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The use of clean fuels and updated pollution control measures in the school buses 25 million children ride every day in the United States could result in 14 million fewer absences from school a year, based on a study by the University of Michigan and the University of Washington. In research believed to be the first to measure the individual impact on children of the federal mandate to reduce diesel emissions, researchers found improved health and less absenteeism, especially among asthmatic children.

Each year, Earth Day -- April 22 -- marks the anniversary of what many consider the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.

The height of hippie and flower-child culture in the United States, 1970 brought the death of Jimi Hendrix, the last Beatles album, and Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water”. Protest was the order of the day, but saving the planet was not the cause. War raged in Vietnam, and students nationwide increasingly opposed it.

If you had to guess which countries are losing the greatest number of endangered mammals to extinction, which would you pick? Actually, you don’t have to guess. There’s a new map that will show you, in no uncertain terms, where in the world we’re losing animals the fastest. The top three “winners” of this unfortunate contest are Indonesia (184), Madagascar (114), Mexico (101), with India following close behind at 94.

El mes pasado ENN lanzó una nueva aplicación móvil disponible en la tienda iTunes por lo que será más fácil que usted se conecte con nosotros y esté al día con las noticias del medio ambiente innovador. Ahora, ENN lanza la aplicación móvil en Google Play, por lo que es compatible para los usuarios de Android.

La Red de Noticias ENN es reconocida como la fuente de noticias del medio ambiente en línea más completa y confiable. Con casi veinte años de experiencia en el acopio y la producción de contenidos originales para expertos y para no tan expertos en medio ambiente, la misión de ENN es informar, educar e inspirar el debate y la acción ambiental entre sus lectores y colaboradores.

Debido ENN reconoce que no hay falta de noticias sobre el medio ambiente, sino más bien un exceso de las mismas, ENN reúne, filtra y agiliza noticias ambientales de las redes de afiliados y otras fuentes de noticias con el fin de consolidar y apoyar mejores decisiones ambientales para un mundo siempre cambiante. Las fuentes principales de ENN incluyen las principales agencias de...

The ocean’s wealth rivals those of the world’s leading economies, but its resources are rapidly eroding, according to a new World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report. The analysis, Reviving the Ocean Economy: The Case for Action, conservatively estimates the value of key ocean assets to be at least $24 trillion. If compared to the world’s top 10 economies, the ocean would rank as the seventh largest, with an annual value of goods and services of $2.5 trillion.

The report, produced in association with The Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland and The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), combines scientific evidence of environmental degradation with an economic case for urgent conservation action. Using an innovative economic analysis, the ocean’s value is quantified based on assessments of goods and services ranging from fisheries to coastal storm protection, resulting in an overall asset value and an annual dividend output (comparable to a GDP).