Published by the Environmental News Service TAIPEI, Taiwan, October 31, 2016 (ENS) – Premier Lin Chuan’s June order to power up the mothballed No. 1 reactor at the Jinshan Nuclear Power Plant was prompted by a power shortage that was deliberately engineered by the state-owned Taiwan Power Company, according to former national policy adviser Rex […]
Published by the Environmental News Service SEOUL, South Korea, October 31, 2016 (ENS) – Samsung Electronics Co., faced with the discovery that the lithium ion batteries in its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone could ignite, has recalled 2.5 million of the devices from 10 countries. Greenpeace wants Samsung to retrieve tons of precious metals from the […]
Published by the Environmental News Service HOBART, Tasmania, Australia, October 30, 2016 (ENS) – The world’s experts on Antarctic marine conservation have agreed to establish an expansive marine protected area, MPA, in the Ross Sea region of the Southern Ocean. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/10/30/new-ross-sea-protected-area-now-worlds-largest/
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Higher yields with less pesticides was the sales pitch for genetically modified seeds. But that has not proved to be the outcome in the United States. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/business/gmo-promise-falls-short.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service MANDAN, North Dakota, October 28, 2016 (ENS) – Law enforcement officials in riot gear arrested 141 people at a demonstration on private land against construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, owned by Law enforcement officials in riot gear arrested 141 people at a demonstration on private land against construction […]
Published by the Environmental News Service OAKLAND, California, October 28, 2016 (ENS) – U.S. imports of crude oil from South America’s Amazon rainforest are driving the expansion of oil operations into some of the most pristine regions, devastating unique biodiversity and indigenous peoples, poisoning U.S. refinery communities, and changing the global climate, finds a new […]
Published by the Environmental News Service PORTLAND, Oregon, October 28, 2016 (ENS) – In a surprise blow to federal government control over public lands, a jury has delivered a not guilty verdict for seven defendants charged in the occupation of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge earlier this year. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/10/28/jury-finds-bundys-not-guilty-in-refuge-occupation-trial/
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Opponents of the proposed constitutional amendment on the Nov. 8 ballot say that it was written to fool voters and could make panels more costly. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/science/florida-solar-power-referendum.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service GENEVA, Switzerland, October 26, 2016 (ENS) – For the first time this year, the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in Earth’s atmosphere is projected to reach the milestone of 400 parts per million on a global average basis for an entire year, according to the World Meteorological Organization. Read […]
Published by the Environmental News Service BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, October 26, 2016 (ENS) – Warning that time has run out for repairing Louisiana’s eroding coastline, Governor John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, this week challenged coastal leaders to restore 20,000 acres of wetlands by 2020. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/10/26/louisiana-governor-races-to-restore-eroding-coast/
Published by the Environmental News Service SANTA CRUZ, California, October 25, 2016 (ENS) – A new scientific analysis of South America’s Andes mountain range shows the uplifting of Earth’s second highest continental plateau was driven by a huge zone of melted rock in the crust, known as a magma body. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/10/25/force-under-central-andes-plateaus-giant-dome-revealed/
Published by the Environmental News Service ARLINGTON, Virginia, October 25, 2016 (ENS) – A Scottish glaciologist with the U.S. Antarctic Program was fatally injured Saturday when the snowmobile he was riding fell into a crevasse. Dr. Gordon Hamilton, 50, of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, was working on White Island in the Ross […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The bear, named Pizza, is showing signs of distress, advocates say, adding that using wild animals to attract customers is a disturbing trend in China. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/26/world/asia/china-polar-bear-shopping-mall.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Dr. Hamilton, who was killed in Antarctica over the weekend, studied glaciers with our future in mind, and with a smile. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/25/science/gordon-hamilton.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment On the Penobscot in Maine and other rivers in the U.S., several endangered species are rebounding with the reopening of spawning areas. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/25/science/penobscot-river-maine-dam-removal-fish.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The 50-year-old University of Maine researcher, who was studying changes in sea levels, died when his snowmobile went into a crevasse. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/25/science/gordon-hamilton-climate-scientist-dies-accident-antarctica.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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 New York Times Science & Environment An alternative to hydrofluorocarbons for use in cars’ air-conditioners has far less impact on global warming but raises concerns about safety as well as cost. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/business/energy-environment/auto-coolant-global-warming-at-what-cost.html?partner=rss&emc=rss