Environment

Coal dropped from Vietnam’s future energy plans

Vietnam will effectively shelve the equivalent of 70 large coal power plants following an announcement from the Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung that the country would drop all further coal-fired power plant projects and move towards cleaner energy.

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Concerns over the impacts of fish aggregating devices

On 26 January 2016, two Greenpeace representatives attended a meeting hosted by Ulrike Rodust, Member of the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group in the European Parliament, about the use of fish aggregating devices in global tuna fisheries. The...

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Conservationists Defend Recommended Wilderness In Snowmobiler Lawsuit

A coalition of conservationists, represented by Earthjustice, Monday requested to intervene in a lawsuit filed by snowmobilers. The lawsuit seeks to overturn restrictions on motorized use in recommended wilderness areas on the Kootenai and Idaho...

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‘2015 is hottest year on record’ – UN weather agency

Cooling off on a waterfall.