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 ...

NEW YORK, New York, September 16, 2025 (ENS) – “Forty years ago, nations came together to take the first step in protecting the ozone layer – guided by science, united in action,” said United Nations ...

NEW YORK, New York, September 20, 2025 (ENS) – The High Seas Treaty has reached the 60 state ratifications needed to trigger its entry into force. Four new governments this week ratified the legally ...

DAMASCUS, Syria, May 28, 2025 (ENS) – Landmines and explosive ordnance from 14 years of conflict are still spreading their deadly contamination, creating a humanitarian emergency across Syria, the ...

WASHINGTON, DC, June 1, 2025 (ENS) – President Donald Trump is expected to sign two Congressional resolutions that will revoke the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency waivers from federal standards ...

WASHINGTON, DC, May 15, 2025 (ENS) – The Trump administration is rolling back drinking water protections from six PFAS, known as ‘forever chemicals,’ linked to decreased fertility in women, damaged ...

NEW YORK, New York, September 25, 2025 (ENS) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is hosting a climate ambition summit at the UN’s New York headquarters this week. The high-level week of the UN ...

Mercury, a chemical used to extract gold from sediment, causes neurological damage. Yet it is dumped into the rivers and accumulates up the food chain, with larger fish and those that eat them, ...

WAILUKU, Maui, Hawaii, August 14, 2025 (ENS) – Hawaii Governor Josh Green, MD, declared an emergency caused by the overpopulation of axis deer plus an ongoing drought on the island of Maui two weeks ...

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 31, 2025 (ENS) – Climate change is altering butterfly habitats, turning their species-rich, mountain refuges into traps, finds new research by U.S. and German scientists.

DILLARD, Oregon, September 25, 2025 (ENS) – An era in Oregon forest products is coming to an end. Roseburg Forest Products, a private company founded in 1936, has ceased operations at its Dillard ...

MIAMI, Florida, August 23, 2025 (ENS) – A federal judge has ordered the State of Florida and the Trump administration to halt construction, stop bringing new detainees and begin winding down ...