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$750 million facility to protect Texas cattle, wildlife from screwworm threat
The Center Square
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August 18, 2025
(The Center Square) – Responding to calls by state lawmakers and the agricultural industry for immediate action to be taken to protect cattle and wildlife from a parasitic fly, the Trump administration is investing $750 million to build the first...
Panama Canal celebrates 111th birthday with sustainability momentum
Offshore Energy
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August 18, 2025
On August 15, 2025, the Panama Canal, an artificial waterway connecting the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean, marked 111 years of operations, renewing its commitment to a sustainable future. Image Courtesy: Panama Canal Authority Since the...
Panama Canal Celebrates 111 Years
Hellenic Shipping News
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August 17, 2025
The Panama Canal marks 111 years of operations, renewing its commitment to a sustainable future through a water strategy focused on public well-being and an operational vision that enhances the country’s logistical competitiveness. Since the...
US, Panamanian Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians Enhance Panama Canal Safety
Dialogo Americas
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August 18, 2025
U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians and their Panamanian counterparts from the PNP and SENAN conduct limpet mine exercises during Phase I of PANAMAX Alpha 25, July 23, 2025. (Photo: U.S. Navy Petty Officer Second Class Jackson...
SAAM Towage Panama earns recognition from the Ministry of Environment for its environmental management
Hellenic Shipping News
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August 17, 2025
SAAM Towage Panama received three awards through the Ministry of Environment’s Reduce Your Corporate Carbon Footprint program and ranked among the Top 50 on the National Emissions Registry. SAAM Towage Panama earned recognition for: • Inventory+:...
When neutrality becomes complicity in fight against plastic pollution
The Jakarta Post
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or the sixth time, the world has engaged in lengthy discussions about the fate of our planet and efforts to combat plastic pollution. Yet, once again, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) failed to produce progressive policies on...
Global Warming Is Altering Storms Lightning, Impacting Tropical Forests
The Good Men Project - California
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August 15, 2025
By Sean Mowbray As climate change escalates, intense storms are becoming more common in the tropics and elsewhere, resulting in a variety of forest impacts. Those effects are generating concern among researchers over potentially diminished carbon...
Cobre Panama: Where $300M in Equipment Waits – and Rusts
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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August 16, 2025
Over $300 million in copper and mining equipment sits idle at Cobre Panamá amid ongoing shutdown. Site maintenance costs estimated at $13 million per month, much of it to preserve stranded machinery. OEMs and suppliers exposed to asset...
UN Security Council Confronts South Sudan’s ‘Compounding Crises’
Inter Press Service
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August 18, 2025
Africa, Aid, Armed Conflicts, Climate Change, Development & Aid, Featured, Gender, Gender Violence, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Security...
Climate change-driven heat extremes are driving ‘staggering’ decline in tropical birds, study warns
Euronews
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August 13, 2025
Published on 13/08/2025 - 14:37 GMT+2 Extreme heat driven by climate change has caused tropical bird populations to decline by up to 38 per cent since the 1950s, scientists have warned. A first-of-its-kind analysis published in the journal Nature...
Tough US stance casts gloom over plastics pollution deal
Gulf Times
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August 16, 2025
The collapse yesterday of a sixth round of UN talks aimed at curbing plastic output has dimmed hopes of tackling a key source of pollution and left many advocates of restrictions pessimistic about a global deal during the Trump administration. A...
Tough US stance casts gloom over plastics pollution deal after Geneva flop
The Straits Times
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August 15, 2025
GENEVA – The collapse on Aug 15 of a sixth round of UN talks aimed at curbing plastic output has dimmed hopes of tackling a key source of pollution and left many advocates of restrictions pessimistic about a global deal during the Trump...
UN plastics pollution deal a flop, some blame USA
RNZ
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August 15, 2025
By Olivia Le Poidevin and Emma Farge, for Reuters A boy walks past an artwork by Canadian artist and activist Benjamin Von Wong titled "The Thinker's Burden" a 6m sculptural remix of Rodin's iconic Thinker, created for the Plastics Treaty...
A treaty to end plastic pollution is still out of reach — that’s not necessarily a bad thing
The Verge
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August 15, 2025
The nations of the world have been on the precipice of reaching a global agreement to curb plastic pollution for a few years now. Delegates from 184 governments met in Geneva this month to try to hammer out a final treaty, but in the end, they...
Panama pledges no tolerance for criminals taking advantage of its maritime registry
MENAFN
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August 14, 2025
(MENAFN) Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino declared on Monday that the country will not permit criminal networks to exploit its ship registry or maritime routes, promising stronger measures to safeguard global trade and protect marine resources....
US stance clouds plastics pollution deal after Geneva flop
BDNews24
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The collapse on Friday of a sixth round of UN talks aimed at curbing plastic output has dimmed hopes of tackling a key source of pollution and left many advocates of restrictions pessimistic about a global deal during the Trump administration. A...
Plastic Pollution Talks in Geneva End Without Treaty
Inside Climate News
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August 15, 2025
GENEVA—Global talks on curbing dangerous plastics pollution ended early Friday without agreement on a comprehensive treaty. Divisions over whether to mandate enforceable limits on plastic production were too deep to bridge. “I believe that...
UN plastic pollution talks end in ‘abject failure’ as negotiators reject draft treaties
The Independent
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August 15, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
USDA announces new steps to stop screwworm in Texas
Times Record News - Texas
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McALLEN — The federal government is ramping up efforts in Texas to combat the spread of New World Screwworm, a pest that could devastate the cattle and wildlife industries in Texas and the nation. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a...
Analysis-Tough US stance casts gloom over plastics pollution deal after Geneva flop
The Gazette - Colorado
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By Olivia Le Poidevin and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The collapse on Friday of a sixth round of U.N. talks aimed at curbing plastic output has dimmed hopes of tackling a key source of pollution and left many advocates of restrictions pessimistic...