A new study by the United Nations labour agency calls for adopting a "rights-based approach" to provide better protection for the world's 105 million migrant workers, who continue to experience challenges such as low wages and unsafe working conditions.
Migrants in Japan face discrimination, exploitation and other forms of mistreatment, an independent United Nations human rights expert said, urging the Japanese Government to strengthen their protection.
The Department of Environmental Protection today announced that it issued a major permit modification to Lycoming County Resource Management Services that will allow the county municipal waste landfill ...
Dozens of farmers, veterinarians and farm workers have been infected with Rift Valley fever in South Africa, and at least two people have died, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported today.
The United Nations announced today that 75 nations have submitted their pledges to cut or limit emissions of greenhouse gases by 2020, following last year's climate change conference in Copenhagen.
More than 200 small businesses in Pennsylvania will cut nearly $2 million in expenses from their bottom lines each year with the help of Small Business Advantage Grants that Governor Edward G. Rendell ...
The Department of Environmental Protection has assessed a $22,000 penalty against Steckman Ridge LP for two unpermitted oil discharges in August and October 2009 at the Clearville Quarles Compressor Station ...
As of 27 March 2010, the Ministry of Health South Africa has reported 63 human cases infected with Rift Valley Fever (RVF), including two deaths in Free State, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape provinces. Most of these cases reported direct contact with RVFV-infected livestock and or linked to farms…
Back in 1999, I attended a forum called the National Conference for Public Interest Lawyers, which was basically a job fair for new lawyers. I knew I wanted to do environmental work, but I wasn’t quite sure exactly what that would look like or what was available. As I walked to the different…
The United Nations has failed to agree on listing bluefin tuna at the recent meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna [CITES].The decision occurred after Japan, Canada and many poor nations opposed the measure. Stocks of bluefin tuna have fallen…
As awareness of global climate change has expanded over past decades, Congresses and Administrations have committed several billion dollars annually to studying climate change and reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, most notably carbon dioxide. Most of that spending is done by the Department of…