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30Sep/21

New Energy Transitions Commission Briefing Paper – Six Actions to Limit Global Warming to 1.5°C

September 30, 2021EnvironmentAnthropocene, Climate change, Climate change mitigation, Countries, Energy policy, Energy transition, Environment, Foreign relations, Government, Human impact on the environment, Paris, Paris Agreement, Politics of climate changesmbale

The Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) today set out the actions which nations and companies could take during the 2020s to deliver the Paris agreement and limit global warming to 1.5°C. Continue reading

22Jun/20

Astronauts, Experts, and Space Agencies Discuss Asteroids, Opportunities, and Risks on Asteroid Day, 30 June

June 22, 2020SpaceAsteroid Day, Asteroid Foundation, Asteroid mining, Asteroids, Astronomy, Country: Luxembourg, Environment, Luxembourg, Outer space, Planetary science, Space sciencesmbale

The Asteroid Foundation returns with Asteroid Day LIVE Digital from Luxembourg. This year, the event is a fully digital celebration of asteroid science and exploration. Panel discussions and one-on-one interviews with astronauts and world experts will be broadcast on 30 June 2020. Read more

18May/20

NRL conducts first test of solar power satellite hardware in orbit

May 18, 2020SpaceBoeing X-37, Company: Photovoltaic Radio, Company: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Environment, Mojave Air and Space Port, Photovoltaics, Physical sciences, Rocket-powered aircraft, Solar energy, Space program of the United States, Spacecraft, Spaceplanes, Technology/Internet, U.S. Naval Research Laboratorysmbale

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory engineers launched PRAM, the Photovoltaic Radio-frequency Antenna Module, aboard an Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle on May 17 as part of a comprehensive investigation into prospective terrestrial use of solar energy captured in space. Read more

18May/20

Weather the Storm

May 18, 2020FamilyAtlantic hurricane seasons, Contents, Country: United States, Disaster/Accident, Environment, Meteorology, Natural Disaster, NOAA Weather Radio broadcast routine, Physical geography, Region: Caribbean, Tropical cyclone, United States, Weathersmbale

Surging spring temperatures can bring volatility that translates into major weather events. The 2020 storm season could see above-average probability for major hurricanes hitting the United States coastline and the Caribbean, according to the annual Colorado State Tropical Meteorology Forecast. Read more

13May/20

Milestone Marked at Kentucky Chemical Weapons Destruction Plant

May 13, 2020WarAcetylcholinesterase inhibitors, Bechtel, Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, Chemical warfare, chemical weapons, chemical weapons facility, Chemistry, Company: Bechtel, Company: US One, Country: United States, Environment, Nerve agent, Physical sciences, Program Executive Office Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives, Province/State: Kentucky, Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, Sarin, u.s. one, United States, War/Conflictsmbale

A Bechtel-led team has successfully completed the destruction of projectiles containing the nerve agent GB at a chemical weapons facility in Kentucky.

The destruction of the nearly 4,000 GB projectiles at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) moves the U.S. one step closer to meeting an international treaty obligation to eliminate the country’s stockpile of chemical weapons. Read more

22Mar/20

Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers During COVID-19 Response

March 22, 2020EconomyArticles, Computer network security, Computer security, Critical infrastructure, Critical infrastructure protection, Cryptography, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Cyberwarfare, Disaster/Accident, Environment, Federal government of the United States, Government, Labor, National security, Social Issues, United States Department of Homeland Securitysmbale

Developed in collaboration with other federal agencies and the private sector, the Agency said its list of “Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers was designed to help State and local officials as they work to protect their communities, while ensuring continuity of functions critical to public health and safety, as well as economic and national security. Read more

06Dec/19

New EIA Report, Mukula Cartel

December 6, 2019EnvironmentBlack markets, China, City: Washington, Company: Forest Campaigns, Company: Norske Skogsind, Company: ZAMBIA FORESTRY, Contact Details, Contacts Lindsay Moran, Country: China, Country: United States, Country: Zambia, Director, Edgar Lungu, EIA, Environment, Environmental crime, Environmental Investigation Agency, Extinction, Family Relation, Forest Industries Corporation Limited, Forestry, Given Lubinda, Government, Government of Zambia, Head of Communications, Illegal logging, illicit timber networks, illicit trafficking networks, influential timber trafficking network, [email protected], Jean Kapata, justice minister, Lindsay Moran, Lisa Handy, Logging, Mike Mukula, Minister, Natural environment, Nature, Nkula, Nkula Kafula Musungu II, Patriotic Front, Person Career, president, President of Zambia, public services, Quotation, Region: Central Africa, Region: Southern Africa, rosewood trafficking networks, Tasila Lungu, United States, Washington, Wildlife smuggling, Wildlife trade, Zambiasmbale

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), Mukula Cartel, exposes how associates connected to Zambian President Edgar Lungu, including his daughter Tasila Lungu, onetime resident of the United States of America, are reportedly involved in the plunder of valuable, increasingly scarce, mukula rosewood trees; and hence the destruction of Zambia’s vulnerable forests. The investigation shows that despite public pledges to end the illegal mukula trade, several politicians are repeatedly named as key actors in an influential timber trafficking network that bypasses existing national bans on mukula harvest and export.
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13Feb/18

The science of escaping from a vicious predator

February 13, 2018ScienceAcinonyx, Biological pest control, Botswana, Cheetah, Death, Environment, Felids, Fiction, Human Interest, Lion, Mammals, NEXT MEDIA, Predation, Predator, Pursuit predation, Throat clamp, Zebrasmbale

A years-long study has revealed how predators hunt in the African wild, and what tactics their prey use to outmaneuver them. Continue reading →

22Nov/17

Zimbabwe wakes up to life without Mugabe after 37 years

November 22, 2017ZimbabweAfrica, Bulawayo bombing, Chirumanzu-Zibagwe, Constantino Chiwenga, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Environment, Government of Zimbabwe, Happyton Bonyongwe, Harare, In Zimbabwe, Politics, Robert Mugabe, Shona people, ZANU–PF, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwean coup d'étatsmbale

HARARE, ZIMBABWE (NOVEMBER 22, 2017) (REUTERS) – Former vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to return to Zimbabwe on Wednesday (November 22) and will be sworn in as president on Friday (November 24) following the resignation of Robert Mugabe after nearly four decades in power, according to the state broadcaster ZBC. Continue reading →

17Nov/17

Elephant advocates trumpet outrage over new Trump hunting rule

November 17, 2017EnvironmentAfrica, African elephant, Animals, Asian elephant, Barack Obama, China, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., EDGE species, Elephant, Elephants, Environment, Geography of Africa, Hunting, Ivory, LIVINGSTONE, M. Sanjayan, Mammals, Mammals of Africa, Organisms, Poaching, Reuters, Robert Mugabe, Singapore, the u.s. fish and wildlife service, Trophy hunting, United States, World, Zambia, Zimbabwesmbale

LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA (NOVEMBER 2013) (REUTERS) – U.S. conservation groups lashed out this week against a White House decision to allow trophy hunters who kill elephants in two African nations to bring home the endangered animals’ tusks or other body parts as souvenirs. Continue reading →