Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, March 20, 2019 (ENS) – A federal judge late Tuesday rejected the lease of certain public lands for fracking and ordered a halt to drilling on more than 300,000 acres in Wyoming until the Bureau of Land Management accounts for the impacts of such fracking on the […]
Published by the Environmental News Service SEVILLE, Spain, March 20, 2019 (ENS) – In an unprecedented move for a La Liga soccer club, Sevilla-based Real Betis Balompié has officially joined the Climate Neutral Now initiative of UN Climate Change. The club will take action to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and to compensate for the […]
Published by the Environmental News Service LA JOLLA, California, March 18, 2019 (ENS) – Only 10 vaquita porpoises likely remain in the world, marine mammal scientists reveal in a new report, warning that the animal’s extinction is certain without bold, immediate action to remove gillnets from their habitat. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2019/03/18/extinction-looms-for-worlds-smallest-porpoise/
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, March 15, 2019 (ENS) – Millions of young people in 123 countries are skipping classes and staying out of school today on a strike for immediate government action to curb climate change before the planet becomes uninhabitable for their generation. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2019/03/15/student-climate-strikers-dont-burn-our-future/
Published by the Environmental News Service NAIROBI, Kenya, March 11, 2019 (ENS) – The world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment opened in Nairobi today with a moment of silence for the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines ET302 accident, which happened Sunday morning. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2019/03/11/un-environment-opens-fourth-assembly-in-mourning/
Published by the Environmental News Service NEW YORK, New York, March 8, 2019 (ENS) – International Women’s Day has two themes this year. The theme “Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change,” addresses infrastructure, systems and frameworks in a male-defined culture. The theme #BalanceforBetter inspires action to drive gender balance throughout the world. Read the […]
Published by the Environmental News Service TORONTO, Ontario, Canada, March 8, 2019 (ENS) – A young Indigenous woman protesting Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s environmental policies on Native land was assaulted by a Liberal supporter during the Prime Minister’s climate rally at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto Monday night. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2019/03/08/indigenous-woman-attacked-at-trudeau-climate-rally/
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, March 6, 2019 (ENS) – The U.S. Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency have settled with ExxonMobil Oil Corporation to resolve federal Clean Air Act claims arising from a 2013 fire at the company’s oil refinery in Beaumont, Texas that killed two employees and injured […]
Published by the Environmental News Service SACRAMENTO, California, February 28, 2019 (ENS) – As severe winter storms continue across California, Governor Gavin Newsom today issued an emergency proclamation for five counties: Amador, Glenn, Lake, Mendocino and Sonoma, to help them respond to and recover from flooding, mudslides and damage to critical infrastructure. Read the full […]
Published by the Environmental News Service BRUSSELS, Belgium, February 27, 2019 (ENS) – The European Commission Tuesday introduced The Innovation Fund, an investment program worth over €10 billion for low-carbon technologies in energy intensive industries. The program supports renewables and carbon capture. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2019/02/27/eu-invests-e10-billion-in-lowering-carbon-dioxide/
Published by the Environmental News Service HONOLULU, Hawaii, February 23, 2019 (ENS) – Governor David Ige has suspended many environmental laws in his disaster declaration for the Pali Highway, issued today. He is suspending: the state water code, soil and water conservation, forest reserves, state parks and wildlife reserves, and the entire natural areas reserves […]
Published by the Environmental News Service MULU, Sarawak, Malaysia, February 21, 2019 (ENS) – Sarawak Deputy State Assembly Speaker Datuk Gerawat Gala today gave official notice to the oil palm plantation giant Radiant Lagoon to immediately stop clearing the forests on the fringes of Gunung Mulu National Park on the island of Borneo. Read the […]
Published by the Environmental News Service CANBERRA, Australia, February 20, 2019 (ENS) – Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has lit up its Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder radio telescope as a rainbow for Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2019. Six of the antennas located in remote Western Australia each reflects a color of the […]
Published by the Environmental News Service PLYMOUTH, Michigan, February 15, 2019 (ENS) – There’s a new electric vehicle manufacturer in the United States and it’s about to roll out new electric trucks and SUVs with a big investment from Amazon. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2019/02/19/amazon-invests-700m-in-rivian-electric-trucks-suvs/
Published by the Environmental News Service CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, February 19, 2019 (ENS) – Inspired by the biology of a bee, researchers at the Wyss Institute have developed RoboBees – constructed systems that can do tasks such as pollinating crops, going on search and rescue missions or conducting climate and environmental monitoring. Read the full article […]
Published by the Environmental News Service COLUMBIA, South Carolina, February 14, 2019 (ENS) – The U.S. Department of Energy, DOE, has secretly shipped a large amount of weapons-grade plutonium from the Savannah River Site near Aiken, South Carolina to Nevada. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2019/02/19/u-s-pivots-from-nuclear-reactor-fuel-to-bomb-cores/
Published by the Environmental News Service MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, February 15, 2019 (ENS) – Measures to address aviation’s environmental impact globally were agreed at today’s meeting of the 250 experts on the Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection, CAEP, a part of the International Civil Aviation Organization, ICAO. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2019/02/15/sustainable-aviation-takes-off-at-icao-meeting/
Published by the Environmental News Service CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, February 7, 2019 (ENS) – A phthalate found in many plastic and personal care products may decrease fertility in female mice, new research has found. Phthalates are used as plasticizers, substances added to plastics to increase their flexibility, transparency, durability, and longevity. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2019/02/07/plasticizers-inhibit-fertility-in-female-mice/
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, February 6, 2019 (ENS) – A group of 13 conservation organizations with a combined presence on all eight continents have issued a joint statement, calling upon global decision makers to safeguard the Earth’s remaining wild places. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2019/02/06/race-to-protect-30-percent-of-the-planet-by-2030/
Published by the Environmental News Service ATLANTA, Georgia, January 30, 2019 (ENS) – The City of Atlanta and the National Football League are proud of the sustainability that will be evident throughout this weekend’s 53rd Super Bowl contest between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2019/01/30/2019-super-bowl-most-sustainable-ever/