FedEx Fleet Blasts Past Fuel Efficiency Target (via Environment News Service)

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 8, 2013 (ENS) – New hybrid and electric vehicles added to the Fedex fleet have helped the world’s largest express transportation company achieve its fuel efficiency goal years ahead of schedule. In 2008, FedEx set the U.S. transportation industry’s first fuel efficiency…

Wildlife Law Enforcement Gathers Global Strength (via Environment News Service)

BANGKOK, Thailand, March 8, 2013 (ENS) – Wildlife poachers now are well organized criminal syndicates, and in response, wildlife law enforcement officers from around the world convened in Bangkok Thursday for the first global meeting of wildlife enforcement networks. The event was held alongside…

Southern Environmental Law Center Names Top 10 Places At Risk

Southern Environmental Law Center Names Top 10 Places At Risk (via Environment News Service)

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, February 10, 2013 (ENS) – Political pressure to lift Virginia’s longstanding ban on uranium mining threatens the health of the Roanoke River Basin, which supplies drinking water for over a million people, warns the Southern Environmental Law Center. The advocacy organization…