Environment

Ethiopian farmers need urgent assistance amid major drought, warns UN agency

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FAO’s irrigation and income diversification projects have become instrumental in tackling the negative impacts of...

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Fukushima nuclear disaster will impact forests, rivers and estuaries for hundreds of years, warns Greenpeace report

The environmental impacts of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster will last decades to centuries, warns a new Greenpeace Japan report. Man-made, long-lived radioactive elements are absorbed into the living tissues of plants and animals and recycled...

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Environment ministers surprise Commission with support for higher EU 2030 carbon target

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Forest Service Rejects Project That Would Have Spelled Disaster for Grand Canyon

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The iconic Grand Canyon in Arizona may soon be ground zero...

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