Environment

IUCN Director General appointed to head UNEP

IUCN Director General Inger Andersen has been appointed to the post of Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) by the United Nations General Assembly.

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Trump Administration Will Abandon Negotiations with California on Vehicle Emissions Standards

Washington, D.C. — News reports indicate the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is ending talks with California about limits on climate pollution from cars. The Trump EPA proposed last year to roll back federal carbon pollution limits set during the...

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U.S. Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Hawai'i Clean Water ACT Case

In a case watched closely both by polluting industries and clean water advocates across the nation, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to take up an appeal of a Clean Water Act case out of Hawaiʻi concerning treated sewage flowing into the Pacific Ocean...

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Cutting CO2 emissions from trucks: MEPs reach deal with Council

The deal reached between MEPs and the Romanian Presidency of the Council on Monday night provides for a legally binding 30% CO2 reduction target for new lorries by 2030, with an intermediate target of 15% by 2025.

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