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Researchers are raising concerns about the creation of a large-scale open-pit copper-molybdenum mine in Chile’s Valparaíso region, which they say will destroy the habitat of the recently recorded population of Andean cat, an endangered species and one of the rarest…
Committee urges ministers to set out measures to reduce carbon emissions before work starts on new runways Airport expansion plans backed by the government are putting the UK’s net zero target in “serious jeopardy”, MPs have warned. Without new safeguards,…
National Petroleum Reserve lease sales and permitting for road through Izembek wildlife refuge were also approved The Trump administration has approved more oil and gas drilling across Alaska’s Arctic national wildlife refuge (ANWR), prompting widespread criticism from environmental conservation organizations.…
MINDANAO, Philippines — A nickel mining project in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao is facing renewed calls for closure after a recent government inspection revealed that strip mining there has stripped bare about 200 hectares (494 acres) of forest…
An appellate court will determine how to handle the Trump administration’s cancellation of hundreds of climate and environmental justice grants. By Lisa Sorg The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, heard arguments Thursday on whether the Trump…
Supporters of the Virginia Energy Reliability Alliance were out in force at an air permit hearing last month for the utility’s controversial natural gas “peaker” plant in Chesterfield County. Dominion Energy, Virginia’s largest utility, says it’s been “transparent” with regard…
The Trump administration had sought the stay of proceedings in the case, arguing its attorneys were furloughed during the government shutdown. The plaintiffs say the administration is picking and choosing which cases to litigate. By Amy Green A federal appeals…
The Trump administration wants to sharply speed up the construction of nuclear power plants, but fixing the industry’s bottlenecks could take years.
The Interior Department also said it would allow a contentious road to be built through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Alaska.
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