Environment

New Report: EPA Must Protect Drinking Water And Downstream Communities From Power Plant Pollution

The report presents evidence that EPA has been under-estimating the public health...

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Asian Countries Are among Top Achievers on Sustainable Energy Progress

Asian countries are making a vital contribution to achieving global sustainable energy goals, a new World Bank report finds. But while the region performs strongly on ensuring electricity access for people and using more modern renewable energy, there...

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Circular economy: “systemic change” needed to address resource scarcity

Binding waste-reduction targets, revamped ecodesign legislation and measures to break the link between growth and the use of natural resources are the chief demands set out in a resolution passed on Wednesday by environment MEPs,who call on the...

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Ban not just animal cloning, but cloned food, feed and imports too, say MEPs

A draft law to ban the cloning of all farm animals, their descendants and products derived from them, including imports, in the EU was voted by the Environment and Agriculture committees on Wednesday. MEPs beefed up the European Commission’s initial...

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