Environment

Almost a third of all natural World Heritage Sites under threat of oil, gas and mining exploration

Belize's Mesoamerican Reef waters are under threat from oil.

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Distrust over EU GM crop approvals grows as at least 15 countries move towards national bans

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EPA and DuPont Reach Major Settlement After Fatal Chemical Explosion in Tonawanda, N.Y.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (DuPont) has agreed to pay a fine of $724,000 in settlement of Clean Air Act violations relating to a fire and explosion at its chemical plant in Tonawanda, N.Y...

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Taiwan faces EU sanction on fisheries

Three weeks after Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior busted Taiwanese tuna longliner Shuen De Ching No.888 (順得慶888號) fishing illegally in the Pacific, the European Commission has yellow carded Taiwan for failing to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (...

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