Environment

Volkswagen admits ‘irregularities’ in CO2 emissions – Greenpeace response

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EPA Settles With Anchorage Companies for Hazardous Waste Violations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has settled with UIC Roofing and UIC Construction in Anchorage, Alaska for alleged mishandling of hazardous waste in violation of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).

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Greenpeace exposes recently burnt Indonesian forest replaced with palm oil

New photos and video released Thursday by Greenpeace Southeast Asia show freshly planted palm oil saplings on deforested peatland where several fires have recently broken out at the edges of an orangutan sanctuary. Greenpeace has called on the...

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Yemen: as cyclone weakens, UN warns more than 1 million people could be impacted by flooding

Cyclone Chapala damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes in Yemen.