Environment

Earthjustice Statement On Proposed Five-Year Plan For Federal Offshore Oil Leases

Federal officials on Tuesday released a draft plan that would protect the Atlantic Ocean from offshore oil and gas drilling until at least 2022. This is a huge step forward for the region, and it is a decision that advances the President’s...

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Risk Mitigation and Emergency Response Project to Benefit Four Million Ecuadorians

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a US$150 million loan that could benefit four million Ecuadorians through risk protection and mitigation works. Specifically, the financing seeks to reduce the possible effects of the El Niño...

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Greenpeace launches maps tracking "near real-time" Indonesian deforestation and fires

As a new forest fire crisis builds in the country, with fire hotspots numbering in the hundreds on many recent days, Greenpeace Indonesia on Tuesday launched a mapping tool allowing the public to monitor fires and deforestation in near-real time, and...

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Warming ocean water undercuts Antarctic ice shelves

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This is a joint release of the National Snow and Ice Data Center, the Cooperative Institute for...

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