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Greenpeace International is among the organisations that have long been campaigning for the establishment of a protected zone that would represent about a quarter of the entire Atlantic Ocean and extend from Antarctica to the equator.

Seismic testing was set to approach near the fragile reef World Heritage site.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PADOT) will pay a $26,066 penalty for underground storage tank violations in Brownsville and Franklin, Pa. where facilities stored diesel fuel. The settlement addresses compliance with environmental regulations that help protect communities and the environment from exposure to oil or potentially harmful chemicals.

Dana Container, Inc., the owner and operator of a railcar cleaning and refurbishing facility in Wilmington, Del., will pay a $12,000 penalty to settle alleged hazardous waste storage violations of regulations designed to protect public health and the environment, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on October 18.

The Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs and the World Bank are co-hosting a one-day technical workshop entitled “Reaching Compliance with EU requirements on Water Supply and Sanitation in a Sustainable Way: Challenges and Opportunities for Turkey”. This workshop builds on a study carried out by the World Bank with the objective of analyzing the main issues faced by the Water Supply and Sanitation sector in Turkey and establishing a dialog on how best to address the challenge of reaching compliance with the standards similar to that of the EU for water and sanitation service provision, while maintaining technical and financial sustainability of service providers. Over 100 high level officials from the central government, Metropolitan Municipalities and their Water and Sewerage Administrations have signed up and participated in the event.

On 18 October an unprecedented legal case was filed against the Norwegian government for allowing oil companies to drill for new oil in the Arctic Barents Sea. The plaintiffs, Nature and Youth and Greenpeace Nordic, argue that Norway thereby violates the Paris Agreement and the people's constitutional right to a healthy and safe environment for future generations.
“We will argue in court that the Norwegian government has an obligation to keep its climate promises and will invoke the people's right to a healthy environment for ours and future generations. This is the People vs. Arctic oil,” said Ingrid Skjoldvær from Nature and Youth.

17,000 people working in the Belize fisheries industry use the income to support their families.