Environment

About 150 Injured as 3 Earthquakes Rock Iran

A 5.9-magnitude quake rattled Kermanshah province, in western Iran near the border with Iraq, Sunday, injuring nearly 150 people, the head of the country's disaster response agency said.

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More Resilient School Buildings for 9,000 Tongan Students

Thousands of students in the Pacific Island of Tonga will be safer from natural disasters thanks to upgraded school buildings, supported by an additional US$14.95 million project approved by the World Bank’s Board of xecutive Directors, on July 18....

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Removing tens of thousands of obsolete dams in Europe would bring rivers back to life, says new report

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Yecla de Yeltes Dam in Spain was removed in April 2018

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Trump Administration Wants to Scrap Some Species Protection

The Trump administration wants to scrap automatic federal protection for threatened plants and animals, a move that would anger environmentalists but please industry.

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