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A woman carries fish at a FAO-funded food security project in Uganda.

Activists Block Secret TTIP Talks in Brussels

Environmental justice and conservation groups sued the Southern California city of Moreno Valley a second time Monday over initiatives meant to shield a massive warehouse project from environmental challenge. The World Logistics Center is a sprawling, 40-million-square-foot warehouse project that would add 14,000 truck trips to town every day, worsen already poor air quality and harm birds and other wildlife in the nearby San Jacinto Wildlife Area. It is already facing multiple lawsuits for its inadequate environmental review process.

In the wake of Cyclone Winston, UNICEF's main concern is for children, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers across Fiji. Little is yet known about the status of communities living on the outer islands of Fiji that were directly under the eye of Tropical Cyclone Winston- as communications remain down for many.

A recently released United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspection report from January 2016 discloses that Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. (SCBT), one of the world’s largest producers of animal-derived research antibodies, has eliminated its entire inventory of goats and rabbits.

Alice Clements from UNICEF Pacific is in Suva, Fiji and experienced Cyclone Winston.

The World Bank is deeply concerned for the people of Fiji as reports come in about the damage caused by Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Winston. The World Bank's disaster risk management team is continuing to monitor the situation closely, and stands ready to support the Government of Fiji.

Tuesday, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama prohibited Alabama and federal officials from allocating $58.5 million dollars of BP drilling disaster “natural resource restoration” funds to construct a hotel along an Alabama beach.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday released additional sampling results showing that lead-removal filters are working as expected in Flint homes with high lead levels, confirming results released earlier. The agency continues to recommend that Flint residents use NSF-certified filters in their homes.