"The developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline is battling to avoid dismissal of a second defendant in its federal racketeering lawsuit against three environmental groups."
"An internal watchdog at the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday it will review whether federal and state officials kept the public appropriately informed last year about potential air quality threats after Hurricane Harvey ravaged southeastern Texas."
"Last July, California’s Death Valley endured the hottest month ever measured on the planet. This July ended up even hotter."
"Nathaniel Rich’s article illustrates American failures, not global ones."
"With the clock ticking for nuclear plants around the country, the noise is especially loud here at Three Mile Island."
"During almost a decade on K Street, acting EPA chief Andrew Wheeler lobbied for a bill that would have allowed liquid fuel from coal to be used in a program that addresses climate change by promoting plant-based fuels."
"The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled its long-awaited proposal to dramatically weaken an Obama-era regulation designed to limit vehicle emissions, which contribute to climate change."
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The Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Arctic Council Working Group will award prizes in four categories: landscape, biodiversity, peoples of the North, and business and science in the Arctic. Selected images will be displayed at the Arctic Biodiversity Congress October 9-11, 2018 in Finland, and be exhibited across Arctic countries. Special prizes for young photographers (< 18 years old). Deadline: Aug 14.
"Global warming poses an urgent threat to Kolkata, a river delta city of 14 million. A Times reporter returns home and learns: The city’s natural defenses are being lost."
