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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a collective settlement with Denver-area contractors KGN Asset Management, LLC, KGN Asset Management, Inc., and Restoration Realty, Inc. as part of an ongoing initiative to protect residents of Denver neighborhoods from toxic lead-paint hazards during home renovations. Disturbing lead paint during renovations without proper work practices can expose homeowners and the public to toxic lead hazards.

Conservation and Alaska Native groups filed a lawsuit against President Trump, on May 3th, challenging his decision to jettison a permanent ban on new offshore oil and gas drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans.

A coalition of environmental and public health advocates filed suit on May 3th, to challenge a Trump administration rollback that could wipe out critical protections for cleaning up America’s leading source of toxic water pollution: coal power plant waste.

Fishermen offloading tunas at the industrial fish port of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

The World Bank Group launched its new support program for Peru, which is aligned with the government modernization plan for 2021, the year the country will celebrate the bicentennial of its independence. The World Bank Board of Directors endorsed the 2017-2021 Country Partnership Framework (CPF) on May 2th.

On Friday, April 28, 2017, Marine Corps Base Hawaii announced that Hawaiʻi-based Marine Corps aircraft will strictly limit operations at ʻUpolu Airport in Hāwī on Hawaiʻi Island to only about 25 routine operations per year.

On April 29th, on President Trump’s 100th day in office, the Earthjustice joins thousands of people taking part in the Peoples Climate March here and in cities across the country.

The Selm Muir Forest of West Lothian, Scotland.

The IOI Group, one of the world’s largest palm oil traders, on April 28th, made a significant commitment to address deforestation and exploitation throughout its supply chain. Greenpeace has suspended its active campaign to give IOI time to show it is serious about reform.

Fairbanks North Star Borough is reclassified as a “serious” nonattainment area for fine particulate air pollution.

“Fairbanks North Star Borough faces an especially difficult challenge of meeting existing pollution standards for a number of reasons including a high reliance on woodstoves and wood heaters to stay warm. We recognize their challenges and will work closely with the state of Alaska and the Borough to find solutions that will achieve both clean, healthy air and warm homes,” said Tim Hamlin, director of EPA’s Region 10 Office of Air and Waste.