Latest News | https://ens-newswire.com We Cover the Earth for You! Wed, 14 Jun 2023 01:28:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.7 https://ens-newswire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/favicon.jpg Latest News | https://ens-newswire.com 32 32 Dam Collapse Puts Europe’s Largest Nuclear Plant in Jeopardy https://ens-newswire.com/dam-collapse-puts-europes-largest-nuclear-plant-in-jeopardy/ Wed, 14 Jun 2023 01:28:11 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98852 KYIV, Ukraine, June 13, 2023 (ENS) – Experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency are seeking access to a location near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, ZNPP, to clarify the [...]

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]]> World Bank: Global Economy Risky Amid High Interest Rates https://ens-newswire.com/world-bank-global-economy-risky-amid-high-interest-rates/ Fri, 09 Jun 2023 17:38:18 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98824 WASHINGTON, DC, June 9, 2023 (ENS) – Global economic growth has slowed, and the risk of financial stress in emerging market and developing economies, known as EMDEs, is intensifying, hemmed [...]

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]]> Earth Commission: ‘Sick’ Planet Needs Safe and Just Treatment https://ens-newswire.com/earth-commission-sick-planet-needs-safe-and-just-treatment/ Thu, 01 Jun 2023 02:26:44 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98808 STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 31, 2023 (ENS) – Humans are taking “colossal risks with the future of civilization and everything that lives on Earth,” a new Earth Commission study published today [...]

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]]> UNESCO Designates 18 New Gorgeous Global Geoparks https://ens-newswire.com/unesco-designates-18-new-gorgeous-global-geoparks/ Thu, 25 May 2023 01:21:07 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98798 PARIS, France, May 24, 2023 (ENS) – The United Nations is adding 18 new sites to its network of outstanding Geoparks, showcasing some of the most marvelous sites of natural [...]

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]]> Western Tribes Funded for Clean Water, Power, Dam Safety https://ens-newswire.com/western-tribes-funded-for-clean-water-power-dam-safety/ Wed, 24 May 2023 00:05:55 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98761 SUPAI, Arizona, May 23, 2023 (ENS) – Tribal communities in five Western states: Arizona, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, and Washington, will receive millions from the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, [...]

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]]> Ukrainian, U.S. Prosecutors Go After Environmental War Crimes https://ens-newswire.com/ukrainian-u-s-prosecutors-go-after-environmental-war-crimes/ Sat, 20 May 2023 02:15:05 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98747 WASHINGTON, DC, May 19, 2023 (ENS) – Eight guests from the Ukraine Prosecutor General’s Office are in Washington this week for a series of training and study sessions at the [...]

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]]> Discarded Cigarette Butts Leak Thousands of Killer Chemicals https://ens-newswire.com/discarded-cigarette-butts-leak-thousands-of-killer-chemicals/ Fri, 19 May 2023 00:21:47 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98738 GOTHENBURG, Sweden, May 18, 2023 (ENS) – On the trail, in the gutter, at the bus stop, in the park, on the beach, cigarette butts are everywhere. In fact, cigarette [...]

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]]> WMO: Global Temperature Headed for ‘Uncharted Territory’ https://ens-newswire.com/wmo-global-temperature-headed-for-uncharted-territory/ Wed, 17 May 2023 22:51:37 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98724 GENEVA, Switzerland, May 17, 2023 (ENS) – Fueled by high levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases and a naturally occurring El Niño event, global temperatures are likely to surge to record [...]

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]]> U.S. Ends Private Ownership and Breeding of Big Cats https://ens-newswire.com/u-s-ends-private-ownership-and-breeding-of-big-cats/ Thu, 11 May 2023 23:51:08 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98716 WASHINGTON, DC, May 11, 2023 (ENS) – Somewhere in the United States an estimated 20,000 big cats are kept in private ownership, often purchased as cubs or bred for photo [...]

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]]> Bird Flu Kills Condors Recovering From Near Extinction https://ens-newswire.com/bird-flu-kills-condors-recovering-from-near-extinction/ Tue, 09 May 2023 00:32:34 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98711 PHOENIX, Arizona, May 8, 2023 (ENS) – Bird flu has killed 21 endangered California condors in northern Arizona this spring, weakening a reintroduced flock that has been carefully nurtured for [...]

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]]> Amazon’s ‘Dark Earth’ Secret Promises Global Forest Renewal https://ens-newswire.com/amazons-dark-earth-secret-promises-global-forest-renewal/ Mon, 08 May 2023 01:53:30 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98702 SAO PAULO, Brazil, May 7, 2023 (ENS) – Millions of Amerindian people living centuries ago in today’s Amazonia transformed the originally poor soil. The result is Amazonian dark earth, ADE, [...]

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]]> COVID-19 Global Public Health Emergency Ends: Threat Remains https://ens-newswire.com/covid-19-global-public-health-emergency-ends-threat-remains/ Sat, 06 May 2023 03:16:50 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98659 GENEVA, Switzerland, May 5, 2023 (ENS) – COVID-19 no longer constitutes a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization announced today, following the advice of the International [...]

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]]> Biden Again Strengthens Vehicle Emissions Standards https://ens-newswire.com/biden-again-strengthens-vehicle-emissions-standards/ Fri, 14 Apr 2023 01:15:59 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98642 WASHINGTON, DC, April 13, 2023 (ENS) – The benefits of the “most ambitious pollution standards ever,” will top costs by US$1 trillion, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency promised Tuesday, announcing [...]

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]]> Biden Guards ‘Breathtaking’ Lands as Nevada, Texas Monuments https://ens-newswire.com/biden-guards-breathtaking-lands-as-nevada-texas-monuments/ Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:13:49 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98615 WASHINGTON, DC, March 26, 2023 (ENS) – At the White House Conservation in Action Summit Tuesday, President Joe Biden established two new national monuments, one in Nevada and one in [...]

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]]> Kruger Park Ensnared in Corruption Linked to Criminal Syndicates https://ens-newswire.com/kruger-park-ensnared-in-corruption-linked-to-criminal-syndicates/ Tue, 28 Mar 2023 20:54:55 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98600 By Don Pinnock

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, South Africa, March 28 (ENS) – Yet another suspected poacher has died in a hail of bullets fired by unknown gunmen in the eastern [...]

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]]> Zelensky Relies on IAEA Support; Russia Moves Nuclear Weapons https://ens-newswire.com/zelensky-relies-on-iaea-support-russia-moves-nuclear-weapons/ Tue, 28 Mar 2023 03:39:04 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98584 VIENNA, Austria, March 27, 2023 (ENS) – International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Monday to plan protection for the embattled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear [...]

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]]> Cyclone Freddy Floods Three African Countries, Kills 579 https://ens-newswire.com/cyclone-freddy-floods-three-african-countries-kills-579/ Wed, 22 Mar 2023 01:13:24 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98511 BLANTYRE, Malawi, March 21, 2023 (ENS) – Tropical Cyclone Freddy is a record-breaking storm that has astonished meteorologists with its longevity. As part of its final act, the cyclone unleashed [...]

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]]> IPCC: Liveable Future Possible If We Defuse Climate Time-Bomb https://ens-newswire.com/ipcc-liveable-future-possible-if-we-defuse-climate-time-bomb/ Tue, 21 Mar 2023 02:04:00 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98495 INTERLAKEN, Switzerland, March 20, 2023 (ENS) – Global temperatures have already risen to 1.1 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels after more than a century of burning fossil fuels, as well [...]

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]]> Conservationists Sue to Stop ConocoPhillips Alaska Oil Venture https://ens-newswire.com/conservationists-sue-to-stop-conocophillips-alaska-oil-venture/ Fri, 17 Mar 2023 00:56:26 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98481 ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 16, 2023 (ENS) – Warning that the U.S. government’s environmental review fails to account for the full climate impact of oil development in Alaska, five of America’s [...]

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]]> Biden Proposes National Standard for PFAS in Drinking Water https://ens-newswire.com/biden-proposes-national-standard-for-pfas-in-drinking-water/ Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:50:28 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98472 WASHINGTON, DC, March 14, 2023 (ENS) – The Biden Administration today proposed the first national drinking water standard for six harmful “forever chemicals” in the latest action under President Joe [...]

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