Environment

Chernobyl: with disaster’s effects still being felt after 30 years, UN renews commitment to a safer future

General Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft (left), chairs the Assembly’s special meeting in observance of the...

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Court Settlement Provides Hope For Mexican Gray Wolves

A coalition of wolf conservation groups, on Tuesday environmental organizations and a retired federal wolf biologist announced a court settlement requiring the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the Service) to prepare a long-delayed recovery plan for...

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Plant health: agriculture MEPs endorse deal to fight influx of pests to the EU

New rules to curb the growing influx into the EU of plant pests such as Xylella fastidiosa, which has been devastating Italian olive groves in 2013, were endorsed by the Agriculture Committee on Tuesday. Factors driving this influx include increased...

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EPA Proposes Clearer Air For National Parks

The EPA released a proposal to clarify and update the Regional Haze Rule under the Clean Air Act, on April 26.

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