Environment

EPA Proposes Plan for Cleaning Up Gowanus Canal; Multi-million Dollar Cleanup to Revitalize Polluted Brooklyn Waterway

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Thursday announced a proposed cleanup plan for the Gowanus Canal that includes removing some of the contaminated sediment and capping dredged areas. The proposed plan also includes controls to prevent raw...

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General Biodiesel settles with EPA for hazardous chemical and emergency planning violations

General Biodiesel, in south Seattle, will pay a penalty for failing to report their hazardous chemicals in violation of federal emergency planning laws, according to a consent agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Head of UN-backed treaty welcomes Security Council call for action on LRA-related elephant poaching

CITES welcomes the Security Council’s call for investigation into the alleged involvement of the Lord’s...

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UNESCO Director-General deplores new destruction of Timbuktu mausoleums

" I am profoundly shocked by the ferocity that has marked the latest round of destruction of Timbuktu’s mausoleums," declared UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, responding to reports that at least three mausoleums in Mali were destroyed on 23...

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