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Companies ‘disregard responsibility’ over conflict minerals: Report

Mongabay.com 23 Oct 2019

Obama creates two new national monuments, protecting 1.65 million acres

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Dec 2016

China and U.S. commit to end ivory trade

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Sep 2015

Experts question White House claim that new free trade agreements have strong environmental protections

Mike Gaworecki 11 Jun 2015

U.S. gov’t gives conditional approval for offshore Arctic drilling

Morgan Erickson-Davis 15 May 2015

Judge protects Midwest wolves after 1,599 killed in three years

Jeremy Hance 6 Jan 2015

Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2014

Rhett A. Butler 23 Dec 2014

U.S should sanction Mozambique for its role in elephant, rhino poaching, urges NGOs

Jeremy Hance 3 Jul 2014

Bigger than Mexico? Obama announces major expansion of Pacific protected area

Jeremy Hance 18 Jun 2014

Turning point? U.S. and China announce major actions on global warming

Jeremy Hance 3 Jun 2014

Obama announces new strategy to tackle wildlife trafficking, including toughening ivory ban

Jeremy Hance 12 Feb 2014

Over 2,500 wolves killed in U.S.’s lower 48 since 2011

Jeremy Hance 28 Jan 2014

Environmental groups: top secret Pacific trade agreement to sacrifice wildlife, environment

Jeremy Hance 16 Jan 2014

U.S. to crush its six ton ivory stockpile

Jeremy Hance 10 Sep 2013

Obama to take on elephant and rhino poaching in Africa

Suzanne Goldenberg 3 Jul 2013

After long wait, Obama lays out fight against climate change

Jeremy Hance 25 Jun 2013

Canadian government drops over $16 million on advertising its tar sands

Suzanne Goldenberg 16 May 2013

Uranium mine at edge of Grand Canyon National Park approved

Leslie Macmillan 8 May 2013

Obama Administration to propose stripping protection from all gray wolves

Jeremy Hance 29 Apr 2013

Shell suspends Arctic oil drilling for the year

Jeremy Hance 27 Feb 2013

Over 35,000 march on Washington demanding climate action and rejection of Canada’s ‘carbon bomb’

Jeremy Hance 18 Feb 2013

Obama connects climate science and policy in State of the Union

Jeremy Hance 13 Feb 2013

U.S. proposes to list wolverine under Endangered Species Act

Jeremy Hance 5 Feb 2013

Obama: ‘We will respond to the threat of climate change’

Jeremy Hance 21 Jan 2013

Climate change already pummeling U.S. according to government report

Jeremy Hance 14 Jan 2013

NGOs call on Obama Administration to suspend Arctic oil drilling after series of blunders

Jeremy Hance 10 Jan 2013

Arctic oil rig runs aground

Jeremy Hance 2 Jan 2013

Climate Summit in Doha characterized by lack of ambition

Analysis Jeremy Hance 9 Dec 2012

Hopes pinned on Obama again as Doha Climate Summit opens

Jeremy Hance 26 Nov 2012

BP fined $4.5 billion for Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but company may spend more buying its own stocks

Jeremy Hance 19 Nov 2012

Obama criticized for lack of urgency on climate change

Jeremy Hance 15 Nov 2012

Obama breaks climate silence at press conference

Jeremy Hance 14 Nov 2012

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