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Nearly 100 civil society organisations from across the world have sent a joint letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, urging her to intervene in the escalating crisis over the future of Hambach forest, and commit to a swift and just phase out of coal in Germany.

“These decisions inspire real hope that we will act in time to avoid catastrophe, sending a clear signal across the region that the end of coal has arrived. We are up against an unprecedented and daunting task to rein in global emissions to meet the Paris goals and it requires a response from us all.

Emergency supplies are slowly trickling in to the central Indonesian island of Sulawesi, which was devastated Friday by an earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 1,400 people.

Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mark Lowcock, on October 2, announced an allocation of $15 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to bolster relief assistance for people affected by the 7.4 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that struck Central Sulawesi, Indonesia on 28 September.

Children who lost or were separated from their families during Friday’s devastating earthquake and tsunami urgently need to be identified and reunited with surviving relatives, warns Save the Children.

The Trump administration announced its intent to appoint Bernard McNamee, a Republican political operative with a history of unrelenting support for dirty energy interests to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), on October 3. As Executive Director of the Office of Policy at the Department of Energy, McNamee played a central role in an attempt to undermine wholesale energy markets for the benefit of the coal industry — an attempt FERC has blocked to date.

Desperation and frustration is rising on the central Indonesian island of Sulawesi, where more than 1,200 people were killed in last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami.

The World Bank has released US$496.25 million to support the Philippine government’s efforts to hasten recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction in areas battered by Typhoon Ompong (internationally known as Mangkhut) in mid-September this year.

On October 1, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a Clean Air Act settlement in which North Dakota-based Cloverdale Foods Company (Cloverdale Foods) has agreed to pay a $72,530 penalty.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached an agreement with Keehi Marine, Inc. to reduce pollution in its stormwater discharges to Keehi Lagoon and the Pacific Ocean.