Environment

EPA Continues Cleanup Work at the Site of Portland’s River Street Warehouse Fire

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in coordination with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality will continue to clean up hazardous materials and secure the site of a warehouse that burned down on May 14, 2017. The cleanup site is located...

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Nestlé, Unilever, P&G among worst offenders for plastic pollution in Philippines in beach audit

A week-long beach clean up has exposed the companies most responsible for plastic pollution after an audit of plastic waste conducted on Freedom Island, a critical wetland habitat and Ramsar site spanning 30 hectares in Manila Bay - one of the worst...

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Thousands of Children in Puerto Rico at Risk Following Hurricane Maria

As Puerto Rico begins to assess the damage caused by Hurricane Maria, the most destructive storm to strike the island since 1928, Save the Children is urging all emergency teams responding to the crisis to make the safety and well-being of the island’...

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CETA threatens food safety even before national parliaments sign off

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