Environment

Cleaner air: MEPs vote on tougher emission limits for key air pollutants

Close to half a million Europeans die every year from diseases linked to the millions of tons of gases and particulates human activity releases into the atmosphere. These range from sulphur dioxide that contributes to the acid rain that damages...

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EPA and DOJ Reach $9 Million Settlement for Interim Cleanup of CTS Site in Asheville, N.C.

On November 22, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that CTS Corporation, Mills Gap Road Associates and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation have agreed to spend an estimated $9 million on an...

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Water resources ‘a reason for cooperation, not conflict,’ Ban tells Security Council

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Water infrastructure in Ferghana Valley, Uzbekistan.

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U.S. Court Of Appeals Says Local Governments Can Prohibit GE Crops

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A sign warning of pesticide application near a cropfield on Kauaʻi. Hawaiʻi...

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