Environment

City of Iowa City, Iowa, and EPA Settle Clean Air Act Violations

The City of Iowa City, Iowa, has reached an administrative civil settlement with EPA over alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its sanitary landfill. The settlement includes an $8,225 civil penalty, a Supplemental Environmental Project estimated...

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Commission must prepare glyphosate exit plan, Greenpeace

Greenpeace has called on the European Commission to prepare a glyphosate exit plan, after an EU vote on the controversial weedkiller cleared the way for the Commission to push through a temporary licence extension, on June 24.

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Changes in Russian law threaten world famous nature reserves

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Protections for natural areas like the Western Caucasus World Heritage site have been weakened.

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Vietnam’s Climate Change and Green Growth Agenda Receives $90 million Boost

The World Bank will help Vietnam strengthen its climate change and green growth agenda with a US$90 million credit for policy reforms aligned with the World Bank Group’s Climate Change Action Plan.

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