Keyword: environmental concerns
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29.04.2013
- The European Union will ban three of the world's most widely-used pesticides for two years because of fears they are linked to a plunge in the population of bees critical to the...
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26.04.2013
- New efforts to force labeling of foods made with genetically modified crops, including a bill introduced by U.S. lawmakers Wednesday, have struck a nerve with biotech crop...
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16.04.2013
- The U.S. Chemical Safety Board on Monday recommended that Chevron check for ongoing damage to pipes and equipment at its U.S. refineries to prevent another explosion like the Aug...
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10.04.2013
- A New Hampshire jury on Tuesday found Exxon Mobil liable for $236.4 million in a civil lawsuit that charged the oil company had polluted groundwater in the state with a gasoline...
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09.04.2013
- Months of bitter argument culminate next Tuesday in a make-or-break vote on an attempt to prop up the European Union carbon prices, which plunged to record lows earlier this year...
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15.03.2013
- EU governments failed to agree a ban on three widely used pesticides linked to the decline of honeybees on Friday, but the European Commission could force one through by the summer...
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09.03.2013
- Volkswagen, the world's third largest carmaker, has joined compatriot Daimler in deciding not to use a new air-conditioning refrigerant developed by U.S. firms Honeywell and DuPont...
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28.02.2013
- The Barnett Shale formation in Texas will play a central role in the U.S. natural gas boom for a generation, according to a new in-depth report, the findings of which were released...
