Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In a letter signed by 17 industry giants including Ford, General Motors and Toyota, the firms asked Mr. Trump to go back to the negotiating table. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/climate/trump-auto-emissions-rollback-letter.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Robert Macfarlane’s “Underland” explores ancient forests, urban catacombs and buried rivers to probe the secrets of man’s often malign influence on the earth. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/07/books/review/robert-macfarlane-underland.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service NEW YORK, New York, June 6, 2019 (ENS) – “It is time to act decisively. My message to governments is clear: tax pollution; end fossil fuel subsidies; and stop building new coal plants. We need a green economy, not a grey economy,” declared UN Secretary-General António Guterres Wednesday in […]
Published by the Environmental News Service ITHACA, New York, June 6, 2019 (ENS) – Emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane from the ammonia fertilizer industry have been greatly underestimated, finds new research from Cornell University and the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund. The methane emissions were higher than the EPA’s estimate for all industrial processes […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A new study projects how many additional deaths could occur in 15 American cities if the world misses its targets for taming climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/climate/global-warming-heat-deaths.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment As climbers continue to die in the Himalayas, a look back at the conquest of the tallest mountain in the world. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/world/asia/mount-everest-deaths-history-photos.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service PORTLAND, Oregon, June 4, 2019 (ENS) – A federal judge in Oregon today granted conservation groups’ motion to block livestock from using public lands allotments near the town of Burns in central Oregon during the month of June. The temporary restraining order was issued in response to a lawsuit […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Even former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has embraced the goals of the Green New Deal, showing just how far the Democratic field has moved on climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/us/politics/joe-biden-climate-plan.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service RICHLAND, Washington, June 4, 2019 (ENS) – Scientists have found a way to turn daily-use plastic waste products into jet fuel. In a method described in a new paper in the journal “Applied Energy,” a research group led by Washington State University Associate Professor Hanwu Lei melted plastic waste at […]
Published by the Environmental News Service VICTORIA, British Columbia, Canada, June 1, 2019 (ENS) – In a move aimed at removing a major source of air pollution and climate change, the provincial government has put British Columbia on a path to require the sale of all new light-duty cars and trucks to be zero-emission vehicles […]
Published by the Environmental News Service VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, June 1, 2019 (ENS) – Hydrogen is on the move. At the Clean Energy Ministerial meeting Friday in Vancouver, governments announced a new international hydrogen partnership under the leadership of Canada, the European Commission, Japan, the Netherlands and the United States, with participation from several […]
Published by the Environmental News Service AUCKLAND, New Zealand, May 31, 2019 (ENS) – New Zealand’s newest residents like being alone, have leopard-like spots, and can each weigh up to 600 kilos (1,320 pounds). This week leopard seals have gone from being officially classified as vagrants, to recognition as residents of New Zealand. Read the […]
Published by the Environmental News Service NEW YORK, New York, May 30, 2019 (ENS) – The largest protected area in Argentina’s Patagonian steppe, inhabited by wildlife such as the guanaco, the Andean cat, and Andean condor, has now been further secured by conservation groups that have arranged to buy the grazing rights on the reserve […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, May 22, 2019 (ENS) – Representatives of some of the largest U.S.-based corporations are asking Congress to pass meaningful climate legislation, including a price on carbon. Today, executives from more than 75 businesses met with a bipartisan group of federal lawmakers in the largest business gathering on […]
Published by the Environmental News Service VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, May 22, 2019 (ENS) – An Indigenous leader demanding that cancellation of the Trans Mountain pipeline interrupted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during his speech today at a Liberal fundraiser at the Opus Hotel in downtown Vancouver. Trudeau is fundraising ahead of the federal election […]
Published by the Environmental News Service LEEDS, England, UK, May 16, 2019 (ENS) – The warming of ocean waters over the 25 years between 1992 and 2017 have caused the glacier ice in West Antarctica to thin so rapidly that 24 percent of the region’s ancient ice is now affected, a British research team has […]
Published by the Environmental News Service BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 15, 2019 – Yum! Brands, the parent company of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut, today was named to the 100 Best Corporate Citizens list by “Corporate Responsibility Magazine” for its continued commitment to being a good corporate steward. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2019/05/16/yum-brands-recipe-for-good/
Published by the Environmental News Service BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 15, 2019 (ENS) – From Norway to Spain, from the United Kingdom to Romania, the number and severity of wildfires burning at the start of this year have risen sharply from that of previous decades, according to data from the European Forest Fire Information System, EFFIS. […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The New York Times photographer Josh Haner has spent the past four years capturing the effects of climate change around the world and under water. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/14/lens/climate-change-josh-haner-air-land-and-sea.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service GLAND, Switzerland, May 10, 2019 (ENS) – Glaciers are forecast to vanish from almost half of all UNESCO World Heritage sites if business-as-usual greenhouse gas emissions continue, finds the first global study of World Heritage glaciers, co-authored by scientists from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, IUCN. […]