Environment

'Catastrophic' floods in Myanmar hit most vulnerable, including children – UN agencies

Vulnerable children in Myanmar face a ‘double catastrophe’ as floods add to the hardship faced by children living in poverty and those recovering from violence and conflict, UNICEF has warned. Myanmar has suffered from severe weather for weeks, with...

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Obama Administration Takes Historic Action on Climate Change/Clean Power Plan to protect public health, spur clean energy investments and strengthen U.S. leadership

President Obama announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s final Clean Power Plan on August 3, which will cut U.S. carbon pollution from the power sector by 870 million tons, or 32 percent below 2005 levels, in 2030. Power plants are the...

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Iraq hit by heatwaves, making life for refugees even tougher.

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Yusuf, 4, takes gets a bucket bath as his sister Hayat stands by the air cooler to stave off the heat in their tent at the...

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U.S. EPA settles with Caltrans and general contractor for polluting Shasta Lake

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a pair of settlements requiring the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and its general contractor, the Tutor-Saliba Corporation, to pay $80,000 each to resolve violations at the...

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