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Israel, Finland and the U.S. provide the best conditions for clean technology start-up creation according to the second edition of the Global Cleantech Innovation Index, released by Cleantech Group and WWF.

An international team of nuclear installation safety experts led by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) completed an assessment of how the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Bulgaria has followed up on an Operational Safety Review Team (OSART) mission undertaken in 2012.

With the close of the Millennium Development Goal era just months away, and work already beginning on a successor agenda to reign in poverty and put the planet on a sustainable course before it is too late, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the “timing could not be better” for the launch of a strong UN body tackling all issues relating to the environment.

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

EPA released its evaluations of the next round of actions six states and the District of Columbia have committed to undertake to reduce nutrient and sediment pollution to their local waters and the Chesapeake Bay. The reviews offer a path forward for getting all seven jurisdictions back on track for achieving the goals for a restored Bay.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the conclusion of separate investigations into the hazardous waste management practices of two companies in the San Joaquin Valley. Collectively, they have agreed to pay $75,200 for their violations of a federal environment law.

Fossil fuel burning and other human activities are the primary source for the rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide. NASA's OCO-2 mission will help sort out the gas's sources and reservoirs.

Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape (Turkey)

Securing energy supplies at affordable prices, improving energy efficiency and reducing harmful emissions will be high on the agenda of the European Parliament for the coming months and years. These issues will also be discussed at the Council summit in Ypres and Brussels on 26-27 June during a week dedicated to sustainable energy and marked by hundreds of events throughout Europe.