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No tsunami warning after Japan quake: state broadcaster

Posted on February 21, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

TOKYO (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 hit Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The epicenter of the earthquake was…

Adani Enterprises could wait up to two years for Carmichael mine approval

Posted on February 21, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India’s Adani Enterprises might have to wait up to two years to get two environmental approvals to start construction at its controversial Carmichael coal mine in…

Israel's Beresheet robot sets its sights on the Moon

Posted on February 21, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

From BBC Israel is about to launch its first attempt to land on the Moon. The Beresheet robot is a privately funded venture that aims to land and hop across…

Hayabusa-2: Japan mission set to 'bite an asteroid'

Posted on February 21, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

From BBC A Japanese spacecraft is set to “bite an asteroid” as it descends to collect a sample of rock from the surface. The Hayabusa-2 probe will try to grab…

China customs testing coal imports for environmental reasons: foreign ministry

Posted on February 21, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

Imported coal is seen lifted by cranes from a coal cargo ship onto a truck at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China July 26, 2018. Picture taken July 26,…

New Zealand finds fruit fly that could threaten crops, ramps up monitoring

Posted on February 21, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand on Thursday set up hundreds of traps around the country’s largest city of Auckland after finding a second Queensland fruit fly, a species that poses…

CO2 emissions from UK housing 'go up'

Posted on February 21, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

From BBC Greenhouse gas emissions from your heating boiler are fuelling climate change, a report by MPs has said. UK government advisers warn that emissions from housing have actually gone…

Controversial Alaska gold-copper mine moves step closer to approval

Posted on February 21, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The world’s biggest undeveloped gold and copper mining project, planned in southwestern Alaska near the largest fishery for sockeye salmon globally, moved a step closer to…

U.S. judge dismisses boys' lawsuit against Trump climate rollbacks

Posted on February 20, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by two Pennsylvania boys and an environmental group seeking to stop U.S. President Donald Trump from rolling back regulations addressing climate…

Snow, sleet threaten U.S. East Coast, hinder hundreds of flights

Posted on February 20, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A winter storm bore down on the U.S. East Coast on Wednesday, threatening to snarl New York City’s evening commute after hindering air travel along the…