Environment

South Sudan: UN ramps up airlifts to reach conflict-hit farmers ahead of planting season

The rainy season in South Sudan is fully underway and FAO is distributing vital livelihood kits to...

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Nepal earthquakes: Looming crisis for children’s emotional health - UNICEF

Twelve-year-old Samikshya sits in rubble outside her destroyed home in Gerkhutar Village, Nepal....

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EPA, U.S. Department of Justice settle with P4 Production LLC, over hazardous chemical reporting requirements

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 and the U.S. Department of Justice have settled with P4 Productions LLC, for violations of federal Emergency Planning and Community-Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and Comprehensive Emergency Compensation...

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Duke Energy Subsidiaries Plead Guilty and Sentenced for Clean Water Act Crimes/The companies will pay a fine and conduct community service and wetlands mitigation

Three subsidiaries of North Carolina-based Duke Energy Corporation, the largest utility in the United States,on May 14 pleaded guilty to nine criminal violations of the Clean Water Act at several of its North Carolina facilities and agreed to pay a $...

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