Environment

Under EPA Settlement, Chicopee, Mass. Cold Storage Warehouse Company Improves Public Protections

A Chicopee, Mass., company that operates a cold storage warehouse is spending more than half a million dollars, primarily on public safety enhancements, to resolve claims it violated the federal Clean Air Act's chemical release prevention requirements...

North Slope Borough Settles With EPA for Hazardous Waste Violations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the North Slope Borough, Alaska have reached a settlement that resolves alleged violations of hazardous waste requirements under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

Small islands need partnerships to battle climate change, address ‘unique vulnerabilities,’ says Ban

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Climate change poses a threat to survival in the Southwest Pacific, and in most of the small...

Amid ‘steady rise’ in rhino poaching and elephant killings, UN urges action to tackle illegal wildlife trade

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African elephants are listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (...

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