 | Japanese Blast Sea Shepherd Activist Off His Jet Ski |
SOUTHERN OCEAN, February 11, 2012 (ENS) - Beck Straussner, 42, of the United States was hit in the chest with a water cannon and knocked off his jet ski today during a confrontation between a Japanese whaling vessel and whale defenders near Antarctica. Straussner, from Maui, Hawaii, was in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica in his capacity as the 2nd Officer on the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's flagship vessel, the Steve Irwin. He was on a jet ski as part of an interference maneuver.
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 | Forest Heroes Awards Crown UN's International Year of Forests |
NEW YORK, New York, February 10, 2012 (ENS) - The International Year of Forests 2011 declared by the United Nations General Assembly came to a close Thursday after a year's worth of events and activities exploring the value of forests and ways people can protect them and contribute to their sustainable management. In a closing ceremony Thursday at UN Headquarters, six people who have made special contributions to protect forests in each region of the world were honored with the inaugural Forest Heroes Awards.
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WWF Connects Tiger Habitat Destruction to Toilet Paper |
WASHINGTON, DC, February 9, 2012 (ENS) - The increasing number of Americans who use Paseo or Livi brands of toilet tissue are contributing to the destruction of the Indonesian rainforest and tiger habitat, finds a World Wildlife Fund report released Wednesday. "Don't Flush Tiger Forests: Toilet Paper, U.S. Supermarkets, and the Destruction of Indonesia's Last Tiger Habitats" shows that Asia Pulp & Paper, the fifth-largest tissue producer in the world, is rapidly expanding into the U.S. market with paper linked to rainforest destruction. Eight grocery chains have stopped carrying these brands. >>more
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Jakarta Port Officials Seize 113 Illegal Containers of Hazwaste |
JAKARTA, Indonesia, February 9, 2012 (ENS) - Environmental groups in Indonesia, the Philippines and the United States are pleased that Indonesian authorities seized 113 shipping containers full of toxic waste at Indonesia's largest port, but they warn that the country is still vulnerable to illegal waste shipments from abroad. In the last week of January, Indonesian officials at Jakarta's Tanjung Priok Port became suspicious, due to smells emanating from these containers and liquids dripping from them. It turned out to be Indonesia's biggest toxic waste seizure in years. >>more
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Russian Scientists Drill Into Sub-Glacial Antarctic Lake |
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, February 8, 2012 (ENS) - More than 30 years after starting to drill, Russian scientists have pierced Antarctica's central ice sheet to reach a large sub-glacial lake, 3,768 meters (2.3 miles) below the surface. Lake Vostok, which lies beneath Russia's Vostok research station, is the largest of Antarctica's buried network of some 140 subglacial lakes and one of the largest lakes in the world. Scientists hope Lake Vostok can reveal new forms of life and show how life evolved before the Ice Age. >>more
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NAFTA Lead Battery Poisoning Probe to Focus on Mexico |
MONTREAL, Canada, February 8, 2012 (ENS) - The transboundary movement of spent lead-acid batteries in North America has environmental and public health consequences to communities in Mexico that are the subject of a new study by the NAFTA Commission for Environmental Cooperation. At its November 2011 meeting in Texas, the CEC's Joint Public Advisory Committee was told the increase in spent lead-acid batteries crossing the border to Mexico amounted to "112 percent in 2010 over the previous year alone." >>more
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Fold-Up Electric Car Coming to a City Near You |
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, February 7, 2012 (ENS) - A foldable electric CityCar has been created at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab and commercialized by a consortium of automotive suppliers in Spain's Basque region. Branded Hiriko, which means urban in the Basque language, the foldable electric two-seater micro car was unveiled at European Commission headquarters in Brussels in January. The consortium is negotiating to place a fleet of 100 CityCars in Brussels next year. Barcelona, Berlin, Boston, Hong Kong and San Francisco, among others, are interested. >>more
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Chevron Appeals Pollution Ruling to Ecuador National Court, Arbitration Panel |
QUITO, Ecuador, February 6, 2012 (ENS) - The world's second largest oil company, Chevron Corporation, has filed an appeal seeking review by Ecuador's National Court of Justice of local and appellate court decisions holding the company liable for $18 billion for pollution of the Ecuadorian Amazon by Texaco Petroleum from 1964 to 1992. In addition, Chevron has served the government of Ecuador with a notice of arbitration for alleged breaches of the United States-Ecuador Bilateral Investment Treaty. >>more
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China Bans Airlines From Paying EU for Carbon Emissions |
BEIJING, China, February 6, 2012 (ENS) - China's airlines will not be allowed to pay a charge on carbon dioxide emissions imposed by the European Union without government permission, the Civil Aviation Administration of China, CAAC, said Monday. Chinese airlines are also banned from increasing their fares or adding new charges for the scheme put in place by the EU to limit emissions of the greenhouse gas. Under the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme, as January 1 airlines operating in the EU must purchase emissions credits if they exceed CO2 limits. >>more
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Russia Allows Ski Resort in Caucasus World Heritage Site |
KRASNODAR, Russia, February 3, 2012 (ENS) - The Russian government is preparing to allow construction of a cluster of ski resorts and roads in the Caucasus region that will alter one of Europe's few untouched mountain wilderness areas. The development is expected to impact two biosphere nature reserves, two national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and a World Heritage Site. Previously, the construction of tourist infrastructure in protected areas has been either illegal or restricted by Russian federal environmental laws. >>more
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