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The Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior is on Saturday in the Port of Beirut for the first time in history to host a press conference and launch the “Sun unites us” Mediterranean tour which will highlight the massive potential for solar energy in the Arab region. The tour will travel from Lebanon to Turkey, where it will end in Morocco for the COP22 international climate negotiations.

The California legislature on August 26 sent historic legislation to Governor Jerry Brown that would prohibit the breeding and theatrical performance of captive orcas in California, as well as their export, consistent with federal law, out of North America.

The World Bank on 25 August approved a credit of US$ 55 million for the Government of Nepal to scale up its Road Sector Development Program and address post-earthquake reconstruction needs, including the strengthening of the country’s strategic road and bridge network to withstand future seismic and climate vulnerabilities.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed its work to safely remove anhydrous ammonia from the South Jersey Ice and Cold Storage and Vineland Ice and Storage LLC facility and protect the community near the 544 East Pear Street in Vineland, N.J. facility.

On Thursday, August 18, 2016, the federal district court in Honolulu brought to a close a Clean Water Act consent decree that required former Kauaʻi developer and Oʻahu auto dealer James Pflueger to stabilize and restore property at Pīlaʻa on Kauaʻi’s north shore that Pflueger previously owned.

Washington, D.C. — A coalition of national and regional groups across the country is suing the United States Environmental Protection Agency for failing to update standards that protect families against neurotoxic lead-based paint and lead dust.

EPA Region 7 has reached a proposed settlement with Central Missouri AGRIService, LLC, concerning alleged Clean Water Act violations associated with construction of a railroad loop track and grain loading facility in Marshall, Mo. As part of the settlement, Central Missouri AGRIService has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $166,914 to the United States.

Kayakers on Lake Seneca.

The environment is something Europeans care deeply about: 67% of them would like to the EU to do more on environmental protection, according to a Eurobarometer survey commissioned by the European Parliament. The EU is already doing and will be doing to protect your health, safeguard biodiversity and fight climate change.