 | CITES Turns Down Protections for Polar Bear, Bluefin Tuna
DOHA, Qatar , March 19, 2010 (ENS) - International trade in polar bear parts and products will not be restricted under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, CITES,...
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 | Trade Controls Imposed on South American Aromatic Trees
DOHA, Qatar , March 19, 2010 (ENS) - Two trees from South America used in the perfume and cosmetics industries will be protected from most commercial trade, governments at the...
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 | Vegetables, Fruits, Soy Help Defeat Cancers
WASHINGTON, DC , March 18, 2010 (ENS) - The benefits of fruits and vegetables for cancer prevention and survival are unmistakable, according to the Washington, DC-based nonprofit Physicians Committee for...
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 | U.S. Utility-Scale Solar Industry Primed to Explode
WASHINGTON, DC , March 18, 2010 (ENS) - The utility-scale solar industry is ready for what one executive today called "explosive growth," and new national polling data released today shows...
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 | Severe Spring Floods Forecast for Upper Midwest, South and East
WASHINGTON, DC , March 16, 2010 (ENS) - An unusually wet and snowy winter will increase the potential for spring flood events, the National Weather Service warned today. Seasonal flooding...
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 | Green Purchases Can Be Motivated by Desire for Higher Status
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota , March 16, 2010 (ENS) - People will forgo luxury for green products when they shop in public, buying green because they want to be seen as caring...
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 | Obama Administration Divided on Public Right-to-Know About Chemicals
WASHINGTON, DC , March 16, 2010 (ENS) - For the first time, the U.S. EPA is providing web access, free of charge, to the Toxic Substances Control Act Chemical Substance...
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 | Poll: More Americans Optimistic About Environment Under Obama
PRINCETON, New Jersey , March 16, 2010 (ENS) - Since President Barack Obama took office, Americans have grown more satisfied with the overall quality of the environment in the United...
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 | U.S.-Chinese Consortium Chooses Nevada for Wind Turbine Factory
LAS VEGAS, Nevada , March 16, 2010 (ENS) - A consortium of U.S. and Chinese companies has announced plans to build a factory in the Las Vegas area for manufacturing...
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 | Governors' Wind Energy Coalition Urges National Renewable Energy Standard
WASHINGTON, DC , March 16, 2010 (ENS) - For the first time, a group of state governors is jointly requesting that Congress and the President adopt a national renewable energy...
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