Environment

US palm oil project would destroy endangered chimpanzee habitat in Cameroon

Herakles Farms has previously claimed its project in the South West Region of the country would convert an area of little conservation value. But a new study by Dschang University, in collaboration with the University of Göttingen and supported by...

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World Bank supports Participatory Sustainable Forest Management in Lao PDR

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Meriden Conn. Company Pays Fine for Hazardous Waste Violations

The owner of Meriden Enterprise Center has agreed to pay a penalty of $52,500 to settle EPA claims that it violated federal regulations covering the disposal requirements for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

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Court Upholds Shell’s Oil Spill Plans Despite Serious Questions

The U.S. District Court in Alaska ruled the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement complied with the law when it approved Shell Oil’s plans for preventing and cleaning up an oil spill in the Arctic Ocean’s Chukchi and Beaufort seas.

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