Published by The New York Times Science & Environment He popularized nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, a tool used to understand chemical structures, and was a leader in understanding how organic reactions occurred. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/science/john-roberts-organic-chemistry.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service MARRAKECH, Morocco, November 4, 2016 (ENS) – Humanity will look back on November 4, 2016, as the day that countries of the world shut the door on inevitable climate disaster and set off with determination towards a sustainable future. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/11/04/paris-agreement-enters-into-force-celebration-and-reality-check/
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Top energy policy makers and corporate leaders say it will be challenging to meet even the deal’s modest goals to reduce emissions and greenhouse gases. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/04/business/energy-environment/paris-climate-change-agreement-official-now-what.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service NAIROBI, Kenya, November 3, 2016 (ENS) – Civilians in Northern Iraq are suffering suffocation and respiratory illnesses due to what appears to be a scorched-earth policy employed by retreating ISIL militants following the launch of a major military offensive to retake the city of Mosul. Read the full article […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The world’s governments have committed to slashing greenhouse emissions, but it is not clear the necessary technology exists yet. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/business/energy-environment/climate-crisis-big-question-how-to-inspire-innovation.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service KARACHI, Pakistan, November 2, 2016 (ENS) – At least 21 shipbreaking workers died Tuesday and many more are injured and missing after gas cylinders exploded onboard an oil production tanker beached for scrapping at Gadani, on the Arabian Sea. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/11/02/21-shipbreaking-workers-die-in-pakistan-explosion/
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A warming planet is responsible for the glorious colors of fall lasting so late in the year, scientists say, but they warn it could have a negative effect on the foliage over the longer term. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/science/climate-change-leaves.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service LONDON, UK, November 2, 2016 (ENS) – Bumblebees can learn to pull strings for food and pass on the skill to a colony, according to researchers at Queen Mary University of London. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/11/02/bees-learn-to-pull-strings-for-food-teach-other-bees/
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Activists in Washington State have fought the industry, largely successfully, on building export terminals, and a ballot measure to tax carbon there could create a national model. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/us/politics/is-coals-political-heft-plunging-one-state-may-be-canary-in-mine.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service MIAMI, Florida, November 1, 2016 (ENS) – Five mayors have announced that they will work together to prepare their cities for the emergence of autonomous vehicles. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/11/01/pioneering-mayors-prepare-cities-for-autonomous-cars/
Published by the Environmental News Service PORTOROZ, Slovenia, October 31, 2016 (ENS) – Member governments of the International Whaling Commission have again rejected a proposal for a South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary and failed to stop the killing of hundreds of whales by Japan under a self-issued permit. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/10/31/atlantic-whale-sanctuary-rejected-japan-continues-whaling/
Published by the Environmental News Service NEW YORK, New York, October 31, 2016 (ENS) – One in every seven children, 300 million, endure the world’s most toxic levels of outdoor air pollution – six or more times higher than international guidelines – and many die as a result, finds a new report from UNICEF, the […]
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