Environment

EPA Finalizes $15 Million Additional Cleanup at former Pesticides Plant in Vineland, N.J.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized modifications to its plan to clean up contaminated exposed sediment in the Blackwater Branch floodplain at the Vineland Chemical Company Superfund site in Vineland, N.J. As a result of previous...

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Poaching behind worst African elephant losses in 25 years – IUCN report

Africa’s overall elephant population has seen the worst declines in 25 years, mainly due to poaching over the past ten years – according to IUCN’s African Elephant Status Report launched on 23 Sep at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties...

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Bratislava climber protest ends week of mobilisation against EU trade deals

A daring protest high above the Slovak capital on Friday morning concluded an intense week of mobilisation across Europe against EU trade deals with Canada (known as CETA) and the US (known as TTIP). Greenpeace called on EU trade ministers meeting in...

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Severe Drop in African Elephant Numbers Signals Need for Strong Action at CITES

In response to the updated African elephant number announced by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on the decline of African elephants, WWF issued a statement from Ginette Hemley.

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