Environment

UN calls for $111 million to address urgent humanitarian priorities in DPR Korea

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Street scene in Wonsan City, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Juncker plan could break promise on democratisation of EU GM crop decisions

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Missouri Department of Transportation to Implement Statewide Compliance Program to Settle Construction Stormwater Violations

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has agreed to implement a statewide compliance program and to pay a $750,000 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act at two road construction sites. The sites are Highway 54...

Six Greenpeace climbers scale Shell’s Arctic-bound oil rig

Six Greenpeace climbers have intercepted an Arctic-bound Shell oil rig in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, 750 miles north-west of Hawaii and have scaled the 38,000 tonne platform.