Environment

Spain Continues Food Assistance To Western Sahara Refugees In Algeria

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a contribution from the Government of Spain that will be used to provide crucial food assistance to vulnerable refugees from Western Sahara residing in camps in Algeria.

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Major National Review Recommends Ways Of Ending Hunger In Uganda

Most of Uganda’s children are going to school hungry and 29 percent of those aged under five are stunted due to poor feeding. Nearly half of all the country’s citizens overall, meanwhile, are consume less calories than they require each day.

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EPA and Oregon DEQ reach agreements with Eugene company for diesel spill near Halsey, OR

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency combined efforts to protect Spoon Creek, a small stream midway between Salem and Eugene along the I-5 corridor, from a February 2016, spill of red dyed diesel...

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EPA reaches agreement with Norton Sound Seafood Products over alleged wastewater discharge violations in Nome, AK

The United States Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement with the Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation, owners and operators of the Norton Sound Seafood Products Company, over alleged wastewater discharge violations at their...

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