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Environmental groups gave a cautious welcome to a decision by the European Commission to block some new high-emitting coal power plants in Poland from benefiting under a €7.1 billion energy modernisation plan. The Commission’s decision does not fully reveal how many new coal power plants have been removed from Poland’s plan. The groups also warned that a decision to approve free emission allowances for unbuilt coal plants under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) was a mistake.

Mothers and their babies wait at a maternal health care centre in Niamey, Niger, where WFP provides supplementary feeding.

The United Nations food agency today urged countries to effectively manage their fisheries and aquaculture sectors to help ensure the food security for millions of people, warning that failing to do so would have serious environmental, economic and social consequences.

Male markhor and kid

A woman is seen here food shopping at the market.

Officer John Harris, of the Colorado Springs Police Department, and Staff Sgt. Casey Lemieux, with the Colorado Air National Guard's 137th Space Warning Squadron, discuss security operations in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Colorado Army and Air National Guard have been augmenting local law enforcement in areas affected by recent wildfires.

Ecosystems for Life team

Sunset at Mohananda River

The World Bank Board of Directors approved today a project to improve management at the State Sanitation Works Office (Administración de Obras Sanitarias del Estado, OSE) in Uruguay. The US$84 million Sustainable and Efficient OSE project will receive US$42 million from the World Bank, with the rest being financed by that public agency.