Environment

EPA, Justice Department and State of California require Lehigh Cement to cut toxic discharges to San Francisco Bay

On April 29, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Justice and the State of California announced a settlement requiring the Lehigh cement plant near Cupertino to reduce toxic discharges of selenium and other metals to Permanente...

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Olive trees: MEPs to demand answers on how to tackle spread of killer bacteria

Parliament will quiz the Commission Thursday morning on plans to tackle the outbreak of Xylella fastidiosa bacteria, which have infected several thousand hectares of olive plantations in Italy, and prevent it spreading to other EU regions.

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Ocean wealth valued at US$24 trillion, but sinking fast

Fisherman holding fish in his hands, Mafamede, Mozambique.

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New EU forest strategy: better management can boost rural jobs, say MEPs

The new EU forest strategy must focus on managing forests sustainably, promoting efficient use of the raw materials that they produce, and boosting the competitiveness of forest-related industry so as to create jobs, says a non-legislative resolution...

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