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Northern spotted owl.

Pangasius, also known as Asian catfish.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice announced Tuesday that Louisiana Generating, an electric generating company owned by NRG Energy, Inc., agreed to a settlement at its Big Cajun II coal-fired power plant in New Roads, Louisiana, which will result in the elimination of over 27,300 tons of harmful emissions per year.

High street fashion brands are selling clothing contaminated with hazardous chemicals that break down to form hormone-disrupting or even cancer-causing chemicals when released into the environment, according to a report released today by Greenpeace International.

Global electronic companies must do more to end the use of climate changing dirty energy in their manufacturing and supply chains, according to a report released Monday by Greenpeace International.

Greenpeace International has uncovered a large-scale illegal transfer of fish at sea between one ship from Cambodia, one from the Philippines and two from Indonesia in the Pacific Commons.

Up to 120 fresh elephant carcasses with their tusks removed were discovered in the northern section of the park. The ivory most likely supplies the Sudanese Ivory markets that service trafficking to Asia.

According to independent studies, reintroduction of the gray wolves has helped reestablish ecological balance and boosted the regional economy.

Roquette America Inc. has agreed to pay a $4,100,000 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit at its grain processing facility in Keokuk, Iowa, the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Tuesday.

Small children like Stechina Alexis in Marigot, Haiti, are the most vulnerable in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.