Beijing Zoo Pledges to Conserve African Wildlife

Published by the Environmental News Service BEIJING, China, January 22, 2018 (ENS) – The African Wildlife Foundation and the Beijing Zoo today launched a partnership intended to enhance China’s participation in sustainable conservation of Africa’s wildlife and wild lands. The AWF said the partnership “ushers in a new era of global allegiance to wildlife protection.” […]

Frustrated National Parks Advisory Board Members Quit

Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, January 17, 2018 (ENS) – Nine of the 12 members of the National Park System Advisory Board today resigned in frustration that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has refused to meet with them or convene a single meeting in 2017. The board is supposed to meet at least […]

Giant Oil Spill Contaminates East China Sea

Published by the Environmental News Service BEIJING, China, January 17, 2018 (ENS) – An Iranian tanker carrying a full load of natural gas condensate that sank Sunday has been found on the bottom of the East China Sea, China’s Ministry of Transportation reported Wednesday. Leaks from the wreck now cover a total of 101 square […]

McDonald’s Pledges Sustainable Packaging By 2025

Published by the Environmental News Service OAK BROOK, Illinois, January 16, 2018 (ENS) – Fast food giant McDonald’s today announced that by 2025, all of the company’s guest packaging will come from renewable, recycled, or certified sources, with a preference for Forest Stewardship Council certification. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2018/01/16/mcdonalds-pledges-sustainable-packaging-by-2025/

Tragic Mudslides Follow California’s Worst Fire

Published by the Environmental News Service MONTECITO, California, January 12, 2018 (ENS) – First the worst fire in California history, then torrential rains, have brought down whole hillsides in Montecito, an upscale village in Santa Barbara County, California. The slides have left 17 people dead and at least eight missing, according to state emergency officials. […]

Strong Earthquake Strikes Near Honduras

Published by the Environmental News Service TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, January 10, 2018 (ENS) – A major earthquake, one of the most severe in the past 100 years, struck off the coast of Honduras late Tuesday night. The tremor was felt across much of the nation, officials said, and the quake triggered tsunami warnings that were canceled […]

Malawi’s Capital to Get US$100 Million Water Upgrade

Published by the Environmental News Service LILONGWE, Malawi, January 9, 2018 (ENS) – The half million residents of Malawi’s capital city, Lilongwe, are smiling in anticipation of improved water services and safely managed sanitation through a new US$100 million project financed by the World Bank. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2018/01/09/malawis-capital-to-get-us100-million-water-upgrade/

California Issues Warning on Cell Phone Radiation

Published by the Environmental News Service SACRAMENTO, California, January 9, 2018 (ENS) – There are now more cell phones in the United States than there are people. As smartphone use continues to increase, the California Department of Public Health has issued its first guide for people who want to decrease their exposure to the radio […]

Oceans Dying With Too Much Heat, Too Little Oxygen

Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, January 8, 2018 (ENS) – The world’s coral reefs are dying due to global warming, finds a unique study published Friday in the journal “Science.” For the first time, an international team of researchers measured the escalating rate of coral bleaching at locations throughout the tropics over […]

2017 Among Three Hottest Years; Arctic Melting Fast

Published by the Environmental News Service GENEVA, Switzerland, January 6, 2017 (ENS) – The 2017 global land and ocean temperature will likely be among the three hottest years on record, and is expected to be the warmest year without an El Niño weather pattern in the tropical Pacific Ocean, according to the World Meteorological Organization. […]

Trump Opens U.S. Outer Continental Shelf to Drilling

Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, January 4, 2018 (ENS) – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today infuriated environmentalists by proposing to make over 90 percent of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf’s total acreage and more than 98 percent of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources in federal offshore areas […]

Mammal Thought Extinct in New South Wales Rediscovered

Published by the Environmental News Service SYDNEY, Australia, December 28, 2017 (ENS) – A small carnivorous marsupial presumed extinct in New South Wales for more than century, has been discovered in Sturt National Park in eastern Australia. The Crest-tailed Mulgara, a mammal known only from fossilized bone fragments, was once widely distributed across Australia’s inland […]

Climate Refugees Forecast to Flood Europe by 2100

Published by the Environmental News Service NEW YORK, New York, December 21, 2017 (ENS) – By 2100, migrants applying for asylum in the European Union will nearly triple over the average of the last 15 years if carbon emissions continue on their current path, new research predicts. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/12/21/climate-refugees-forecast-to-flood-europe-by-2100/

Tesla’s New Electric Semis a Hit With Heavy Haulers

Published by the Environmental News Service ATLANTA, Georgia, December 21, 2017 (ENS) – The United Parcel Service of America, Inc., widely known as UPS, today announced it has placed a reservation for 125 of Tesla’s new fully electric semi tractors. J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and Ryder, which operate thousands of trucks, say […]

China to Open World’s Largest Emissions Trading Market

Published by the Environmental News Service BEIJING, China, December 20, 2017 (ENS) – China has announced plans to establish the world’s largest emissions trading system, covering more than 1,700 power companies and three billion tonnes in total greenhouse gas emissions. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/12/20/china-to-open-worlds-largest-emissions-trading-market/

E-waste Mountains Grow as Prices Fall, Incomes Rise

Published by the Environmental News Service BONN, Germany, December 18, 2017 (ENS) – E-waste – everything from discarded end-of-life solar panels, phones, laptops, and sensors to fridges, air conditioners and televisions – amounted to 44.7 million metric tonnes (Mt) last year, equal in mass to about nine Great Pyramids of Giza. Read the full article […]

One Planet Summit Reshapes Climate Funding Landscape

Published by the Environmental News Service PARIS, France, December 12, 2017 (ENS) – Two years after the historic Paris Agreement on climate, more than 50 heads of state, as well as environment ministers and regional leaders, bank and finance executives and celebrities are meeting today in Paris to take action that will finance global efforts […]

Trump Prepares for Nuclear Weapons Production

Published by the Environmental News Service COLUMBIA, South Carolina, December 8, 2017 (ENS) – A leaked one-page document seen by ENS confirms that the U.S. Department of Energy is considering the use of a nuclear fuel plant at the government’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina for production of plutonium “pits” for nuclear weapons. Read […]

Wearable Bio-batteries Use Bacteria to Generate Power

Published by the Environmental News Service BINGHAMTON, New York, December 7, 2017 (ENS) – In the future, people could wear garments that incorporate power-generating bacteria to support electronic devices. A textile-based, bacteria-powered bio-battery has been created by a research team at Binghamton University, State University of New York. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/12/07/wearable-bio-batteries-use-bacteria-to-generate-power/

Norway, Unilever: US$400 Million Climate Resilience Fund

Published by the Environmental News Service OSLO, Norway, December 7, 2017 (ENS) – The Government of Norway has partnered with the Dutch multinational corporation Unilever to commit US$400 million in public-private funding towards building resilience to climate change in vulnerable countries around the world. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/12/07/norway-unilever-us400-million-climate-resilience-fund/

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