Environment

County Edge Dairy Inc. to Pay $20,000 Penalty for Clean Water Act Violations at its Inwood, Iowa, Facility

County Edge Dairy Inc. has agreed to pay a $20,000 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act at its Inwood, Iowa, facility, the Environmental Protection Agency announced.

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IAEA Expert Remediation Mission to Japan Issues Preliminary Report

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s international expert mission to review remediation efforts in areas affected by the Fukushima Daiichi accident concluded with the presentation of a Preliminary Summary Report to Japan's Senior Vice-...

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UN expert urges greater legal inclusion of measures to ensure global right to food

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Study: Arctic Temperatures Highest in 44,000 Years

Average summer temperatures in the eastern Canadian Arctic are higher than they have been in at least the past 44,000 years and perhaps higher than at any time in the past 120,000 years, according to a new study.

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