Environment

Not much protected and no commitment to restoration in APP forest promises

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Peat draining and large-scale clearance of natural forest by APP wood supplier PT. Ruas Utama...

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Collis Inc to Pay $31,379 Civil Penalty for Hazardous Waste Violations in Clinton, Iowa

Collis Inc, a manufacturer of metal racks and shelving brackets for refrigerators, has agreed to pay a $31,379 administrative civil penalty to settle several Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) violations in Clinton, Iowa.

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Syria: UN food agency convoys increasingly caught in conflict

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Displaced Syrian children play among tents at the Domiz refugee camp.

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Federal Court Rejects Logging Industry Attack on Threatened Seabird

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The timber industry has once again set its sights on the small seabird in order to increase logging...

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