Environment

5 Suspects Charged with Smuggling Endangered Birds to Taiwan

A federal court in New Orleans on Thursday indicted five men for allegedly conspiring to smuggle 90 endangered birds to Taiwan.

They included parrots, macaws, cockatoos and corellas. The birds are protected by the Convention on International...

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Parliament approves €104.2m in EU aid to Greece, Spain, France and Portugal

EUSF aid worth €104.2 million, to support reconstruction in Greece, Spain, France and Portugal following natural disasters in 2017, was approved by MEPs on Wednesday.

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Federal Lawsuit Filed To Force Dynegy To Clean Up Toxic Pollution Of Vermilion River

Prairie Rivers Network, represented by Earthjustice, on May 30, filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois to force Dynegy to clean up toxic coal ash dumps that are leaching harmful pollution into the...

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Study: Hurricane Maria Fatalities in Puerto Rico Much Higher Than Reported

Hurricane Maria claimed more than 4,600 lives in Puerto Rico last year, more than 70 times higher than the U.S. government's official death toll of 64, according to a study published Tuesday by the New England Journal of Medicine.

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