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Grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park. Federal biologists acknowledge that the growth of the Yellowstone grizzly bear population level has flattened over the past decade.

Flaring of methane gas associated with Mancos shale oil development in New Mexico.

To further agency and industry achievements, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Thursday proposed measures to ensure that perfluorinated chemicals that have been phased out do not re-enter the marketplace without review.

As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to addressing climate change, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has outlined a series of steps it plans to take to address methane and smog-forming VOC emissions from the oil and gas industry, in order to ensure continued, safe and responsible growth in U.S. oil and natural gas production.

New legislation to allow EU member states to restrict or ban the cultivation of crops containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on their own territory, even if this is allowed at EU level, was passed by MEPs on Tuesday. The legislation, informally agreed by Parliament and Council in December, was originally tabled in 2010 but was then deadlocked for four years due to disagreement between pro- and anti-GMO member states.

Amidst the harshest conditions of the winter so far, UNICEF has delivered warm clothing, blankets, heating supplies, cash and vouchers to more than 900,000 children in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey.

A Mexican gray wolf. While the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's new rule allows wolves in an expanded area, the other provisions will impede the long-term recovery of these rare animals.

Part of the California Bay-Delta, the largest estuary on the west coast of the Americas.

The EU has one of the toughest genetically modified food regulations in the world and the cultivation of GM crops is only allowed following a thorough risk assessment. The Council has agreed to a proposal to give member states more flexibility to deal with GMOs on their own territory. MEPs will debate the proposal and vote on it on Tuesday morning.