Bonn Climate Talks Wrap With Meager Progress

Published by the Environmental News Service BONN, Germany, May 11, 2018 (ENS) – It was a record-hot April in Germany, where governments Thursday concluded two weeks of talks aimed at preparing the Paris Agreement’s operational guidelines for adoption at the annual United Nations climate conference set for Katowice, Poland in December. Read the full article […]

Hawaii Volcano May Force Large-scale Evacuation

Published by the Environmental News Service HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 9, 2018 (ENS) – The continued eruption of Kilauea Volcano and earthquakes on the Big Island of Hawaii have prompted Governor David Ige to sign a formal Presidential Disaster Declaration request, asking the president to release funds to help the state cope with the crisis. Read […]

Nations Prepare to Implement Paris Climate Agreement

Published by the Environmental News Service BONN, Germany, May 9, 2018 (ENS) – “We need to dramatically increase our ambitions. We are witnessing the severe impacts of climate change throughout the world,” said Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change Patricia Espinosa of Brazil, at a news conference in Bonn. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2018/05/09/nations-prepare-to-implement-paris-climate-agreement/

Hawaii Residents Flee as Volcano Spews Lava, Toxic Gas

Published by the Environmental News Service HILO, Hawaii, May 7, 2018 (ENS) – The Kilauea Volcano is erupting in the Lower Puna district of the Island of Hawaii, known as the Big Island, which is home to roughly 200,000 people and an attraction for tourists and adventure seekers. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2018/05/07/hawaii-residents-flee-as-volcano-spews-lava-toxic-gas/

WHO Reports ‘Alarming’ Death Toll From Air Pollution

Published by the Environmental News Service GENEVA, Switzerland, May 2, 2018 (ENS) – Nine out of every 10 people worldwide breathe air containing high levels of pollutants and millions die as a result, according to new data from the World Health Organization released today. Updated estimates reveal what WHO calls “an alarming death toll” of […]

Taking Aim at Space Junk

Published by the Environmental News Service By Sunny Lewis GUILDFORD, Surrey, United Kingdom, April 30, 2018 (EcologyPrime.com News) – The first in-space test of technologies to clean up the thousands of pieces of space junk orbiting the Earth was launched on April 2 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the International Space Station. […]

States Sue EPA Over Roll-Back of Clean Car Standard

Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, May 1, 2018 (ENS) – Today, 17 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s move to weaken emissions standards for cars. The lawsuit accuses the agency of violating the Clean Air Act with its plan to roll back Obama-era […]

Rare Dancing Birds to Get Recovery Plan

Published by the Environmental News Service GUNNISON, Colorado, April 30, 2018 (ENS) – Four conservation groups today reached an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to stay their legal action while the agency prepares a recovery plan for the Gunnison sage grouse. This critically imperiled bird, surviving in Colorado and Utah, is known […]

World-First Floating Nuclear Power Plant Sets Sail

Published by the Environmental News Service ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, April 30, 2018 (ENS) – The world’s only floating nuclear power unit, the Academik Lomonosov, Saturday left St. Petersburg, where it has been under construction since 2009, and headed to its base in Chukotka, Asia’s easternmost peninsula in the Russian Far East. Read the full article […]

Court Upholds Fuel Efficiency Standards Penalty Rule

Published by the Environmental News Service NEW YORK, New York, April 24, 2018 (ENS) – A federal court has issued an order blocking the Trump administration’s delay of a rule that increases penalties imposed on automakers for noncompliance with federal fuel efficiency standards. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2018/04/24/court-upholds-fuel-efficiency-standards-penalty-rule/

Goldman Environmental Prize Rewards Brave Activists

Published by the Environmental News Service SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 24, 2018 (ENS) – The Goldman Environmental Foundation Monday announced seven recipients of the 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize, the world’s largest award for grassroots environmental activists. The honor comes with a no-strings-attached award of US$175,000 per recipient. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2018/04/24/goldman-environmental-prize-rewards-brave-activists/

Health Officials Warn ‘Throw Romaine Lettuce Away’

Published by the Environmental News Service ATLANTA, Georgia, April 21, 2018 (ENS) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state and local partners, are investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 illness linked to romaine lettuce grown in Yuma, Arizona. Read the full article […]

Chemical Industry Reaches for Sustainability

Published by the Environmental News Service GENEVA, Switzerland, April 19, 2018 (ENS) – The World Business Council for Sustainable Development, WBCSD, is launching a first-of-its-kind guidance for the chemical industry to help the industry assess sustainability “signals” across their entire product portfolio, then steer their portfolio towards improved sustainability outcomes. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2018/04/19/chemical-industry-reaches-for-sustainability/

Earth Day 2018 Targets Pollution by Plastic

Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, April 18, 2018 (ENS) – Celebrated on Sunday, April 22, this year’s Earth Day theme is End Plastic Pollution by fundamentally changing human attitudes and behaviors to reduce plastic pollution. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2018/04/18/earth-day-2018-targets-pollution-by-plastic/

Climate Change Is Killing the Great Barrier Reef

Published by the Environmental News Service TOWNSVILLE, Queensland, Australia, April 18, 2018 (ENS) – Corals on the northern part of the world’s largest coral reef, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, experienced a catastrophic die-off following the extended marine heatwave of 2016, finds a new study published online today in the journal “Nature.” Read the full article […]

Environmental Advocate, Attorney Commits Suicide By Fire

Published by the Environmental News Service NEW YORK, New York, April 16, 2018 (ENS) – A high-profile gay rights lawyer and environmental advocate burned himself to death in New York City on Saturday to protest the environmental destruction of global warming. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2018/04/16/environmental-advocate-attorney-commits-suicide-by-fire/

UN Champions Rights of Environmental Defenders

Published by the Environmental News Service GENEVA, Switzerland, April 13, 2018 (ENS) – In every week of 2017 at least four people were killed defending their right to a clean and healthy environment. Many more were harassed, intimidated and forced from their lands. Roughly half of the 197 environmental defenders killed in 2017 came from […]

Tax Breaks Motivate Europeans to Buy Cleaner Cars

Published by the Environmental News Service COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 12, 2018 (ENS) – Emissions of carbon dioxide from new passenger cars have dropped in European countries where taxes, subsidies and other incentives encourage drivers to buy vehicles that emit the least amount of the greenhouse gas, finds new research from the European Environment Agency. Read […]

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