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WWF is calling for more investment in renewable energy and decrease investment in coal, oil and gas.

Emissions from an old coal-fired power plant in Kosovo.

At the direction of President Obama and after an unprecedented outreach effort, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is releasing the Clean Power Plan proposal, which for the first time cuts carbon pollution from existing power plants, the single largest source of carbon pollution in the United States. Proposal will protect public health, move the United States toward a cleaner environment and fight climate change while supplying Americans with reliable and affordable power.

Late last night Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum informed the Greenpeace ship Esperanza of the creation of 'safety zone' around a drilling site in the Barents sea. Esperanza is currently occupying the site preventing Statoil-contracted rig Transocean Spitsbergen from drilling the worlds northernmost well.

On the eve of inter-governmental meetings in Brussels and Geneva in June and July to debate the fate of elephants, a group of conservation organisations requests all EU governments to urgently halt all commerce in ivory and to destroy all remaining stockpiles. New data shows escalating exports of ivory from the European Union to China and worldwide. The organisations warn that any legal loophole in ivory trade creates the opportunity to launder poached ivory into “legal” trade and thus fuels the killing of elephants.

The protections could be the most effective action to curb climate pollution in our history.

President Obama is sending the strongest signal yet to the rest of the world that the United States is getting serious about combating climate change. And not a moment too soon: the recent US climate assessment shows that human-caused global warming is biting the country, not in some distant future. So it makes common sense, the Obama Administration should use all of the tools available to protect our communities from this clear and present threat.

Somalis need support in a wide range of activities, from cropping to livestock breeding and fisheries.

Extreme summer rainfall may become more frequent in the UK due to climate change, according to new research led by the Met Office in collaboration with Newcastle University.

Greenpeace International, WWF and the Center for International Environmental Law have written to the executives of large insurance corporations as well as fossil fuel and other carbon major companies, seeking clarity on who will pay the bill if such a lawsuit is brought against their directors or officers.