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Young residents of the National Tapajos forest swim in the river to cool-off from the intense heat of the Brazilian sun.

Spokesman Stéphane Dujarric for the UN Secretary-General, reads a statement on the United States decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Secretary-General António Guterres addresses audience at New York University Stern School of Business.

Fishermen unload their catch of mackerel at a fish market.

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Calling on G7 leaders to push ahead with decisive and urgent climate action, Greenpeace Italy, Greenpeace Switzerland, Greenpeace Austria and Greenpeace Germany activists protested from the water around the G7 Summit on May 26th.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on May 25th, announced a settlement with Wonder Farm, Inc. over alleged misuse of pesticides and violations of worker safety regulations at its basil farm in Waianae, Oahu. Under the agreement, the company will pay a $26,700 penalty.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt on May 25th signed a proposed rule to postpone compliance dates for the effluent limitations guidelines and standards for steam electric power plants (ELG Rule), which was published in November 2015.

Greenpeace Italy and Greenpeace Germany activists have sent a message to US President Trump ahead of his meeting with Pope Francis, on May 24th, projecting the message of ‘Planet Earth First’ onto the dome of St Peter's Basilica in Rome.

Greenpeace Italy and Greenpeace Germany activists have today sent a message to US President Trump ahead of his meeting with Pope Francis, projecting the message of ‘Planet Earth First’ onto the dome of St Peter's Basilica in Rome.

The Department of Justice, on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on May 23th, filed a civil complaint in federal court in Detroit, Michigan, against FCA US LLC, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V., V.M. Motori S.p.A., and V.M. North America, Inc. (collectively referred to as FCA). The complaint alleges that nearly 104,000 light duty diesel vehicles containing 3.0 liter EcoDiesel engines are equipped with software functions that were not disclosed to regulators during the certification application process, and that the vehicles contain defeat devices.