Environment

Apple, Facebook, Google progress toward a green internet, but coal-heavy utilities stand in the way

Major internet companies including Apple, Facebook and Google continue to lead efforts to build an internet that is renewably powered, but an uncooperative fossil fuel sector and rapid energy demand growth for the internet places those ambitions under...

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As powerful new quake hits Nepal, UN races to deliver aid to those affected

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EPA Fines Clean Harbors for Violations of Environmental Laws

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently issued a consent agreement and final order to Clean Harbors Deer Park, LLC, in La Porte, Texas. The company violated laws under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) related to the storage...

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Greenpeace report reveals farmers are the most vulnerable to health risks from pesticides

A review of scientific literature shows clear evidence that exposure to certain pesticides, currently allowed in European fields, is associated with different forms of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, and...

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