Environment
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources generates first biodiversity data using EPA Exchange Network
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources in cooperation with NatureServe has become the first agency in the nation to exchange biodiversity data using the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Central Data Exchange.
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Picerne Military Management to Pay $24,900 Penalty to Settle Violations of Clean Water Act at Fort Riley, Kan.
Picerne Military Management, LLC, has agreed to pay a $24,900 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act at Fort Riley, Kan.
On Dec. 20 and 21, 2011, Picerne pumped between 5,000 and 9,000 gallons of raw sewage from a crawl space beneath a townhome into a storm drain inlet. Over the course of the two days, the raw sewage was pumped into and through the stormwater drainage system and discharged into a tributary of the Republican River.
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Environment: Pooling information to combat the threat of alien species in Europe
How many plants can be found in the Alps that are not native to that region? Which animals were deliberately or accidently introduced to the Danube? How big a threat will they become to local wildlife? EASIN, the European Alien Species Information Network, launched today by the European Commission's in-house science service, the Joint Research Centre (JRC), takes a first step towards answering these and other questions related to 16 000 alien species currently reported all over Europe.
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Motorcycle Importer Pays Penalty to Resolve Clean Air Violations
EPA has reached a settlement with a motorcycle importer, International Motorsports, LLC (IMS) to resolve violations of the federal Clean Air Act related to the importation of 124 motorcycles into the United States.
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Ozone layer on track to recover over next five decades, Ban says on International Day
Implementing cost-effective measures would help reduce black carbon, methane and ozone emissions
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Ozone layer on track to recover over next five decades, Ban says on International Day
mplementing cost-effective measures would help reduce black carbon, methane and ozone emissions
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More Than 300 Public Interest Groups Ask Senate to Oppose Anti-Health Coal Ash Bill
S. 3512 not only obstructs the EPA from doing its job, the legislation encourages inadequate state programs that preserve the status quo and extend the lives of hundreds of leaking toxic dumps.
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Japan plans end to nuclear, but public still at risk for 18 more years
Decisive action is essential and the strategy is a long-overdue recognition that nuclear power is neither needed nor wanted in Japan. It follows relentless protests by the Japanese public against nuclear energy following the Fukushima disaster.
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Chemical Oil Dispersant Rulemaking
A U.S. Air Force chemical dispersing C-130 aircraft drops an oil dispersing chemical into the Gulf of Mexico as part of the Deepwater Horizon Response effort, May 5, 2010.
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Conservation Groups Challenge Federal Approval of Weak Montana Wildlife Protections
Wild lands of western Montana contain some of the last prime habitat in the United States for threatened grizzly bears and bull trout.
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Human Rights
Conscience, Hope, and Action: Keys to Global Peace and Sustainability
Ringing FOWPAL’s Peace Bell for the World:Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ Visions and Actions
Protecting the World’s Cultural Diversity for a Sustainable Future
The Peace Bell Resonates at the 27th Eurasian Economic Summit
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020