 | Plastic Bags Banned on All Hawaiian Islands
HONOLULU, Hawaii , May 17, 2012 (ENS) - Hawaii has just become the first U.S. state to enact a statewide ban on plastic bags. While no law has yet been...
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 | Poachers Steal Ancient Cedar from BC Park: Reward Offered
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada , May 19, 2012 (ENS) - The Wilderness Committee and the British Columbia Government Employees Union are offering a C$5,000 reward for information leading to the...
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 | Sea Shepherd's Watson Jailed in Germany for 2002 Shark Defense
FRANKFURT, Germany , May 19, 2012 (ENS) - Sea Shepherd founder Captain Paul Watson has been granted bail by the German Higher Regional Court in Frankfurt, and his attorney expects...
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 | Investors Controlling $1 Trillion Demand Fracking Best Practices
BOSTON, Massachusetts , May 17, 2012 (ENS) - Institutional investors in the United States, Europe and Australia with nearly $1 trillion in assets under management have united to support a...
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 | TransCanada Applies Again for Keystone XL Pipeline Presidential Permit
WASHINGTON, DC , May 7, 2012 (ENS) - TransCanada Corporation has submitted a second Presidential Permit application to the U.S. State Department to build and operate the Keystone XL Pipeline...
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 | Automakers Standardize 15 Minute Fast-Charging System for Electric Vehicles
LOS ANGELES, California , May 7, 2012 (ENS) - Eight U.S. and German automakers have agreed to utilize a fast-charging technology that recharges EV batteries in just 15 to 20...
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 | Vermont Will Be First U.S. State to Ban Fracking
MONTPELIER, Vermont , May 8, 2012 (ENS) - Vermont is about to become the first U.S. state to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for natural gas.
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 | First Solar Project on U.S. Public Lands Starts Generating
PRIMM, Nevada , May 8, 2012 (ENS) - The first utility-scale solar energy facility on U.S. public lands started delivering power on Monday with the flip of a switch by...
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 | U.S. Proposes Delayed Disclosure of Fracking Chemicals
WASHINGTON, DC , May 5, 2012 (ENS) - A federal government proposal requiring oil and gas companies to disclose the chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing only after the completion...
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 | EPA: 45 Areas Fail to Achieve Latest Smog Standards
WASHINGTON, DC , May 2, 2012 (ENS) - Forty-five areas across the country are not meeting the latest government standards for ground-level ozone or smog, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
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