Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, February 1, 2017 (ENS) – Neil McGill Gorsuch, a judge who now sits on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, Colorado, is President Trump’s nominee for the seat on the U.S. Supreme Court left open by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. If confirmed, the […]
Published by the Environmental News Service MIAMI, Florida, Febuary 1, 2017 (ENS) – A Miami-based automotive export company has received the first approval from the U.S. government to ship American-made electric cars to Cuba. Putting aside politics in favor of business, the move follows former President Barack Obama’s policy of restoring diplomatic relations with Cuba. […]
Published by the Environmental News Service CAPE TOWN, South Africa, February 1, 2017 (ENS) – Safari Club International, America’s most powerful hunting lobby group, this week will auction the lives of 280 South African animals to raise funds to lobby the Trump administration against measures protecting threatened species, such as the Big Five: elephant, rhino, […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, January 30, 2017 (ENS) – Framing it as a “prudent and financially responsible” measure, President Donald Trump today ordered federal agencies to repeal two existing regulations for every new regulation issued. Environmentalists warned the order will dismantle protections. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/01/30/trumps-regulatory-order-jeopardizes-environment/
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment College officials and policy makers say that new restrictions on travel will affect thousands of students and researchers and set back scientific inquiry. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/science/scientists-donald-trump-travel-ban.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, January 30, 2017 (ENS) – U.S. Senator Charles Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Friday called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to “prioritize and accelerate” the risk evaluation for 1,4-dioxane, a potential carcinogen found in 71 percent of Long Island water supply systems. Read the full […]
Published by the Environmental News Service PASADENA, California, January 30, 2017 (ENS) – “Dramatic, widespread shoreline loss” is what government scientists call the pattern revealed in new NASA/U.S. Geological Survey annual maps of the Louisiana marshlands where the coast was heavily coated with oil during the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Scientists are studying this area in a remote region of Ethiopia — one of the hottest places on Earth — to understand the possibilities of life on other planets and moons. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/science/danakil-depression-ethiopia.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, January 29, 2017 (ENS) – The ride-sharing company Lyft announced Sunday that it will donate $1 million to the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU, in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority countries for 90 days and banning Syrian refugees indefinitely. Read […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Thousands of Mongolians stood in frigid weather on Saturday for the second time this winter to demand that the government strengthen its response to the smog that routinely blankets Ulan Bator. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/world/asia/mongolia-smog-capital-demonstration.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Even as conversations about the subject remain contentious, the environment is becoming a concern no one there can ignore. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/business/energy-environment/navigating-climate-change-in-americas-heartland.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A costly plan to build floating islands shows how climate change is pushing the search for innovative solutions, but some critics ask who will ultimately benefit. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/world/australia/climate-change-floating-islands.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, January 26, 2017 (ENS) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other government scientists face Trump administration review on a “case by case basis” before they can publish or present their scientific findings, according to the head of communications for the Trump administration’s EPA transition team. Read the […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Even with President Trump’s blessing for the project, blocked by his predecessor, it still faces changing energy markets and environmental protests. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/business/energy-environment/keystone-xl-pipeline.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic, January 25, 2017 (ENS) – Latin America and the Caribbean could be the first developing region to completely eradicate hunger if its governments further strengthen their implementation of a new food security plan, the United Nations’ top food and agriculture official said Wednesday. Read the […]
Published by the Environmental News Service SAN FRANCISCO, California, January 25, 2017 (ENS) – Three big California energy companies have filed multi-million dollar plans with the California Public Utilities Commission to develop the electric vehicle infrastructure needed to help the state meet its ambitious climate and clean air goals. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/01/25/california-utilities-seek-1-billion-for-ev-charging/
Published by the Environmental News Service BRUSSELS, Belgium, January 25, 2017 (ENS) – The amount of marine litter polluting European waters would be halved by 2030 under new waste management proposals agreed Tuesday by the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, usually called the ENVI Committee. Read the full article […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, January 24, 2017 (ENS) – The Trump administration has imposed new restrictions on social media use and communication with press and legislators at the U.S. EPA and the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Health and Human Services, and the Interior, raising fears of a president determined to tamp […]
Published by the Environmental News Service LONDON, UK, January 23, 2017 (ENS) – Anglo-Dutch multinational consumer goods giant Unilever has committed to ensuring that all of its plastic packaging is fully reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025, and the company called on the entire fast-moving consumer goods industry to accelerate progress towards the circular economy. […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, January 24, 2017 (ENS) – President Donald Trump today reopened negotiations for construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines, reversing the actions of President Barack Obama, and frustrating environmentalists and Native Americans who had fought both pipelines to a standstill. Read the full article […]