Environment

U.S. EPA announces $22 million settlement for cleanup of Cooper Drum Superfund Site in South Gate, Los Angeles County

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Justice Tuesday announced that a group of 40 parties have agreed to conduct the cleanup of the Cooper Drum site in South Gate, 10 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles. The settlement...

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Recent unusual weather worldwide calls for urgent preventive action, UN official warns

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Flooding in the community of Chaco’i, 30 miles from Asunción, the capital of Paraguay, in...

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People of African descent must be fully included in climate change decisions, UN experts urge

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The impact of climate change is affecting Lesotho’s progress towards development in a number of...

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Severe flood in UK warnings issued: people urged to take immediate action

Following further heavy rainfall overnight UK Environment Agency has issued 12 severe flood warnings - which indicate a danger to life - for Whalley, Ribchester and St Michael’s on Wyre in Lancashire and Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Todmorden and...

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