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U.S. FTC sues Volkswagen over diesel advertising claims

WASHINGTON The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday sued Volkswagen Group of America, saying the U.S. arm of the German automaker falsely advertised more than a half million diesel vehicles as environmentally friendly when it knew they were emitting excess pollution.

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China's polluted Hebei promises clean-up for 2022 Winter Games

BEIJING The top official in China's northern province of Hebei, one of the country's most polluted, has vowed to use the staging of the 2022 Winter Olympics to drive efforts to cut smog, promote clean energy and ease dependence on heavy industry.

Environment, China, Global Energy News 28 Mar 2016

Easter snow helps U.S. firefighters slowly contain prairie wildfire

A wildfire that has scorched hundreds of thousands acres of prairie and ranch land in Kansas and Oklahoma since last week was slowly being contained, authorities said on Sunday, with a rare Easter snowfall providing some help to fire-fighting teams.

U.S., Environment 27 Mar 2016

USGS revises seismic risk map to include quakes caused by humans

HOUSTON Earthquakes caused by human activity will now be included in the U.S. Geological Survey's seismic risk maps, the agency said on Monday after a sharp rise in temblors linked to wastewater disposal wells used by the oil and gas industry in Oklahoma.

Environment, Natural Disasters 28 Mar 2016

GMO labels spread as U.S. congressional effort to halt them fades

LOS ANGELES Even as General Mills Inc and other companies vow to keep fighting mandatory labeling of genetically modified food ingredients, they have begun rolling out these disclosures across the United States to comply a new Vermont law.

28 Mar 2016

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