(EnviroNews World News) — On the morning of November 6, 2015, President Barack Obama stood before the media in Washington D.C. to express his support for the State Department’s most recent decision — an all-out rejection of the proposed fourth and final leg of the Keystone XL Pipeline….
(EnviroNews World News) — EnviroNews World News ascertained late this evening, on November 2, 2015, that TransCanada has made a request with the U.S. Government to suspended it’s permit application for the fourth and final leg of the Keystone XL Pipeline — a project intended to carry some…
(EnviroNews World News) — It’s no secret the world’s oceans are now completely littered with plastic due to human activities. By now, many people have also been made aware of the gigantic gyres in the midst of the oceans, where plastic is whirled by currents into massive “garbage…
(EnviroNews World News) — Waterloo, Iowa — On October 8, 2015, a group of protestors, including senior citizens, from the group The Climate Mobilization, momentarily busted up a Donald Trump stump speech when they interrupted the presidential candidate with chants exclaiming, “climate action now.” The Climate Mobilization is…
(EnviroNews World News) — Washington D.C. — On October 5, 2015, President Barack Obama notified the public of his intention to set aside American waters for two new marine life reserves — one in the tidal waters of Maryland — the other in Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan. Obama made…
(EnviroNews Arizona) — Washington D.C. — The Morafka’s, or Sonoran desert tortoise, or Gopherus morafkai as it is scientifically known, is a slow moving, yet ancient creature that gets its water from eating native plants while spending most of its time in underground insulated burrows that it digs…
(EnviroNews DC News Bureau) — Commerce City, Colorado — On the morning of Tuesday August 22, 2015, Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Sally Jewell announced that Centrocercus urophasianus, a.k.a. greater sage grouse, will not receive protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). A decision by U.S. Fish…
(EnviroNews World News) — Santiago, Chili — A massive 8.3 earthquake rocked northern Chili tonight, killing five and leading to the evacuation of over one million residents. The quake struck just off the coast and has caused minor flooding due to small tsunami waves already. Buildings swayed as…
(EnviroNews California) — Cobb, California — The devastation is heart-wrenching — the destruction, jaw-dropping. These were the emotions I was experiencing as local EnviroNews California rolled through the rubbled, smoldering, evacuation zone inside Northern California’s raging “Valley Fire.” Seasoned veteran firefighters from Cal Fire, who’ve been fighting fires…
(EnviroNews World News) — The “Valley Fire” in northern California continues its path of devastation as it crossed into neighboring Sonoma and Napa counties yesterday. There are now 9,000 homes in jeopardy from the blaze set off near Cobb California last weekend. For decades, one of Lake County’s…
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