Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The state has had thousands in recent years, and the number with higher magnitudes has risen significantly. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/us/earthquake-ties-record-for-strongest-in-oklahoma-history.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment On the Chinese tarmac, an angry exchange between a security official and White House aides, and a challenge to President Obama’s national security adviser. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/world/asia/obama-xi-staff-shouting-match.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Scientists’ warnings that the rise of the sea would eventually imperil the United States’ coastline are no longer theoretical. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/science/flooding-of-coast-caused-by-global-warming-has-already-begun.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The ceremony Saturday in Hangzhou, China, offered a rare display of harmony in a relationship that has become increasingly discordant. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/world/asia/obama-xi-jinping-china-climate-accord.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27084&ArticleID=36256&l=en
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme – Close to 15% of the Earth’s land and 12% of its territorial waters are covered by national parks and other protected areas. – Coverage of marine protected areas more than quadrupled in the last decade. – Eight in 10 key biodiversity areas worldwide lack complete protection. Read […]
Published by the Environmental News Service STOCKHOLM, Sweden, September 1, 2016 – The World Bank and the International Water Association declared their intentions at World Water Week today to establish a global partnership to help countries, especially the poorest, improve management of water that is pumped but then lost or unaccounted for. Read the full […]
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme – State Council approves proposals to propel greening of China’s financial sector – US$600 billion per annum is needed in China to finance green projects Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27084&ArticleID=36254&l=en
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27084&ArticleID=36253&l=en
Published by the Environmental News Service SACRAMENTO, California, September 1, 2016 (ENS) – California has unallocated proceeds from its greenhouse gas emission cap-and-trade program, and state officials have just decided how it will be spent. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/09/01/california-spends-ghg-market-proceeds-on-clean-transport/
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A contentious dam project that dates to the 1950s is more than 80 percent complete, and the filling of a reservoir will swamp much of the town of Hasankeyf. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/02/world/europe/turkey-hasankeyf-ilisu-dam.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund We may have shifted so far into a new climate regime that probabilities have been turned on their head. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/189528488/0/edf/blogs/feed~We-just-had-five-year-floods-in-less-than-a-year-Whats-going-on
Published by the Environmental News Service BRUSSELS, Belgium, August 31, 2016 (ENS) – The accelerating global shift towards low-carbon, circular economies has started, driving Europe’s need to accelerate the transition towards low-emission and zero-emission vehicles – a central pillar of the European Commission’s new mobility strategy. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/08/31/europe-charts-new-strategy-for-low-emission-mobility/
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched its fifth annual Campus RainWorks Challenge, a competition for college and university students to design innovative solutions for our nation’s water infrastructure. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-kicks-fifth-annual-campus-rainworks-challenge
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON— U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking action to ensure that the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act signed this June 22, 2016, delivers on the promise of better protecting the environment and public health. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-moves-swiftly-carry-out-new-chemical-reform-legislation
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund We can’t ignore the impact from how other countries power their economies. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/188916844/0/edf/blogs/feed~Theres-more-to-energy-independence-than-phasing-out-foreign-oil
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27081&ArticleID=36252&l=en
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme – Pathogen and organic pollution rises in more than 50% of river stretches in Africa, Asia and Latin America – Asia hit hardest by rise in severe pathogen pollution with up to a half of all river stretches affected – Up to 323 million people on three continents […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The project is designed to keep water out of the damaged reactor buildings at the nuclear power plant, and radioactive water from reaching the Pacific. Critics say it may not work. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/science/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-plant-cleanup-ice-wall.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service BOZEMAN, Montana, August 29, 2016 (ENS) – A fish kill caused by a microscopic parasite prompted Montana wildlife officials to shut down 175 miles of the Yellowstone River and its tributaries to recreation last week. The unprecedented move was taken to prevent a parasite that causes kidney disease in […]