Environment

EPA Recognizes Charleston County School District for Reducing Food Waste

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized the Charleston County School District for the District’s achievements in reducing food waste. The District cultivated one of the state’s first student-driven commercial composting programs which...

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Parliament is first EU institution to become 100 % carbon neutral

As of 2016, the European Parliament’s irreducible carbon emissions can be fully offset, making it the first EU institution to become 100% carbon-neutral, Parliament’s Bureau (President, Vice-Presidents and Quaestors), decided some weeks ahead of COP...

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Conservation Groups Take US Fish & Wildlife Service to Court for Failures to Protect the World's Only Wild Red Wolves

Conservation groups filed a complaint late yesterday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina against the US Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for its failure to protect the world’s only wild population of red wolves and...

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China’s biodiversity declines as human demands grow

The Yangtze River, home to some of China's most spectacular natural scenery: a series of canyons the Qutang Gorge...