Environment

EPA Proposes First Guidelines to Cut Carbon Pollution from Existing Power Plants/Clean Power Plan is flexible proposal to ensure a healthier environment, spur innovation and strengthen the economy

At the direction of President Obama and after an unprecedented outreach effort, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is releasing the Clean Power Plan proposal, which for the first time cuts carbon pollution from existing power plants, the single...

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Norway creates impromptu safety zone around drilling site as Greenpeace cries foul

Late last night Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum informed the Greenpeace ship Esperanza of the creation of 'safety zone' around a drilling site in the Barents sea. Esperanza is currently occupying the site preventing Statoil-contracted rig Transocean...

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Europe - An Open market for the Ivory Trade?

On the eve of inter-governmental meetings in Brussels and Geneva in June and July to debate the fate of elephants, a group of conservation organisations requests all EU governments to urgently halt all commerce in ivory and to destroy all remaining...

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US Environmental Protection Agency's Historic Announcement for New Protections Against Carbon Pollution

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The protections could be the most effective action to curb climate pollution in our history.

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