Published by the Environmental News Service BALI, Indonesia, February 26, 2017 (ENS) – An unprecedented global campaign to eliminate major sources of marine litter within five years was launched this week by UN Environment. The campaign is targeting microplastics in cosmetics and single-use plastics such as straws, bags and packaging materials. Read the full article […]
Published by the Environmental News Service BARCELONA, Spain, February 26, 2017 (ENS) – At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, Ford will reveal its latest advance in mobility and connectivity – a car that not only understands what we say, but knows our moods, needs and desires – and can help us get […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, February 25, 2017 (ENS) – When shoppers look at their food purchases today they could see any of these warning phrases alerting them when a food is no longer safe to eat: Sell By, Use By, Expires On, Best Before, Better if Used By or Best By […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, February 25, 2017 (ENS) – Seven Earth-sized planets have been found by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope around a small, relatively nearby, ultra-cool dwarf star. Three of these planets are located in the habitable zone, the area around the parent star where a rocky planet is most likely […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A decade after the “Save the Rainforest” movement captured the world’s imagination, Cargill and other food giants are pushing deeper into the wilderness. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/business/energy-environment/deforestation-brazil-bolivia-south-america.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, February 24, 2017 (ENS) – Scott Pruitt took the helm at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday, with a host of problems already on his plate – an agency with which he has no experience, thousands of newly released emails showing his ties to the fossil fuel […]
Published by the Environmental News Service LOS BAÑOS, Philippines, February 24, 2017 (ENS) – More than half of the world’s population, nearly four billion people, eat rice as their daily staple, but the changing climate is making it tougher for rice farmers to keep their plants alive until harvest. Now, new, stress-tolerant rice varieties can […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Researchers develop a new metric on deforestation, hoping the information will guide conservation and educate the public. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/science/forests-deforestation-map-united-states.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Resorts in places like the Maldives, Bali and Malaysia are working to rebuild damaged coral reefs, and guests can help. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/travel/restoring-coral-reefs-ocean-resort-priority.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service LONDON, UK, February 22, 2017 (ENS) – Come October 23, London Mayor Sadiq Khan will impose a £10 Toxicity-Charge on vehicles in central London that do not meet Euro 4 standards, typically those diesel and petrol vehicles registered before 2006. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/02/22/london-mayor-slaps-toxicity-charge-on-polluting-cars/
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Experts say that the exploitation of wetlands in southern Mexico City could lead to the destruction of the area’s bucolic canals within a few years. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/world/americas/mexico-city-canals-xochimilco-chinampas.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service AMMAN, Jordan, February 20, 2017 (ENS) – The illegal trade and the manufacture and use of toxic pesticides in Israeli illegal settlements, result in human rights violations and contribute to the food insecurity in the Occupied West Bank, an international fact-finding mission concludes. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/02/21/israeli-illegal-pesticides-poison-occupied-west-bank/
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A retired scientist became a hero to some climate-change deniers after he criticized his former boss at NOAA over data handling. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/20/business/energy-environment/climate-change-dispute-john-bates.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service OROVILLE, California, February 19, 2017 (ENS) – The emergency at California’s Oroville Dam appears to be over for the moment, although during the next few days severe weather is expected to hit the area at the western edge of the Sierra Nevada mountains, as hundreds of thousands of residents […]
Published by the Environmental News Service CAMBRIDGE, UK, February 19, 2016 (ENS) – The appearance of a large crack and growing in the ice shelf near the British Antarctic Survey’s Halley VI research station has prompted officials to close the base for the first time. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/02/19/antarctic-ice-crack-closes-british-research-station/
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, February 17, 2017 (ENS) – Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt today won Senate confirmation to head the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, the federal agency he has sued multiple times during the Obama administration in attempts to limit its control of industry. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/02/17/senate-confirms-epa-foe-pruitt-as-epa-administrator/
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Britain’s efforts to aid the environment have inadvertently led to a spike in an even more insidious form of air pollution than the deadly smog of 1952. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/world/europe/london-smog-air-pollution.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Employees of the Environmental Protection Agency are calling their senators to try to defeat Scott Pruitt’s confirmation to run the agency. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/us/politics/scott-pruitt-environmental-protection-agency.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment An ecological cornerstone is vanishing rapidly from the oceans, and scientists fear the consequences for climate change, fisheries and disease. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/science/seagrass-coral-reefs-pathogens-global-warming.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment When some climate scientists began saying we’d entered a new epoch, they meant to draw attention to human effects on climate. Now, to their dismay, it’s become a tech call to arms for more disruption. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/magazine/is-the-anthropocene-era-a-condemnation-of-human-interference-or-a-call-for-more.html?partner=rss&emc=rss