Environment

Fire Extinguished at Hillcrest Industries Work Will Continue to Ensure Piles Do Not Reignite

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday that the fire at the Hillcrest Industries facility in Attica, New York is now fully extinguished. The EPA is arranging the plastic and glass piles on site to a more manageable size to avoid...

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Primates in peril – conservationists reveal the world’s 25 most endangered primates

The world’s 25 most endangered primates have been revealed in a new report released today at the UN’s Convention on Biological Diversity COP11. Primates in Peril: The World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates, 2012–2014 has been compiled by the Primate...

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Trouble Brewing for Ugandan Tea Farmers

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Worker uses plucking shears...

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Greenpeace activists occupy Taiwan shipbuilding yard to protest overfishing

Activists unfurled a large banner saying “Overfishing Starts Here” at the facility where massive industrial fishing boats destined to fish across the globe's oceans are built.

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