Environment

Thousands Flee Wildfires in Southern Australia

Australian authorities say thousands of people have fled wildfires raging through southern Australia, with one blaze destroying dozens of homes in the southern island state of Tasmania.

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New report confirms ‘major surge’ in ivory smuggling in 2011

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Forest Elephant killed by poachers being inspected by game guards. Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Central...

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Transocean Agrees to Plead Guilty to Environmental Crime and Enter Civil Settlement to Resolve U.S. Clean Water Act Penalty Claims from Deepwater Horizon Incident / Transocean to pay record $1 billion in civil penalties and $400 million in criminal fines

Transocean Deepwater Inc. has agreed to plead guilty to violating the Clean Water Act (CWA) and to pay a total of $1.4 billion in civil and criminal fines and penalties, for its conduct in relation to the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the Department of...

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WWF comments on the grounding of Shell Oil Company’s drilling rig

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Waves crash over the conical drilling unit...

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