Environment

Air quality legislation: MEPs strike deal with European Council

Plans for more ambitious national caps on emissions of key pollutants by 2030, including NOx, particulates and sulphur dioxide, were informally agreed by MEPs and the Dutch presidency of the Council on Thursday. Air pollution causes about 400,000...

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Sweden subverts Paris agreement with Vattenfall coal deal

Greenpeace condemns the Swedish government’s decision to allow state-owned Vattenfall to hand over its lignite mine assets in Germany to the Czech company EPH. The decision announced this morning risks catastrophic consequences for the climate.
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Forest Service Plan Would Perpetuate Destruction Of Tongass Old - Growth

Today, the U.S. Forest Service released its long-awaited proposal for amending the Tongass Land Management Plan and the results are disappointing. We will continue to work with the Obama administration to correct the pervasive mistakes in this plan...

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World Bank Provides Funds to Help Ethiopia Mitigate the Impact of Drought

The World Bank Groups’ Board of Executive Directors on 30 June approved US$ 100 million in additional financing from the International Development Association (IDA) Crisis Response Window (CRW) to the Productive Safety Net Project 4 (PSNP 4). The...

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