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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. Yet, as member states are calling for more possibilities to restrict GMO cultivation on their territories, the European Commission has proposed some amendments to the current EU rules.

Flame retardants easily migrate into household dust and indoor air, and have been linked to a range of adverse health effects, including reduced IQs in children and impaired fetal and infant development.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (2nd from left)at the opening of the UN Conference on Small Island Developing States in Samoa.

Renewable Energy Solar Panels in Tokelau.

The Tongass—occupying most of Southeast Alaska—is the nation’s largest and wildest national forest.

Flame retardants easily migrate into household dust and indoor air, and have been linked to a range of adverse health effects, including reduced IQs in children and impaired fetal and infant development.

Berkeley Lab scientists contributed to an NHGRI effort that provides the most detailed comparison yet of how the genomes of the fruit fly, roundworm, and human function.

Two dozen conservation and animal-welfare groups sent a letter urging the US Fish and Wildlife Service to complete its plan to protect the northern long-eared bat, a species found primarily in the eastern and midwestern United States. Opposition to the bat’s protection under the Endangered Species Act—from timber, mining and energy industries as well as several state natural-resource agency officials—prompted the Fish and Wildlife Service to postpone a final decision on protecting the bat until spring 2015.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was given the title of 'Tupua' or 'chief' during a traditional ceremony in Saleapaga, Samoa, ahead of the UN small islands conference, 31 August 2014.

Iceland's Meteorological Institute has raised the alert warning for the country's largest volcano.