Environment

UN environmental agency to help Afghanistan combat effects of climate change

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Afghanistan is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the impacts of climate...

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AVX CORP. TO PAY $366 MILLION IN SETTLEMENT, ACCELERATING CLEANUP OF NEW BEDFORD HARBOR CONTAMINATION IN MASSACHUSETTS

The Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), along with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, on behalf of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, have reached a settlement with AVX...

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More than 3 million hectares of elephant, gorilla habitat get new protection

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Western Lowland Gorilla, Silverback male.

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South Korea again bars Greenpeace staff from country to silence nuclear critics

Jan Beranek, Greenpeace International energy team lead, and Dr. Rianne Teule, Greenpeace International nuclear campaigner, were stopped at Seoul's Incheon airport today and not allowed into the country, where they were due to present at a seminar on...

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