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Oil company BP has accused the US government of withholding oil spill evidence.

Lights dimmed at UN Headquarters to observe Earth Hour in 2010.

Neanderthals in Western Europe started disappearing long before Homo sapiens arrived on the scene, a new study has found.

Following a 2007 Supreme Court ruling, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed the first Clean Air Act standard for carbon pollution from new power plants. EPA’s proposed standard reflects the ongoing trend in the power sector to build cleaner plants that take advantage of American-made technologies, including new, clean-burning, efficient natural gas generation, which is already the technology of choice for new and planned power plants. At the same time, the rule creates a path forward for new technologies to be deployed at future facilities that will allow companies to burn coal, while emitting less carbon pollution. The rulemaking proposed today only concerns new generating units that will be built in the future, and does not apply to existing units already operating or units that will start construction over the next 12 months.

In Bangladesh, an innovative “disaster resilient village” was built in Shymnagar for a coastal village wiped out after Cyclone Aila.

This week's strong earthquake that shook Japan, one of the best prepared Asian countries for natural disasters, was a stark reminder of the value of readiness in a region disproportionately targeted by the forces of nature.

The food and nutrition crisis facing countries in West Africa’s drought-prone Sahel region has continued to deteriorate at an alarming rate despite commendable early response efforts by governments and international aid agencies, a senior United Nations official said today.

Niger dealing with yet another drought right now will be a lot more warmer in our lifetime

Cutting trees at a teak plantation in the Casamance Forests in Zingenchor, Senegal.

International experts meeting on reactor and spent fuel safety in light of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.