Environment

Greenpeace images show Great Barrier Reef suffering coral bleaching for second year in a row

Greenpeace Australia Pacific, on March 9, releases shocking photos and footage documenting the Great Barrier Reef’s first severe coral bleaching to happen two years in a row. The bleaching is the result of 12 months of above-average sea temperatures,...

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EPA Opens Civil Rights Investigation Over Pesticide Use In Hawai'i

Fields planted with GMO crops, and sprayed with pesticides, are located adjacent to...

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Papua’s first 'Village Forest' handed over, after decade fighting deforestation

A 3,545 hectare slice of Papua’s rainforest, on March 9, was officially placed in community hands, to be protected and managed by the indigenous people of the Knasaimos landscape in West Papua’s Bird’s Head Peninsula. This is the first Village Forest...

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Palm oil: the high cost of cultivating the cheap vegetable oil

Palm oil is extensively used in food, cosmetics and biofuels, however the unsustainable production of the cheap vegetable oil leads to deforestation, loss of nature habitats and greenhouse gas emissions. Czech GUE/NGL member Kateřina Konečná calls on...

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