Environment

‘It’s time to get serious about wildlife crime’ UN proclaims on World Wildlife Day

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A southern white rhinoceros at Lake Nakuru, Kenya.

ETS reform: everything you need to know in a nutshell

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The Parliament is working on making the EU's emissions trading scheme more efficient.

River Protection, Conservation, and Neighborhood Groups Take Stand Against Proposed Tesoro-Savage Oil Train Terminal

A diverse coalition of groups opposes plans for a new rail facility to receive Bakken crude

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A crude oil train near the Richmond, CA, railyard.

IAEA Completes Nuclear Security Review Mission in Japan

A team of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts completed a mission to review national nuclear security practices in Japan on 27 February.

Wild Giant Panda Population Increases Nearly 17%

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EPA Launches Investigation Of North Carolina For Civil Rights Violations

Groups allege State’s lax regulation of hog operations has disproportionate impact on communities of color

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An industrial hog facility in North Carolina. Hog feces and urine are flushed into open, unlined pits and then sprayed onto nearby fields. The practice leads to waste contaminating nearby waters, and drifting as "mist" onto neighboring properties.

Natural disasters in Asia and Pacific impact some 80 million people, new UN study shows

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Coping with severe floods in Pakistan.

Commission releases garbled energy union plan

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Environment Committee backs switchover to advanced biofuels

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The draft law aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that result from the growing use of agricultural land to produce biofuel crops.

Earth Hour renews the charge to change climate change

WWF’s Earth Hour takes on its biggest challenge ever this year by strengthening focus on the globe's most stubborn environmental challenge – climate change. As the opportunity for action on climate change peaks in 2015, the world’s largest grassroots movement will raise its voice to change climate change.