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An internally displaced woman seeking refuge from the ongoing violence in the swamps of Unity state, cooks her last supply of sorghum.

Over half of Belizeans rely on a healthy marine environment for their livelihoods and well-being

Thailand Government officials on Tuesday discussed plans for advancing Thailand’s climate policy through membership in the World Bank Group’s Partnership for Market Readiness, a global alliance of more than 30 nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption in developing countries.

A broad coalition of environmental, consumer, and commercial and recreational fishing organizations on Wednesday sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approving the first-ever genetically engineered (GE) food animal, an Atlantic salmon engineered to grow quickly.

Thursday, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved a proposal by FirstEnergy’s Ohio affiliates to require customers to pay the costs of operating the Sammis coal plant, along with the Davis-Besse nuclear plant, for the next eight years.

Thursday, as part of the Obama Administration’s ongoing commitment to take action on climate change and protect public health, EPA is launching a new voluntary partnership program—with 41 founding partner companies in the oil and gas sector. The Natural Gas STAR Methane Challenge Program builds upon the Natural Gas STAR Program, a flexible, voluntary partnership between EPA and the U.S. oil and natural gas industry that focuses on achieving cost-effective methane emission reductions from natural gas operations. Methane is upwards of 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide in warming the planet.

Activists on Wednesday peacefully protested against a planned mega dam project in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest at the annual general meeting (AGM) of the Austrian company Andritz, one of the global leaders in technology for hydroelectric dams. The São Luiz do Tapajós-dam would be built in the Tapajós River, in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently fined G.D. Friend, Inc. (operating as Everlast Home Energy Solutions) $28,564 for failing to comply with the federal Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule while performing renovation work at two residential properties in Southern California. This rule seeks to protect the public from lead-based paint hazards that occur during repair or remodeling activities in housing built before 1978.

The Oregon Ice Cream Company has agreed to make safety improvements and upgrade its refrigeration equipment to prevent toxic anhydrous ammonia releases at its manufacturing facility in Eugene, Oregon. In the settlement announced on Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency, the company will also pay $55,000 in penalties for multiple violations of federal safety rules and risk management program requirements designed to prevent chemical emergencies.