Scientists Urge New Research Integrity Advisory Board

April 21, 2017 / by News Editor / Environment, Environmental News Service, Journalism, North America

Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, April 21, 2017 (ENS) – The United States should establish an independent, nonprofit Research Integrity Advisory Board to support ongoing efforts to strengthen research integrity, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/04/21/scientists-urge-new-research-integrity-advisory-board/

Fiji Spearheads Development Beyond the Sustainable

April 21, 2017 / by News Editor / Environment, Environmental News Service, Journalism

Published by the Environmental News Service SUVA, Fiji, April 21, 2017 (ENS) – Fiji and other island nations may leapfrog the developed countries, becoming models for a greater than sustainable future – a transformational future – one that cherishes the natural world while providing the resources that humanity needs and enjoys. Read the full article […]

Bay Area Caravan Demonstrates Fuel Cell Car Practicality

April 21, 2017 / by News Editor / Environment, Environmental News Service, Journalism

Published by the Environmental News Service SACRAMENTO, California, April 21, 2017 (ENS) – Executives from three California state agencies Thursday caravaned from the state capital Sacramento to the San Francisco Bay Area and back to demonstrate how easy it is to drive and fuel hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles in California. Read the full article […]

Trillions of Plastic Bits, Swept Up by Current, Are Littering Arctic Waters

April 19, 2017 / by TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG / Environment, Journalism, New York Times, Oceans

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A new study found that a major ocean current is carrying plastic from the North Atlantic to the Greenland and Barents seas, and leaving it there. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/climate/arctic-plastics-pollution.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Glacial Retreat Causes 1st Modern Case of River Piracy

April 19, 2017 / by News Editor / Environment, Environmental News Service, Journalism

Published by the Environmental News Service TACOMA, Washington, April 18, 2017 (ENS) – The retreat of a massive Canadian glacier has triggered the first known case of “river piracy” in modern times – the capture of one river’s flow by another river. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/04/18/glacial-retreat-causes-1st-modern-case-of-river-piracy/

Climate Change Reroutes a Yukon River in a Geological Instant

April 17, 2017 / by JOHN SCHWARTZ / Environment, Journalism, New York Times, North America

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Melting water from one of Canada’s largest glaciers used to flow north, to the Bering Sea. Last spring, it reversed course, a case of what scientists call “river piracy.” Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/science/climate-change-glacier-yukon-river.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Clean Water: It’s a Matter of Money

April 15, 2017 / by News Editor / Environment, Environmental News Service, Europe, Fresh Water, Journalism, Latest News, RSS, Water

Published by the Environmental News Service GENEVA, Switzerland, April 14, 2017 (ENS) – Clean, accessible drinking water is essential for life, and the United Nations says there is enough fresh water on the planet to supply this for everyone. But today, the World Health Organization warned that of the 7.5 billion people living on Earth, […]

Addis Ababa 1st in East Africa With Bus Rapid Transit

April 13, 2017 / by News Editor / Africa, Environment, Environmental News Service, Journalism

Published by the Environmental News Service ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 13, 2017 (ENS) – Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, a city of at least 3.4 million residents, is poised to build the first bus rapid transit line in east Africa. Construction is currently estimated to start later this year after a planning process that began in […]

Scott Pruitt Faces Anger From Right Over E.P.A. Finding He Won’t Fight

April 12, 2017 / by CORAL DAVENPORT / Climate, Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Critics charge the agency’s administrator should have challenged a legal finding that underpinned the Obama climate policies, but he refuses to budge. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/12/climate/scott-pruitt-epa-endangerment-finding.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Trilobites: An Ice Scientist’s Worst Nightmare

April 11, 2017 / by TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG / Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A storage freezer in the Canadian Ice Core Archive failed this month, resulting in the loss of millennia-old samples gathered from around the Canadian Arctic. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/climate/ice-cores-melted-freezer-alberta-canada.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

More Permafrost Than Thought May Be Lost as Planet Warms

April 11, 2017 / by HENRY FOUNTAIN / Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A study suggests that as the planet warms toward 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, each degree Celsius of warming will lead to the thawing of 1.5 million square miles of permafrost. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/climate/climate-change-warming-permafrost.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Trump Authorizes Inhumane Killing of Alaska Predators

April 10, 2017 / by News Editor / Environment, Environmental News Service, Journalism

Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, April 10, 2017 (ENS) – If hunters on Alaska’s National Wildlife Refuges want to use aircraft to chase down grizzly bears or shoot mother wolves and pups in their dens, they can now do so after President Donald Trump signed a bill overturning an Obama-era rule that […]

Scientists Fear Climate Data Gap as Trump Aims at Satellites

April 10, 2017 / by HENRY FOUNTAIN / Climate, Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Even if Congress votes to keep NASA environmental missions, the nation’s climate monitoring faces challenges, researchers say. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/10/climate/trump-nasa-satellites-global-warming-data.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

What’s at Stake in Trump’s Proposed E.P.A. Cuts

April 10, 2017 / by HIROKO TABUCHI / Climate, Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Trump’s proposed cuts in environmental programs go far beyond climate change. They would also affect clean water, law enforcement and pollution cleanup. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/10/climate/trump-epa-budget-cuts.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

World Adds Record Renewables at Record Low Prices

April 8, 2017 / by News Editor / Environment, Environmental News Service, Europe, Journalism

Published by the Environmental News Service FRANKFURT, Germany, April 7, 2017 (ENS) – The world added record levels of renewable energy generating capacity in 2016, at an investment level 23 percent lower than the previous year, finds new research reported in the latest issue of “Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment.” Read the full article […]

EU Parliament Votes to Tighten Car Emissions Oversight

April 7, 2017 / by News Editor / Environment, Environmental News Service, Europe, Journalism

Published by the Environmental News Service STRASBOURG, France, April 7, 2017 (ENS) – The European Union must improve legislation governing car emissions testing to prevent future scandals like the “defeat device” scandal, the European Parliament said Tuesday by voting to approve four recommendations to the European Commission and the Council. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/04/07/eu-parliament-votes-to-tighten-car-emissions-oversight/

South African Court Allows Domestic Rhino Horn Trade

April 7, 2017 / by News Editor / Africa, Environment, Environmental News Service, Journalism

Published by the Environmental News Service JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, April 7, 2017 (ENS) – South Africa’s Constitutional Court has overturned the current ban on domestic trade in rhino horn, so the sale of rhino horn will be allowed to resume within the country’s borders, but not internationally. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/04/07/south-african-court-allows-domestic-rhino-horn-trade/

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