Environment

WWF presses Total for protection of World Heritage Sites

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Virunga National Park is Africa's first national park and the continent's oldest World Heritage Site.

Conservationists Argue for Protection of Arizona National Monuments

BLM plan allows destructive ORV use, contradicts presidential proclamations

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Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument.

Legal Challenge Filed Against Arizona’s Approval to Drain the San Pedro River

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Dr. Robin Silver, at the San Pedro River

Arctic Council Fails to Act on Black Carbon at Ministerial Meeting

Leadership ignores call for action to slow regional warming

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The Arctic is warming more than twice as fast as the rest of the planet.

Tornado Devastates Small City Near Texas

At least six people are dead after a tornado devastated a small city near Dallas, Texas.

Private sector must engage in disaster risk reduction to avoid economic losses – UN

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In Bangladesh, an innovative “disaster resilient village” was built in Shymnagar for a coastal village wiped out after Cyclone Aila.

WWF tool measures cumulative impact of hydropower, mining projects in Amazon

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Tapajos River Amazon waterfalls

Scientists warn of growing crisis in the Arctic; Arctic Council again fails to act

Despite strong calls for more action to address climate change from its own working groups and scientists, and many of the Ministers attending the meeting, Wednesday’s Arctic Council foreign ministers meeting has ended with no plans for binding international agreements to regulate black carbon emissions or curb the Arctic oil rush. Further, the Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic Agreement, which was signed by the foreign ministers in Kiruna, includes no specific practical minimum standards that governments must adhere to, and has no provisions to hold companies liable for the full costs and damages of a spill should one occur.

"The Arctic Council has long been renowned for commissioning top-notch science and then ignoring its implications. There were two conferences going on here — one that warned of the dangers of climate change and rapid industrialisation in this fragile region, and another, attended by Foreign Ministers, that took almost no concrete steps to address them.

UNICEF prepares to support Myanmar as Cyclone Mahasen approaches Rakhine

As Cyclone Mahasen threatens to hit the communities in Rakhine State, where thousands of people are displaced by conflict, UNICEF is ready to support the government of Myanmar to respond to humanitarian needs.

Sen. Barrasso's Dirty Water Amendment Fails in Senate

The Senate rejected an amendment by Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) (Amendment #868) to the Water Resources Development Act (S. 601) that would deny federal Clean Water Act protections to the drinking water sources of 117 million Americans.