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Shell’s chief financial officer Simon Henry said that the company is ‘putting the building blocks in place’ to drill in Alaskan Arctic as early as next year.

The Detox Catwalk reveals sportswear giants Nike, adidas and Li Ning as Greenwashers that have failed to follow through on their commitments to clean up their toxic habits. The Catwalk shows that these companies continue to hide their collective inaction behind paper promises and industry working groups, while competitors such as UNIQLO, H&M and Mango are pushing forward with concrete action towards their Detox goals.

County Edge Dairy Inc. has agreed to pay a $20,000 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act at its Inwood, Iowa, facility, the Environmental Protection Agency announced.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s international expert mission to review remediation efforts in areas affected by the Fukushima Daiichi accident concluded with the presentation of a Preliminary Summary Report to Japan's Senior Vice-Minister of the Environment, Shinji Inoue.

Average summer temperatures in the eastern Canadian Arctic are higher than they have been in at least the past 44,000 years and perhaps higher than at any time in the past 120,000 years, according to a new study.

Marine Protected Areas cover almost 3% of the ocean

Coastal landscape with vegetation and ice, Antarctica

50,000 people rely on the park for food, water and jobs from fishing. Lake Edward, pictured here, is ground zero for Soco's exploration.

It is estimated that fewer than 7,500 snow leopards remain in the wild.