Environment

200 environmental and human rights leaders pledge to tackle climate emergency together

In an unprecedented move, more than 200 representatives of Indigenous Peoples, workers, academia, environmental and human rights groups adopted a landmark declaration calling on governments and corporations to urgently tackle the climate emergency in...

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Countries must use nature more in their climate commitments – IUCN report

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‘The climate crisis is an oceans crisis’ – major IPCC report to highlight climate threats to world’s oceans

A stark warning on the state of the world’s oceans and frozen areas is expected from a landmark UN report, highlighting the urgent need for a global treaty to allow large-scale protection of the oceans. The process of finalising the UN Special Report...

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Oregon Chemical Company settles with EPA for federal chemical reporting violations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Northwest regional office has reached a settlement with Hexion Inc., a Springfield, Oregon, specialty chemical company, for allegations that the company failed to comply with federal chemical reporting...

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