in Court, on Site

September 7, 2016 / by News Editor / Environment, Environmental News Service, Journalism

Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, September 7, 2016 (ENS) – A federal judge Tuesday declined to halt construction on a part of the Dakota Access oil pipeline route west of Lake Oahe that the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has recently identified as sacred tribal burial ground. The site was bulldozed on the […]

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Finalizes Rule to Reduce Smog-Forming Pollution Transported Across State Lines

September 7, 2016 / by Headquarters Air and Radiation OAR / Air Quality, Environment, Government, North America, United States EPA

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized updates to the agency’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) that will help protect communities in the eastern U.S. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-finalizes-rule-reduce-smog-forming-pollution-transported-across-state-lines

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Adds Sites to National Priorities List to Reduce Risk to Public Health and Environment

September 7, 2016 / by Headquarters / Environment, Government, North America, United States EPA

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is adding 10 and proposing to add eight hazardous waste sites to the Superfund program’s National Priorities List (NPL). Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-adds-sites-national-priorities-list-reduce-risk-public-health-and-environment-0

Words Are Not Enough

September 7, 2016 / by Jason Patlis / Africa, Climate, Environment, Global News, Government, United Nations Environment Programme

Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme Speech by Ibrahim Thiaw, deputy chief of UN Environment at the “Defence and Climate Change” international conference in Skhirat, Morocco. Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27085&ArticleID=36260&l=en

USA and China Formally Join Paris Climate Agreement

September 6, 2016 / by News Editor / Asia, Climate, Environment, Environmental News Service, Journalism

Published by the Environmental News Service HANGZHOU, China, September 6, 2016 (ENS) – The Hangzhou G20 communique issued today brings climate change to the center stage of the global agenda and sends a strong signal for all nations to join the Paris Agreement as soon as possible. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/09/06/usa-and-china-formally-join-paris-climate-agreement/

In Puzzle of Oklahoma’s Earthquakes, New Data May Provide Clues

September 6, 2016 / by MICHAEL WINES / Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The state has had “thousands of years of earthquake activity in a short period of time,” a geologist says. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/07/us/in-puzzle-of-oklahomas-earthquakes-new-data-may-provide-clues.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

New Census: 30% of Africa’s Savanna Elephants Dead

September 5, 2016 / by News Editor / Africa, Environment, Environmental News Service, Journalism, Species

Published by the Environmental News Service HONOLULU, Hawaii, September 5, 2016 (ENS) – Wildlife conservationists meeting in Honolulu for the IUCN’s World Conservation Congress are shocked and saddened by the release of the Great Elephant Census showing that numbers of African savanna elephants have declined by 30 percent between 2007 and 2014. Read the full […]

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