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Hurricane Arthur made landfall on the North Carolina shore along the eastern U.S. coast late Thursday.

Ivory braclets on sale in Tha Phrachan market, Thailand

Almost one-third of food produced for human consumption – approximately 1.3 billion tonnes per year – is either lost or wasted globally.

As part of the President’s Climate Action Plan – Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing updates to its air standards for new municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills. These updates would require certain landfills to capture additional landfill gas, which would reduce emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, and help further reduce pollution that harms public health. The agency also is seeking broad public feedback on how and whether to update guidelines for existing landfills.

In many rural economies, the forest enterprises of families and communities are major contributors to local livelihoods.

Construction of road and methane venting pad above the West Elk coal mine.

Since 1982, hazardous waste recycling has polluted more than 200 sites, including many on the Superfund National Priority List.

During the EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, 35 Greenpeace activists from six countries climbed cranes and office blocks surrounding the EU building and unfurled three giant banners of a cartoon showing EU leaders speeding to the edge of a cliff in a stretched limo sponsored by some of Europe’s most environmentally destructive energy companies. Greenpeace blames Europe’s largest energy companies for fuelling the EU’s dependence on energy imports.