Published by the Environmental News Service ALBANY, New York, March 11, 2017 (ENS) – To promote electric vehicle use across New York State, Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced a new campaign that includes the installation of charging stations, incentives for employers to encourage employees to drive electric vehicles and extensive public education and outreach. Read […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment By fathering hundreds, a giant tortoise in the Galápagos Islands reversed the threat of extinction. Another, earning the name Lonesome George, was unable to do the same. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/11/world/americas/galapagos-islands-tortoises.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The president has spoken often about climate change, energy, coal and wind turbines. His statements are often provocative but not always consistent. A sampling. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/climate/donald-trump-global-warming-views.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The government, which has received billions in American aid to eradicate the drug trade, will license a small number of companies to cultivate medical marijuana. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/world/americas/colombia-marijuana-farc-drugs-santos.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Reservoirs are overflowing. Dams are straining. So why is California still officially in a drought? We answer some questions Californians, and others, may have. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/us/california-drought-snowpack.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Beaked whales, like those filmed in the Azores in 2013, spend much of their time deep underwater, which makes study difficult. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/science/trues-beaked-whales-video.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment At least six people have been killed in wildfires burning across four states, including three ranch hands trying to save cattle in the Texas Panhandle. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/us/wildfires-midwest-prairie-texas.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The statement by Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, contradicts scientific consensus that carbon dioxide is heating the planet. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/us/politics/epa-scott-pruitt-global-warming.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Scott Pruitt seems intent on building an E.P.A. leadership that is fundamentally at odds with the officials who carry out the agency’s missions. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/us/politics/scott-pruitt-environmental-protection-agency.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Trump administration has begun changing some government websites. A group of concerned citizens has been working to preserve data it sees as politically vulnerable. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/06/science/donald-trump-data-rescue-science.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Software that allowed the auto manufacturer to skirt environmental rules could lead to 1,200 deaths because of excess air pollution, researchers said. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/06/science/volkswagen-emissions-scandal-air-pollution-deaths.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service GENEVA, Switzerland, March 6, 2017 (ENS) – Every year, environmental risks such as indoor and outdoor air pollution, second-hand smoke, tainted water, lack of sanitation, and inadequate hygiene, take the lives of 1.7 million children under five years of age, warn two new reports from the World Health Organization. […]
Published by the Environmental News Service CHICAGO, Illinois, March 5, 2017 (ENS) – Ten companies and organizations, two partnerships, and three individuals have been recognized with Climate Leadership Awards 2017 for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and addressing climate change. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/03/06/companies-cities-earn-2017-climate-leadership-awards/
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The tribe, exerting its sovereignty, brought the case over property damage caused by a 5.8-magnitude quake in September likely caused by fracking. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/04/us/pawnee-nation-oklahoma-oil-earthquake-lawsuit.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The acceptance of incentives by a developer seems at odds with the policies that he now promotes as president. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/business/energy-environment/trump-energy-plan-climate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service NEW YORK, New York, March 3, 2017 (ENS) – As the sun rose on UN World Wildlife Day across the globe today, the morning opened in Kenya with a shootout between suspected poachers and a Kenya Wildlife Service anti-poaching team. The world has lost 50 percent of its wildlife […]
Published by the Environmental News Service NEW DELHI, India, March 2, 2017 (ENS) – India’s National Tiger Conservation Authority has banned the BBC network and its journalist Justin Rowlatt from filming in any of the country’s tiger reserves for five years. The ban follows Rowlatt’s documentary focused on India’s “shoot on sight” policy poachers at […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Heat waves like those that affected southeastern Australia early this year are much more likely with human-caused global warming, a study has found. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/02/science/australia-heat-climate-change.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service LONDON, UK, March 1, 2017 (ENS) – Direct evidence of the oldest life forms ever found on Earth – the fossilized remains of microorganisms at least 3,770 million years old – has been discovered by an international team led by scientists with the University College London. Read the full […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, March 1, 2017 (ENS) – The federal rule protecting the navigable waters of the United States will be reviewed for “consistency” with the policy of the Trump administration and rescinded or revised to conform to that policy, under an executive order signed Tuesday by President Donald Trump. […]