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New UN Guidance on Children’s Rights and the Environment

Human Rights Watch 18 Sep 2023
... other environmental crises ... Governments around the world should now use this guidance to develop and strengthen legislation addressing environmental harm and the climate crisis, making sure that children are both protected and regarded as the active agents of change they can be.
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Chinese scientists make key breakthroughs in rare earth mining

ECNS 18 Sep 2023
... which uses ammonium chloride as leaching agents to extract REEs. The new technology is more environmental friendly as it avoids soil contamination caused by leaching agents, which responded to Chinese government's demand for environmental protection and green and efficient mining.
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This week's weather prompts officials, businesses to warn homeowners to prepare for more extreme weather events

The Sun Chronicle 16 Sep 2023
“Residents will also need to take proper precautions to protect themselves, their homes, and their property,” Mayor Catheen DeSimone said ... Attleboro’s conservation agent/environmental planner, Nicholas Wyllie, said there’s a combination of things homeowners can do to protect their properties.
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Brazil launches biggest ever operation against illegal cattle farms in Amazon

The Observer 05 Sep 2023
The operation commander, Givanildo Lima, who is an agent for the government’s main environmental protection agency, Ibama, said this was a politically symbolic operation on the frontline of environmental crime in the Amazonian state of Pará.
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WATCH: Wildfire tears through El Valle regional park

Spanish News Today 29 Aug 2023
... firefighters from the Murcia Region Fire Fighting and Rescue Consortium, a special intervention brigade (Brimur), environmental agents, local and national police, as well volunteers from Civil Protection all worked together to douse the flames before more damage could be done.
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'Smart Window' maker to pay nearly $5 million fine for illegal wastewater dumping in Mississippi

Mississippi Business Journal 17 Aug 2023
"When companies place profit and convenience above public safety, we will do all we can to punish that behavior and protect the public," U.S ... "Unpermitted discharges of industrial wastewater can pose a serious threat to our nation's wastewater treatment systems," said Charles Carfagno, a special agent with the Environmental Protection Agency ... .
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‘Smart Window’ maker to pay nearly $5 million fine for illegal wastewater dumping in Mississippi

Federal News Radio 17 Aug 2023
“When companies place profit and convenience above public safety, we will do all we can to punish that behavior and protect the public,” U.S ... “Unpermitted discharges of industrial wastewater can pose a serious threat to our nation’s wastewater treatment systems,” said Charles Carfagno, a special agent with the Environmental Protection Agency ... ___ ... .
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Digging Into a Toxic Trade: Illegal Mining in Amazon Tri-Border Regions

InSight Crime 09 Aug 2023
In February 2023, armed agents of the government's environmental protection agency (Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais - Ibama), and the government's Indigenous affairs agency (Fundação Nacional dos Povos Indígenas - Funai), launched an enforcement ...
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Forever no more: New tech ‘annihilates’ toxic PFAS chemicals

Michigan Live 14 Jul 2023
... oxidizing agent, decompose into harmless byproducts ... Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identified it as one of four promising technologies for destroying PFAS but noted that its widespread application had been limited by high energy demand and other technological challenges.
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Good News! Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon Has Significantly Dropped in Just 6 Months

Futurism 09 Jul 2023
Jair Schmitt, environmental protection director of Ibama, told the AP that the "bottom line" is "prioritizing environmental law enforcement," but that will prove tricky with just around 700 agents to cover the world's largest forest.
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Neymar super-fan, 30, leaves EVERYTHING he owns to the Brazil star in his will (despite ...

The Daily Mail 28 Jun 2023
The row with environmental agents reportedly saw Neymar's ... The arrest was part of an operation carried out by the local Mangaratiba Municipal Environment Department, alongside the Environmental Military Police, and the agents of the municipality's Environmental Protection Group.
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Judge nixes bid to depose Pacific Fleet chief in Red Hill lawsuit

Stars and Stripes 24 Jun 2023
Officials have been tight-lipped on the details, but special agents with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Criminal Investigation Division and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service have been escorting witnesses to the panel and supporting the grand jury's investigation for months.
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Neymar's father 'is ARRESTED for environmental crime whilst carrying out banned construction work on the ...

The Daily Mail 23 Jun 2023
The arrest was part of an operation carried out by the local Mangaratiba Municipal Environment Department, alongside the Environmental Military Police, and the agents of the municipality's Environmental Protection Group ... Neymar Snr (left) was arrested on charges of environmental crime on site at his son Neymar Jnr's (right) Mangaratiba mansion.
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9 eco-friendly spots to visit in South Africa

Independent online (SA) 23 Jun 2023
After the pandemic, people have become more conscious of their environmental impact ... These destinations not only offer travellers unforgettable experiences but also serve as crucial agents of change, promoting sustainable practices, protecting biodiversity, empowering local communities, and raising environmental awareness.
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Moscow accuses World Wildlife Fund of sabotaging 'Russian development in Arctic'

The Jerusalem Post 23 Jun 2023
It is the latest in a series of moves against environmental protections in Russia after the WWF was labeled a “foreign agent” by the Russian Justice Ministry in March and Greenpeace was banned as “undesirable” in May. . Banned organizations in Russia ... (credit. BRIAN SNYDER/REUTERS) ... WWF's response ... .

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Scourge of Illegal Immigrants? Sweden PM to Seek Army Help to End Gang Violence
News18
29 Sep 2023
Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson buttons his jacket as he arrives for a round table meeting of the North Atlantic Council during a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, July 11, 2023.
AP / Mindaugas Kulbis
More than 3 million children displaced from homes in Sudan
The New Arab
29 Sep 2023
File - Displaced Sudanese children are seen in their their temporary shelters on the side of a road in the town of Osaylat, 60 km southeast of the capital in Khartoum, Sudan, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. Seasonal torrential rains have wreaked havoc on houses and infrastructure across Sudan. More than 50,000 people are affected, according to the United Nations
AP / Marwan Ali
Ukraine war: Who has the real mobilization problem?
Asiatimes
29 Sep 2023
Assault unit commander from 3rd Assault Brigade, who goes by the call sign 'Fedia,' passes by the bodies of dead Russian soldiers at the frontline on a way to Andriivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. The brigade announced Friday they had recaptured the war-ravaged settlement which lies 10 kilometers (6 miles) south of Russian-occupied city of Bakhmut, in the country's embattled east.
AP / Alex Babenko
The fall of an enclave in Azerbaijan stuns the Armenian diaspora, extinguishing a dream
The News-Gazette
29 Sep 2023
Lebanese Armenians clash with police outside the Azerbaijani embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023.
AP / Hussein Malla
Brazil's President Lula set to undergo hip replacement surgery
The News-Gazette
29 Sep 2023
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a meeting with the executive members of the Workers Party, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018.
AP / Andre Penner
Pakistan floods litmus test for climate justice: Guterres
Dawn
29 Sep 2023
Drivers push their motorcycle rickshaws through a flooded road caused by heavy rainfall, in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, June 26, 2023.
AP / K.M. Chaudary
Poland says it will uphold its veto on EU migration pact
The Times of India
29 Sep 2023
Members of a group of some 30 migrants seeking asylum look through the railings of a wall that Poland has built on its border with Belarus to stop massive migrant pressure, in Bialowieza, Poland, on Sunday, 28 May 2023.
AP / Agnieszka Sadowska
Xi Jinping’s death wish
New Statesman
29 Sep 2023
File - The President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, speaks during a BRICS forum in Brasilia, Brazil, 13 November, 2019.
Creative Commons / Marcos Corrêa/PR https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
India-Canada standoff: Trudeau wants ‘closer ties’ with India; probe into Nijjar’s killing ‘active and ongoing’
Financial Express
29 Sep 2023
An Indian paramilitary soldier directs vehicles outside the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023.
AP / Altaf Qadri
7 killed, over 25 injured in blast in SW Pakistan
Xinhua
29 Sep 2023
Pakistani security troops stand guard outside the Supreme Court as people gather to pray for victims of a bomb blast Monday in Quetta, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016.
AP / B.K. Bangash
Libya flood deaths expose climate chasm
Business Day
29 Sep 2023
FILE - Divers look for flood victims in the city of Derna, Libya, Sept. 18, 2023. The devastating storm that dumped torrential rains along the Libyan coast this month was up to 50 times more likely to occur and 50% more intense because of human-caused climate change, according to an analysis released Tuesday, Sept. 19.
AP / Yousef Murad, File
Corruption is as American as apple pie
Al Jazeera
28 Sep 2023
Nadine Menendez, leaves federal court with Sen. Bob Menendez, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, in New York. Menendez and his wife pled not guilty to federal charges alleging he used his powerful post to secretly advance Egyptian interests and carry out favors for local businessmen in exchange for bribes of cash and gold bars.
AP / Jeenah Moon
Nagorno-Karabakh to dissolve, ending independence bid
Taipei Times
28 Sep 2023
Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations employees speak with ethnic Armenian elderly woman from Nagorno-Karabakh arrived in Armenia's Goris in Syunik region, Armenia, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. The separatist government of Nagorno-Karabakh announced Thursday that it will dissolve itself and the unrecognized republic will cease to exist by the end of the year, and Armenian officials said more than half of the population has already fled. More than half of the region's population has already fled to Armenia, according to Armenian officials.
AP / Vasily Krestyaninov
Niger junta says a dozen soldiers killed in militant attack
Reuters
29 Sep 2023
Supporters or Niger's ruling junta, accompanied by some security forces, stand guard at a roundabout in Niamey, Niger, early Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023, checking cars for weapons and keeping an eye out for foreign intervention. Nigeriens are bracing for a possible military intervention as time’s run out for its new junta leaders to reinstate the country’s ousted president. Sunday is the final day given by the West Africa regional bloc for mutinous soldiers to release President Mohamed Bazoum who said he’s been taken hostage.
AP / Sam Mednick
Blast hits mosque in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 2nd suicide attack in Pakistan within hours
Hindustan Times
29 Sep 2023
People gather at a hospital, where injured victims of a bomb explosion are brought, in Quetta, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. A powerful bomb exploded at a rally celebrating the birthday of Islam's Prophet Muhammad in southwest Pakistan on Friday, killing multiple people and wounding dozens of others, police and a government official said.
AP / Arshad Butt
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