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Disneyland Resort was recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with the 2014 Food Recovery Challenge award for its zero waste efforts, and the highest percent increase in food recovery of any theme park in the nation on April 28.

Education International has sent out an urgent action appeal to all its member organisations, urging them to show solidarity and support for Nepalese teachers and their families.

Havasu Creek, between Mooney Falls and Beaver Falls, at the Grand Canyon.

The impact of climate change on Africa’s water and energy infrastructure will be costly, according to a new World Bank report, and immediate action is needed to reduce these risks. Enhancing the Climate Resilience of Africa’s Infrastructure quantifies the impacts of climate change on hydropower and irrigation infrastructure and identifies adaptation options as well as recommendations for increasing climate resilience.

In an effort to improve compliance with laws that protect children from lead paint poisoning, EPA sent letters earlier this month to over 300 home renovation and painting contractors, property management companies and landlords in and around Nashua, N.H. announcing a compliance assistance and enforcement initiative. The EPA letter outlines steps EPA is taking to increase compliance on the part of these entities with the federal lead-based paint Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act.

Buffalo National River is one of the few remaining undammed rivers in the lower-48 states.

Sea ice in the Arctic’s Chukchi Sea. The Artic is warming at twice the global average.

A hazy view of Baltimore. The clean air protections at issue would reduce smog in areas including Baltimore and surrounding counties, which were assigned the worst smog designation east of the Mississippi River by the EPA.