Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, January 23, 2017 (ENS) – In one of the last actions of the Obama administration’s Justice Department, the United States and the Navajo Nation entered into a settlement agreement with two affiliated subsidiaries of Freeport-McMoRan, Inc, for the cleanup of 94 abandoned uranium mines on Navajo land. […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, January 23, 2017 (ENS) – On the last full day of the Obama administration, January 19, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued an order phasing out the use of lead ammunition and fishing tackle on national wildlife refuges by the year 2022. Read the full article […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, January 23, 2017 (ENS) – More than one million people took part in women’s marches in Washington, DC, New York and dozens of other cities across the country Saturday on President Donald Trump’s first full day in office. Millions more marched in cities across the USA and […]
Published by the Environmental News Service TEHRAN, Iran, January 23, 2017 (ENS) – Iran’s first electric car and two electric motorbikes manufactured by Iranian companies were unveiled in the presence of President Hassan Rouhani last week at the presidential complex in Tehran. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/01/23/irans-president-test-drives-irans-first-electric-car/
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The environmental advocate warned about excessive use of pesticides. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/22/us/rachel-carson-ddt-malaria-retro-report.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment An installation of 300 statues off a Spanish island forms an artificial reef and addresses issues like Europe’s migration crisis, and the destruction of ocean reefs. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/22/world/europe/undersea-museum-keeps-fish-feeding-and-its-social-commentary-biting.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, January 20, 2017 (ENS) – Donald Trump’s first speech as president, his inaugural address, delivered today on the steps of the Capitol after he took the Oath of Office, made no mention of the environment. But President Trump has already started attacking the environment, particularly the climate. […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, January 19, 2017 (ENS) – Contradicting President Donald Trump, his choices to head the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency each told members of Congress during their confirmation hearings this week that climate change is not a hoax, as Trump has alleged. Read […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, January 18, 2017 (ENS) – Earth’s 2016 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern recordkeeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by two U.S. government agencies – the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA. Read the full article […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Mr. Baldenegro, winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize, defended the western Sierra Madre’s old-growth forests against powerful local strongmen. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/world/americas/mexico-environmental-activist-shot-sierra-madre.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Zoo animals require care that emphasizes their welfare if people want them to have long lives like Colo, the gorilla that just died at 60 in Ohio. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/science/colo-gorilla-zoo-animals.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service DAVOS, Switzerland, January 17, 2017 (ENS) – With climate skeptic President-elect Donald Trump approaching the White House, much of the world is turning to China, the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, for leadership on climate change. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/01/18/world-looks-to-china-for-climate-leadership/
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Mr. Pruitt, Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the E.P.A., offered his vision of a more restrained agency at his confirmation hearing. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/us/politics/scott-pruitt-testifying-to-lead-epa-criticizes-environmental-rules.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Surface temperatures are heading toward levels that many scientists believe will pose a threat to both the natural world and to human civilization. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/science/earth-highest-temperature-record.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service LEEDS, UK, January 17, 2017 (ENS) – An extensive peatland in the Congo Basin has been mapped for the first time, showing it to be the largest such tropical peatland in the world, covering an area larger than England. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/01/17/congo-holds-worlds-largest-tropical-peatland/
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment More than 2,000 readers submitted questions on climate change, industry influence and other topics for Mr. Pruitt, who goes before a Senate panel Wednesday. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/science/readers-questions-scott-pruitt-trump-epa.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, January 16, 2017 (ENS) – President Barack Obama Friday expanded the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in southwestern Oregon and Northern California, and added six new units to the California Coastal National Monument to protect biodiversity, cultural resources and vital wildlife habitat. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/01/15/obama-expands-national-monuments-in-oregon-california/
Published by the Environmental News Service PALMETTO, Florida, January 15, 2017 (ENS) – “The Greatest Show on Earth,” the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® circus, is closing. The famous circus will hold its final performances in May of this year says its owner, Feld Entertainment. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/01/15/ringling-bros-circus-closing-the-big-tent/
Published by the Environmental News Service SYDNEY, Australia, January 15, 2017 (ENS) – Hours after Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull smiled for a photo with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Sydney on Saturday, Japanese whalers were caught killing whales in the icy waters of the Australian Whale Sanctuary off Antarctica. Read the full article […]
Published by the Environmental News Service GUANGZHOU, China, January 14, 2017 (ENS) – An entirely new species of gibbon has been found living in the forests of the Gaoligong mountains of southwest China, but the discovering scientists are calling for it to be immediately listed as Endangered on the IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species. […]