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Chemical spill from a train derailment has led to a potential environmental disaster – and the silence from top US officials is deafening.

Air monitoring continues in East Palestine after the crews released a number of toxic chemicals in what officials called a "controlled explosion" last week.

James Shaw gives furious speech to parliament, linking cyclone to climate change

Washington (AFP) - Some 400 scientists and climate experts expressed support on Monday for a US government proposal to revise a key metric that estimates the damage from carbon dioxide emissions.

The 150-car Norfolk Southern freight train was pulling at least five tanker cars containing vinyl chloride, a colorless but hazardous gas.

Norfolk Southern stock dropped Tuesday as health concerns and lawsuits mount after a NSC train derailed in East Palestine.

Environmentalist alliance says plastic waste from failed supermarket-backed recycling scheme can be safely warehoused until it can be recycled

Lebanon’s Army Commander General Joseph Aoun is opposed to the extension of his mandate, Lebanese political sources told Asharq Al-Awsat. This comes as Parliament is preparing to hold a legislative session to approve the extension of the tenure of the country’s security chiefs, in light of the ongoing failure to…

Former foreign minister, who ran as independent, was backed by groups hostile to talks on island’s reunification

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The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it is awarding $1 billion from the federal Superfund program to clean up 22 toxic waste sites across the country