Environment

UN-led biodiversity plan aims to expand economy while protecting endangered species

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UNDP Associate Administrator Rebeca Grynspan.

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Protection needed for critical East Antarctic marine habitats

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Snow petral

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UN-backed initiative seeks to eradicate hunger in West Africa

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L to R: Lapodini Atouga (ECOWAS), Ilse Aigner (Germany), Djibo Banga (ROPPA), and José Graziano da Silva.

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Atlas Resources to Pay $84,506 Penalty to Settle Alleged Environmental Violations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday that Atlas Resources LLC will pay an $84,506 penalty to settle alleged air and hazardous chemical violations at its natural gas production facility in Avella, Washington County, Pa.

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