water | https://ens-newswire.com We Cover the Earth for You! Thu, 01 Jun 2023 02:26:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.7 https://ens-newswire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/favicon.jpg water | https://ens-newswire.com 32 32 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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]]> 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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]]> First WMO Global Water Analysis Finds a Drying World https://ens-newswire.com/first-wmo-global-water-analysis-finds-a-drying-world/ Wed, 30 Nov 2022 02:25:01 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98060 GENEVA, Switzerland, November 29, 2022 (ENS) – Most of the planet was drier than normal in 2021, with “cascading effects on economies, ecosystems and our daily lives,” the UN World [...]

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]]> Ukraine Faces Power, Water, Food Shortages as Winter Looms https://ens-newswire.com/ukraine-faces-power-water-food-shortages-as-winter-looms/ Thu, 03 Nov 2022 06:17:29 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97935 KYIV, Ukraine, November 3, 2022 (ENS) – Continuing attacks by Russian forces against Ukraine’s essential civilian infrastructure are disrupting access to key services. Power and water supply systems have sustained [...]

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]]> Europe Evaluates New Rules for Cleaner Air, Water https://ens-newswire.com/europe-evaluates-new-rules-for-cleaner-air-water/ Fri, 28 Oct 2022 06:01:56 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97918 BRUSSELS, Belgium, October 27, 2022 (ENS) – The European Commission Wednesday proposed stronger rules on ambient air, surface and groundwater pollutants, and the treatment of urban wastewater.

All the new [...]

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]]> On Clean Water Act 50th Anniversary U.S. Invests $50 Billion https://ens-newswire.com/on-clean-water-act-50th-anniversary-u-s-invests-50-billion/ Tue, 18 Oct 2022 06:03:53 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97888 WASHINGTON, DC, October 18, 2022 (ENS) – Fifty years ago today the Clean Water Act of 1972 became law, requiring America to protect and restore the crucial waterways that must [...]

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]]> New U.S. Gov Portal Shows Climate Stressors in Real Time https://ens-newswire.com/new-u-s-gov-portal-shows-climate-stressors-in-real-time/ Sun, 11 Sep 2022 02:37:14 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97734 WASHINGTON, DC, September 9, 2022 (ENS) – Where’s the fire? Where’s the flood? For the first time, an online live climate impact dashboard is allowing people to see extreme weather, [...]

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]]> MISSISSIPPI: State Capital Water Crisis Lasts Into Labor Day https://ens-newswire.com/mississippi-state-capital-water-crisis-lasts-into-labor-day/ Fri, 02 Sep 2022 21:28:52 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97697 JACKSON, Mississippi, September 2, 2022 (ENS) – For many Americans, Labor Day weekend is about having some carefree fun before the responsibilities of autumn close in, but the residents of [...]

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]]> Flooded Pakistan Counts 1,100 Dead, Seeks $160M Relief Cash https://ens-newswire.com/flooded-pakistan-counts-1100-dead-seeks-160m-relief-cash/ Wed, 31 Aug 2022 02:30:22 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97679 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, August 30, 2022 (ENS) – More than 1,100 people, including 350 children, have lost their lives since June as the worst monsoon rains in decades, severe floods and [...]

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]]> Massachusetts Drinking Water Polluted With Firefighting Foam https://ens-newswire.com/massachusetts-drinking-water-polluted-with-firefighting-foam/ Thu, 26 May 2022 00:58:38 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97302 BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 25, 2022 (ENS) – State Attorney General Maura Healey today sued 13 manufacturers of poly- and perfluoroalkyl, PFAS, the so-called forever chemicals used in firefighting foam. They [...]

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]]> Wastewater Recycling Sends Microplastics Back to Soil, Ocean https://ens-newswire.com/wastewater-recycling-sends-microplastics-back-to-soil-ocean/ Tue, 17 May 2022 00:29:00 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97232 CARDIFF, Wales, UK, May 16, 2022 (ENS) – Farmlands across Europe are becoming the largest global reservoir of microplastics due to the high concentrations found in fertilizers derived from sewage [...]

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]]> Africa Starves Under The Blazing Sun https://ens-newswire.com/africa-starves-under-the-blazing-sun/ Thu, 21 Apr 2022 22:21:31 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97127 DUBLIN, Ireland, April 21, 2022 (ENS) – Trucking water into communities who are somehow surviving the drought gripping the East African country of Somalia, has got Ireland’s largest aid organization [...]

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]]> Congress OKs Climate, Energy, Water Spending in $1.5T Bill https://ens-newswire.com/1-5-trillion-omnibus-bill-would-fund-climate-energy-water/ Sun, 13 Mar 2022 00:25:00 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=96912 WASHINGTON, DC, March 12, 2022 (ENS) – In a bipartisan vote of 68-31, the U.S. Senate has passed an appropriations bill that will fund government climate, energy, water and wildfire [...]

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]]> U.S. to Defuel and Close Leaking Pearl Harbor Fuel Facility https://ens-newswire.com/u-s-to-defuel-and-close-leaking-pearl-harbor-fuel-facility/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 01:21:20 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=96875 HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 8, 2022 (ENS) – The underground Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in the hills above the Pearl Harbor Naval Station on Oahu will be de-fueled and [...]

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]]> NEW HAMPSHIRE: Rewards Sustainable Craft Beverage Brewers https://ens-newswire.com/new-hampshire-rewards-sustainable-craft-beverage-brewers/ Fri, 11 Feb 2022 02:12:00 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=96454 CONCORD, New Hampshire, February 10, 2022 (ENS) – The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services has joined the New Hampshire Brewers Association to open a new program honoring environmental leaders [...]

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]]> Food Swaps Can Radically Change a Diet’s Carbon Footprint https://ens-newswire.com/food-swaps-can-radically-change-a-diets-carbon-footprint/ Fri, 14 Jan 2022 14:08:00 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=95866 NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, January 14, 2022 (ENS) – Americans who eat beef could slash their diet’s carbon footprint as much as 48 percent by swapping just one serving a day [...]

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]]> U.S. Navy Fuel Tanks Leak Into Oahu Drinking Water https://ens-newswire.com/u-s-navy-fuel-tanks-leak-into-oahu-drinking-water/ Fri, 10 Dec 2021 08:46:25 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=95492 HONOLULU, Hawaii, December 9, 2021 (ENS) – Hawaii’s entire Congressional delegation is calling on Governor David Ige to request that President Joe Biden declare an emergency and direct the U.S. [...]

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]]> Climate Scientists Warn of ‘Looming’ World Water Crisis https://ens-newswire.com/climate-scientists-warn-of-looming-world-water-crisis/ Wed, 13 Oct 2021 00:56:31 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=94956 GENEVA, Switzerland, October 12, 2021 (ENS) – The World Meteorological Organization is holding a special session of its Congress to meet the “explosive” growth in the demand for weather, climate, [...]

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]]> CALIFORNIA: Newsom Signs $15B Climate Crisis Spending Bill https://ens-newswire.com/california-newsom-signs-15-billion-climate-crisis-spending-package/ Fri, 24 Sep 2021 22:37:17 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=94773 SACRAMENTO, California, September 24, 2021 (ENS) – Among the towering ancient trees in Sequoia National Park, near the site of this season’s devastating KNP Complex fire, Governor Gavin Newsom Thursday [...]

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]]> KANSAS: Blue-Green Algae in Lakes Prompts Public Health Warnings https://ens-newswire.com/kansas-blue-green-algae-in-lakes-prompts-public-health-warnings/ Wed, 22 Sep 2021 23:22:49 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=94743 TOPEKA, Kansas, September 22, 2021 (ENS) – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks have issued two dozen public health advisories for [...]

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