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A cargo ship carrying Amazon timber, purchased from a sawmill known for trading illegal wood, was confronted by Greenpeace Netherlands activists as it approached Rotterdam. The timber onboard is destined for the Belgian companies Lemahieu and Omniplex and was sourced from the Brazilian sawmill and exporter Rainbow Trading by the Belgian timber company Leary Forest Products.

A rock quarry in Bradford, R.I., Copar Quarries has agreed to settle claims by the US Environmental Protection Agency that it violated federal clean air standards. According to a complaint filed by EPA’s New England office, Copar Quarries failed to conduct the required emissions testing, keep proper inspection log books, and notify EPA when it began operating several pieces of equipment in this quarry in 2011.

Rajendra Pachauri

Andy Murray with Border Force sniffer dogs Tyke & Marley. The British tennis player is supporting the training and work of ‘Murray’ the sniffer dog in Chitwan National Park in Nepal.

Official logo of the COP20, UN Climate Change Conference in Lima

A national industrial laundry company, AmeriPride Services Inc., has voluntarily stopped laundering materials that emitted air pollutants from its Worcester, Mass. and Hartford, Conn. facilities. These communities are expected to benefit from resulting lower air emissions.

A Yellow Hornbill in Kruger National Park, South Africa

The clam fishery in Ashtamudi dates back to 1981 and supports the livelihoods of around 3000 fishers.

Leading Edge Aviation Services, Inc. (Leading Edge), a corporation headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, was sentenced by United States District Judge Glen Davidson, in Aberdeen, Mississippi, following a guilty plea to one felony count of treating, storing, or disposing of hazardous waste without a permit at Leading Edge’s now shuttered Greenville, Mississippi, facility.

In a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Stone Energy Corporation will restore streams damaged by the company’s unauthorized discharge of dredged or fill material in Wetzel County, West Virginia.