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For the first time, China’s environmental watchdog will monitor, investigate and evaluate public health risks posed by environmental pollution. The government also said it would receive and...

State must tackle climate change with same vigour as Brexit, Committee hears

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Climate change affecting stability across West Africa and Sahel: UN security council

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Is warming in the Arctic behind this year's crazy winter weather?

Posted on 31 January 2018 by Guest Author Jennifer Francis is a Research Professor, Rutgers University.  This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original...

UN makes open call for ideas on fighting climate change

Researchers, campaigners, business leaders and members of the public have an unprecedented chance to influence UN climate talks in 2018. In a radical opening up...

Shell named as one of eight companies on EPA’s latest worst polluters list

January 30th, 2018 Shell Ireland is one of eight industrial sites listed on the Environmental Protection Agency’s latest list of industrial sites under its radar...

Peru ends era of ‘roadless wilderness’ in its Amazon rainforests

Biodiversity reaches its zenith in south-east Peru. This vast wilderness of 2m square km of rainforests and savannahs is formed of the headwaters of three...

Landmark climate case against the Irish State pushed back to February

January 30th, 2018 A landmark legal challenge brought against the Irish Government for alleged inaction to tackle climate change has been pushed back for a...

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee Rejects Vancouver Oil Terminal

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