Environment

First ever tagging of Amazon dolphins to boost conservation efforts

Freshwater dolphins being rounded up during tagging operation in Bolivia

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Trump EPA Abandons Safeguards Protecting Taxpayers From Mine Cleanup Costs

Bowing to industry pressure, late last Friday the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) refused to finalize a proposed rule governing cleanup costs associated with hard-rock mining—the nation’s leading source of toxic releases...

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Eleventh hour support for vaquitas at CITES meeting but urgent action still needed on tackling illegal wildlife trade globally

The 69th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has come to a close in Geneva having tackled the largest agenda with the largest number of participants ever.

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Historic agreement reached to protect the Arctic

An international agreement to protect the Central Arctic Ocean against all commercial fishing was reached in Washington DC, on December 1. The United States, Canada, Norway, Russia, The Kingdom of Denmark, Iceland, Japan, South Korea, China and the...

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