Environment

Death Toll from Earthquake Near Indonesian Island Tops 430

More than 430 people have now been confirmed dead from last week's devastating earthquake that struck off the Indonesian island of Lombok.

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Trump Officials Tour California Wildfire Damage as Heat Wave Breaks

Two senior members of the Trump administration are surveying damage from large wildfires in California that have killed at least eight people.

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US Court Orders Trump EPA to Pull Pesticide

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration endangered public health when it overturned an Obama-era rule banning a dangerous pesticide.

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Court Slams EPA Failure To Protect Children And Farmworkers From Toxic Pesticide

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must ban a widely used organophosphate pesticide linked to brain damage in children, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on August 9. The appellate court ordered EPA to finalize its proposed ban on...

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