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LONDON, UK, March 15, 2025 (ENS) – An international marine incident involving at least four countries, two large ships, and the death of a crew member is threatening environmental damage [...]
The post Russian Captain Charged with Manslaughter in North Sea Crash first appeared on Environment News Service (ENS).
BOSTON, Massachusetts, October 21, 2025 (ENS) - The State of Massachusetts and the State of California have announced their intentions to join the nonprofit International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN. Based in Switzerland, the IUCN is the world’s largest and most diverse environmental membership network with 1,400 governments and non-governmental organizations committed to global action on biodiversity conservation. [...]
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EXETER, England, October 13, 2025 (ENS) - "The world has entered a new reality. Global warming will soon exceed 1.5°Celsius." Warm-water coral reefs are dying across the planet as the world hits its first climate tipping point, finds a new report released today by the University of Exeter and dozens of international partners. [...]
The post 1st Climate Tipping Point Plunges Planet Into ‘New Reality’ first appeared on Environment News Service (ENS).
WASHINGTON, DC, October 11, 2025 (ENS) - On July 8, Congressman Nick Begich III, an Alaska Republican, introduced a draft bill amending the Marine Mammal Protection Act, MMPA, the federal law that has governed marine resource management and conservation of whales, orcas, porpoises, seals, polar bears, walruses, sea otters, and manatees in U.S. waters since 1972. [...]
The post Republicans Seek to Weaken U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act first appeared on Environment News Service (ENS).
ROSELAND, Louisiana, October 9, 2025 (ENS) - On August 22, an explosion erupted at Smitty's Supply, a lubricant manufacturing facility in Roseland, a town about 60 miles northeast of Baton Rouge. The blaze swept through the 15-acre complex that housed half a million gallons of flammable materials. [...]
The post LOUISIANA: Oil, Soot From Smitty’s Fire Persists, EPA Blamed first appeared on Environment News Service (ENS).
SALEM, Oregon, October 10, 2025 (ENS) - Oregon Governor Tina Kotek this week signed an Executive Order accelerating renewable wind and solar project development in the state before time runs out on federal clean energy tax credits. Tax credits now on the table that are set to expire on July 4, 2026 can fund between 30 and 50 percent of most solar and wind projects, the governor said. [...]
The post OREGON: Gov Cuts Red Tape to Secure Clean Energy Tax Credits first appeared on Environment News Service (ENS).
