Environment

Addressing climate change requires ‘all-hands-on-deck approach’

Welcoming the outcomes of the United Nations climate change conference (COP23), which wrapped up Saturday in Bonn, the Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s economic and environmental committee called for a more robust commitment by all OSCE...

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EPA settlement with Emerald Services, Inc. in Tacoma helps protect community from hazardous waste

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, has reached a settlement with Emerald Services, Inc., a hazardous waste storage and treatment facility in Tacoma, Washington, over violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and...

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Strong leadership must emerge to drive Pacific COP climate ambition forward - Greenpeace

Greenpeace demanded climate leadership to emerge from the Pacific COP, calling on leaders to listen to the need for urgency and transform their energy and land-use systems.

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Tsunami Waves Observed After Quake Off New Caledonia

A powerful magnitude 7 earthquake near the French territory of New Caledonia in the South Pacific has triggered a tsunami warning.

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