Published by the Environmental News Service PORTOROZ, Slovenia, October 24, 2016 (ENS) – As delegates from around the world gather in Portoroz for the 66th meeting of the International Whaling Commission on Monday, pro-whaling and anti-whaling nations are set to clash yet again over Japan’s so-called “scientific whaling.” Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/10/24/japans-whaling-in-defiance-of-world-court-stirs-anger/
Published by the Environmental News Service BRUSSELS, Belgium, October 23, 2016 (ENS) – At the first Eastern Partnership formal ministerial meeting on environment and climate change, the EU and six partner countries to the east confirmed their joint commitment to cooperation on environmental challenges, climate change and sustainable development. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/10/23/climate-cooperation-binds-eu-eastern-european-nations/
Published by the Environmental News Service CAPE TOWN, South Africa, October 22, 2016 (ENS) – The ongoing Asian demand for lion bones has led to a wildlife poisoning in the Limpopo National Park, just over the Mozambican border from South Africa’s Kruger National Park. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/10/22/mass-wildlife-poisoning-in-limpopo-national-park/
Published by the Environmental News Service KIGALI, Rwanda, October 17, 2016 (ENS) – Nearly 200 nations have struck a legally binding deal to limit greenhouse gases of high global warming potential used in refrigerators and air conditioners. The accord was reached during talks in the Rwandan capital late Friday, and announced on Saturday. Read the […]
Published by the Environmental News Service JUPITER, Florida, October 17, 2016 (ENS) – In new research that could help eliminate the tragic birth defects caused by the Zika virus, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have pinpointed how the virus attacks the brains of newborns. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/10/17/zika-most-damaging-during-rapid-brain-growth/
Published by the Environmental News Service VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, October 16, 2016 (ENS) – Independent biologist Alexandra Morton has filed a lawsuit against Canada’s Minister of Fisheries and Oceans for putting wild salmon at risk by failing to test farmed salmon for a viral disease. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/10/16/biologist-sues-canadian-government-over-salmon-disease/
Published by the Environmental News Service NAIROBI, Kenya, October 15, 2016 (ENS) – African delegates from more than 45 countries have welcomed progress made by the New Partnership for African Development, NEPAD, Gender Climate Change and Agriculture Programme, established to foster resilience among farmers to the shocks of climate change. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/10/15/africa-seeks-25-million-climate-smart-farmers-by-2025/
Published by the Environmental News Service GUILDFORD, Surrey, UK, October 14, 2016 E(NS) – The European Union’s own internal policy processes are blocking the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions across the 28-member bloc, finds new research by an international team from Sweden and the United Kingdom. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/10/14/eu-blocks-its-own-climate-change-emissions-cuts/
Published by the Environmental News Service MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, October 12, 2016 (ENS) – Carbon emissions from international aviation will be controlled through a new global market-based measure, government, industry and civil society representatives have agreed. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/10/12/international-aviation-emissions-to-be-offset-by-agreement/
Published by the Environmental News Service ST. LOUIS, Missouri, October 10, 2016 (ENS) – Democrat Hillary Clinton confirmed her intention to fight climate change, while Republican Donald Trump affirmed his dedication to a fossil-fueled economy as the two candidates faced off on Sunday night in the second presidential debate of the 2016 election. Read the […]
Published by the Environmental News Service MIAMI, Florida, October 8, 2016 (ENS) – Residents and emergency workers along Florida’s northeast coast took a deep breath Saturday morning as Hurricane Matthew moved north, leaving four people dead, flooding streets and damaging hundreds of miles of beachfront communities before making landfall in South Carolina. Read the full […]
Published by the Environmental News Service CASABLANCA, Morocco, October 7, 2016 (ENS) – Thousands of delegates from around the world meeting next month in Morocco to negotiate implementation of the world’s first global climate agreement will get a feel for what the low-carbon future holds – electric cars for their convenience. Read the full article […]
Published by the Environmental News Service NEW YORK, New York, October 6, 2016 (ENS) – The Paris Agreement on climate change is set to enter into force on November 4, less than a year after it was adopted by world leaders. With the ratifications deposited Wednesday, enough countries have approved the accord so that it […]
Published by the Environmental News Service JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, October 5, 2016 (ENS) – Forest crime and conservation were in the spotlight at the 17th conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, which closed in Johannesburg Tuesday after protecting many species of precious rosewoods. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/10/05/rosewoods-traveling-musicians-receive-cites-protection/
Published by the Environmental News Service JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, October 5, 2016 (ENS) – Two weeks of intense negotiations closed here Tuesday as 152 governments adopted groundbreaking decisions regulating legal, sustainable and traceable trade in wildlife. They protected African elephants, pangolins and rosewoods, among many other species. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/10/05/world-wildlife-conference-a-game-changer/
Published by the Environmental News Service CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, October 5, 2016 (ENS) – If you believe low carbon emitting cars are expensive to drive – think again. New research from the MIT shows that when operating and maintenance costs are included in a vehicle’s price, autos emitting less carbon are among the market’s least expensive […]
Published by the Environmental News Service MIAMI, Florida, October 3, 2016 (ENS) – Hurricane Matthew, one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history, pounded coastal Colombia and is now storming north across the Caribbean headed for Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/10/03/dangerous-hurricane-aims-for-haiti-cuba-jamaica/
Published by the Environmental News Service NEW YORK, New York, October 2, 2016 (ENS) – India today ratified the Paris Agreement on climate change at UN Headquarters in New York, bringing the treaty’s entry into force “tantalizingly” close, said UN General Assembly President Peter Thomson. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/10/02/india-joins-paris-climate-agreement-honoring-gandhi/
Published by the Environmental News Service JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 27, 2016 (ENS) – “Imagine if all the people in the world could fit into one stadium. Sadly, all the wild rhinos in the world can, with room to spare.” So begins the WildAid demand reduction commercial, “Whole World,” starring Prince William, the Duke of […]
Published by the Environmental News Service JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 27, 2016 (ENS) – Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe’s proposal for approval of future legal trade in ivory was rejected by the majority of governments at the CITES conference, led by outspoken opponents Burkina Faso, Kenya, Republic of Congo and Chad. Read the full article […]