The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday proposed new rules to cut methane emissions by the oil and gas industry, as part of the Obama Administration's commitment to taking action on climate change. The...
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China's Qingdao Maritime Court on Monday ruled that a lawsuit against ConocoPhillips China and China National Offshore Oil for a 2011 oil spill can proceed. The suit was brought by China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation [official...
US President Barack Obama and Brazil President Dilma Rousseff met Tuesday and announced an agreement to address climate change. Both countries pledged to reduce carbon emissions by increasing the use of wind and solar power sources to 20 percent...
Supreme Court rules emissions regulations must consider costs
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Monday that the EPA could not make regulations regarding the toxic emissions of power plants without considering costs. In Michigan v. Environmental Protection Agency ,...
Ireland's abortion law threatens the lives of women who choose to remain in the country, Amnesty International (AI) said on Tuesday. Under the country's abortion law, women are only permitted to undergo abortion proceedings if...
Federal appellate court hears challenge to proposed EPA regulation
A panel of three federal judges for the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia heard arguments on Thursday aiming to block proposed EPA regulations meant to slow climate change. However, the panel abstained making...
Climate change efforts should address human rights, UN council says
The UN Human Rights Council and delegates from Pacific island nations met Friday to discuss the impact of climate change on human rights. Many of the panelists agreed that climate change would impede on the...
UN rights chief urges states to remember human rights in face of extremism
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Thursday urged UN member states to remain focused on human rights in their "struggle against violent extremism." Zeid noted that the world is at...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called for a worldwide end to all forms of human exploitation. The message, released as part of the UN's World Day of Social Justice set for February 20,...
The US Senate on Thursday approved the Keystone XL Pipeline Bill , which proposes development of a 1,179 mile pipeline for the transmission of crude oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. The Republican-led Senate approved the...
