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The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors, on October 1st, approved a US$31 million additional financing to an ongoing project from the International Development Association for building resilient infrastructure and strengthening the government’s capacity to manage disaster risks in the Eastern Caribbean island of Dominica, which was hit by Hurricane Maria just over a year ago.

Save the Children and its local partner are warning of the huge psychological toll on children, particularly those that were orphaned or separated from their parents following Friday’s devastating earthquake and tsunami in Sulawesi.

Oil and gas operations near residential areas in Colorado. 80 percent of voters in Western states support cutting methane waste on public lands, according to a 2016 poll by Colorado College’s State of the Rockies Project.

The Alabama Department of Public Health and the Lowndes County Health Department are facing a federal civil rights complaint that alleges both agencies discriminated against African American residents of Lowndes County, Ala.

Indonesia's President Jokowi Widodo has authorized the acceptance of international help related to the earthquake and tsunami that hit the central island of Sulawesi.

In a year marked by protests demanding an end to fossil fuels amid successive extreme weather disasters, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special report on 1.5 degrees Celsius must finally spark governments into action to avoid climate catastrophe.

The National Weather Service has announced flash flood watches for the Southwest United States and a tropical storm warning for northwest Mexico as Hurricane Rosa churns closer.

60% of sellers in Japan’s domestic ivory market expressed a willingness to help customers illegally export their purchases, while at least one new store opened in 2018 in Tokyo’s tourist area selling newly manufactured ivory products is specifically targeting foreign buyers, according to a new TRAFFIC new market survey published on September 27.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached an agreement with Chevron Products Co. over hazardous waste violations at their former facility in Kapolei, Hawaii. The company will pay a $48,000 penalty as part of the consent order.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice, on September 27, announced a settlement with NGL Crude Logistics, LLC that requires the company to retire 36 million renewable fuel credits and pay a $25 million civil penalty under the settlement to resolve violations of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. The cost of the RIN retirement is approximately $10 million.