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South Korean President, Moon Jae-in, on June 19th, announced a major shift towards renewables by phasing out nuclear and coal. In the ambitious speech, Moon promised to scrap existing plans for new nuclear plants and will not extend the life of old reactors; and promised to shut down 10 old coal power plants and cancel new coal projects.

IUCN Director General Inger Andersen greets Her Excellency Right Honourable President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal Bidya Devi Bhandari during her visit to IUCN Headquarters in Gland, Switzerland 16 June 2017.

France has offered three planes, Spain two and Italy two. Spain also offered four on a bilateral basis. The planes will operate in the affected areas such as Vila Real, Coimbra and Leiria.

A herder tends to his flock in the high Himalayan mountains in northern Pakistan.

Green Sea Turtle

Conservation groups on June 15th, filed a formal notice of intent to sue the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation for failing to prevent bright lighting at state-operated airports and harbors on Kauaʻi, Maui and Lānaʻi from causing injuries and death to three species of critically imperiled seabirds.

Hazy air covers an active drilling field in California.

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe won a significant victory in its fight to protect the Tribe’s drinking water and ancestral lands from the Dakota Access pipeline, on June 14th.