Environment

EPA Finalizes Libby Amphibole Asbestos Health Assessment/Risk assessment shows EPA cleanup has reduced cancer and non-cancer risks in Libby and Troy

The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of its final Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) health assessment Monday for Libby Amphibole Asbestos (LAA). This assessment analyzes the potential cancer and non-cancer human...

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COP 20 in Lima: key step on the way to a global climate agreement in Paris

Ministers are in Lima this week to negotiate a text to succeed the Kyoto Protocol, which should then be finalised at a conference in Paris in 2015. The Parliament has sent a delegation of 12 MEPs to support representatives from the European Commission...

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Ban urges Lima conference to agree draft text as basis for 2015 climate deal

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Secretary-General ban Ki-moon addresses the UN Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru.

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House Of Representatives Passes Another California Water Grab Bill

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A car sits in dried and cracked earth of what was the bottom of the Almaden Reservoir in early 2014 in San Jose, CA...

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