Environment

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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Impact of El Niño could be worst in 18 years in southern Africa, warns UN ‘special alert’

A farmer takes a break in Swaziland.

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U.S. EPA settles with Clorox for misleading antimicrobial label

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday a settlement with Clorox Professional Products Company for selling a mislabeled pesticide on over six hundred occasions in 2013. As part of the settlement, Clorox has agreed to pay a $250,000...

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World Bank Approves Pakistan Loan for Energy, Water, Climate

The World Bank approved an additional financing of $35 million to support improved management, planning and development of water resources in the Indus River Basin in Pakistan with better environmental and social considerations.

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