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Women from the Rwanda camp for internally displaced people (IDP) in Tawila, North Darfur, are beneficiaries of the Safe Access to Firewood and Alternative Energy (SAFE) project, run by WFP.

EU countries would have to reduce the use of the commonest and most polluting plastic carrier bags, under draft rules informally agreed between MEPs and the Italian Presidency of the Council on Monday and confirmed by the member states’ permanent representatives on Friday. Plastic carrier bag litter is a major environmental problem, as it is known to pollute bodies of water and aquatic eco-systems in particular.

Ravilevu Nature Reserve, Taveuni, Fiji

The Swedish Minister of Industry and Trade wants Vattenfall to invest a greater share of its profits in renewable energy.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and University City District (UCD) for significant contributions to food recovery which helps mitigate climate change.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, in cooperation with state agencies, rice growers and industry, announced an agreement to create federally enforceable restrictions of the pesticide thiobencarb, an herbicide used on rice crops, to protect threatened and endangered salmon and steelhead trout in California.

The U.S. Capitol building.

This ASTER satellite image from the GLIMS Glacier database shows glaciers in the Langtang area of the Nepal Himalaya (acquired 2003-10-30).

Children in Simien National Park, World Heritage site, Ethiopia