Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Setting aside concerns about global warming, consumers are unloading hybrid and electric vehicles in favor of bigger cars, pickups and S.U.V.s. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/28/science/cars-gas-global-warming.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Firefighters in the foothills of central California have made significant gains against a blaze that has killed at least two people and destroyed scores of homes in a devastating start to the state’s wildfire season, authorities said on Monday. Read the full article at: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/environment/~3/L7wInSiZlto/us-usa-wildfires-idUSKCN0ZD23U
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Last year, after a Minnesota dentist sparked an uproar by killing a popular lion named Cecil while on safari in Zimbabwe, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service placed similar African lions on the endangered species list, making it illegal to import them as trophies to the United States. Read the full article […]
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong has called for an end to local ivory trading within five years, a move activists hailed as significant given the financial hub’s reputation as a wildlife trafficking blackspot, while calling for this ban to be speeded up. Read the full article at: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/environment/~3/5E9Jv82MmnY/us-hongkong-ivory-idUSKCN0ZD171
BEIJING (Reuters) – The mayor of a city in central China made a rare public address calling for calm after thousands of people protested against a waste incineration project over fears it would damage the environment and residents’ health. Read the full article at: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/environment/~3/pzNkqrAKKfc/us-china-protests-idUSKCN0ZD0HU
LONDON (Reuters) – Premature deaths from air pollution will continue to rise to 2040 unless changes are made to the way the world uses and produces energy, the International Energy Agency said on Monday. Read the full article at: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/environment/~3/SUJaByCqbyY/us-iea-energy-pollution-idUSKCN0ZC15U
Published by the Environmental News Service SYDNEY, Australia, June 22, 2016 (ENS) – Scientists with the Australian start-up Licella have devised a way to use biomass waste from the papermaking process to make a new petroleum substitute – biocrude oil – that has attracted the interest of Canadian pulp and paper producer Can Read the […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment With global temperatures rising, can a nation afford to protect a pristine waterway and forgo the building of dams as an alternative to burning coal? Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/19/world/asia/china-climate-change-nu-river-greenhouse-gases.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 11, 2016 (ENS) – Indian and international environmental groups are taking Danish container ship giant Maersk to task for considering flagging its end-of-life vessels out of Danish or any other European registry to circumvent the European Ship Recycling Regulation and break the ships in India. Read […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, June 9, 2016 (ENS) – Cities today host more than half of the Earth’s human beings and account for about 70 percent of global energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Now, 228 cities around the world are taking the lead on climate action, setting greenhouse gas reduction […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, June 8, 2016 (ENS) – By unanimous consent, the U.S. Senate passed a bill Tuesday that updates federal chemical safety protections for the first time in four decades. The measure gives the EPA new power to require safety assessments of chemicals found in ordinary products from toys […]
Published by the Environmental News Service TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 6, 2016 (ENS) – Taiwan’s first female president, Tsai Ing-wen, has pledged to develop a program that will integrate national land-use planning, regional development and environmental sustainability. But civic groups are concerned about her lack of strong commitment and lack of detail about the policy. Read […]
Published by the Environmental News Service NAIROBI, Kenya, June 5, 2016 (ENS) – “More than one quarter of the world’s elephant population has been killed in a decade,” according to the International Police, INTERPOL, and the UN Environment Programme in a new report that emphasizes the financial machinations behind environmental crimes such as poaching. Read […]
Published by the Environmental News Service NEW YORK, New York, June 5, 2016 (ENS) – The first international accord to end illegal fishing went into effect today in celebration of World Environment Day. The pact is now legally binding for the 29 countries and the European Union that have signed on to it, says the […]
Published by the Environmental News Service OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, May 31, 2016 – Canada and the United States have identified eight substances in the water of the Great Lakes as chemicals of mutual concern under the Canada-U.S. Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. These chemicals are potentially harmful to human health or the environment or both. […]
Published by the Environmental News Service TOWNSVILLE, Queensland, Australia, May 31, 2016 (ENS) – One-third of the corals in the northern and central parts of the Great Barrier Reef are bleached out and dying due to climate change, according to Australian researchers who just finished months of intensive aerial and underwater surveys. Read the full […]
Published by the Environmental News Service PARIS, France, May 26, 2016 (ENS) – Climate change is quickly becoming one of the most challenging risks for World Heritage sites and the tourists who want to visit them, finds the report “World Heritage and Tourism in a Changing Climate,” released today by UNESCO, UNEP, and the nonprofit […]
Published by the Environmental News Service QUITO, Ecuador, May 25, 2016 (ENS) – Seismic explorations planned by Chinese oil company Sinopec at the headwaters of the Amazon in the remote jungles of Ecuador have led the Ecuadorian eco-tourism company, Tropic, to close the internationally recognized and award-winning Huaorani Ecolodge. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/05/25/chinese-oil-search-shuts-ecolodge-at-amazon-headwaters/
Published by the Environmental News Service NAIROBI, Kenya, May 25, 2016 (ENS) – The United Nations, backed by celebrities from throughout the world, today launched an unprecedented campaign against the illegal trade in wildlife. The killing is pushing species to the brink of extinction, robbing countries of their heritage and profiting criminal networks. Read the […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A gathering held four years ago in California outlined tactics for taking on the fossil fuel industry, drawing lessons from the fight over tobacco. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/science/public-campaign-against-exxon-has-roots-in-a-2012-meeting.html?partner=rss&emc=rss