Environment

Commission and governments bow to coal industry pressure on air pollution limits

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Twenty new sites added to UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves

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The Po Delta biosphere reserve (Italy)

Court Orders EPA To Decide To Act On Dangerous Pesticide

Agency must decide by month's end whether it will ban nerve gas pesticide

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A crop duster sprays pesticides over a farmfield.

EPA: Airplane Carbon Pollution Endangers Public Health And Welfare, Must Be Controlled

Agency announces plans for carbon pollution controls on airplanes

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Global aviation, if it were equivalent to a country, would be the 7th largest global emitter, just below Germany and more than Korea and Canada.

Bread for the World Applauds G-7’s Commitment to Lift 500 Million Out of Hunger,Urges Congress to Pass the Global Food Security Act

Bread for the World applauds the commitment of the world’s richest countries to lift 500 million people out of hunger and malnutrition by 2030, and urged Congress to demonstrate the United States’ pledge to this goal by passing the Global Food Security Act.

EPA, Department of Justice and Clearwater Paper Corporation settle Clean Air Act violations in Lewiston, Idaho, protecting local air quality

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) and the Clearwater Paper Corporation (Clearwater Paper) have reached a settlement regarding Clean Air Act violations at Clearwater Paper’s Lewiston, Idaho, pulp mill. Clearwater Paper is the country's largest provider of private label tissue to retail grocery chains and a major bleached paperboard manufacturer.

EPA Receives Second Chance To Protect Montana's Air Quality

Court rules that regional haze plan must be redone

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Yellowstone National Park.

In Tajikistan, Ban highlights importance of safe water, sanitation and human rights

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with Foreign Minister Sirodjidin Aslov of Tajikistan in Dushanbe.

Philippines, Pacific Island nations sign a Climate Justice declaration to hold big polluters accountable

The President of Vanuatu joined climate-impacted communities from Tuvalu, Kiribati, Fiji and the Solomon Islands as well as representatives from the Philippines at an emergency meeting in Vanuatu Monday vowing to seek ‘Climate Justice’ and hold big fossil fuel entities accountable for fuelling global climate change.

Brazil confirms EU countries are importing fraudulent Amazon timber

Ongoing illegal shipments exposed by Greenpeace investigation

Greenpeace Tuesday exposed twenty-two sawmills and 45 exporters involved in the use of false documents for exports of illegal timber to Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom amongst other markets.