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NANYUKI, Kenya (Reuters) - The death of the world's last male northern white rhinoceros this month led a Kenyan government official to declare anyone caught possessing ivory should be sentenced to life in prison. from Reuters: Environment https://ift.tt/2E99lhc

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to use a Virginia car dealership on Tuesday as the setting to tout its rejection of the Obama administration's landmark vehicle fuel efficiency rules, a move that could put automakers in the middle of a battle between the Trump administration and California. from Reuters: Environment https://ift.tt/2Ij7vfQ

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday dismissed Exxon Mobil Corp's lawsuit seeking to stop New York and Massachusetts from probing whether the oil and gas company covered up its knowledge about climate change and lied to investors and the public about it. from Reuters: Environment https://ift.tt/2uwGG5R

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea President Moon Jae-in said on Friday cooperation with China is needed not only to end tension over North Korea's weapons but also to tackle the problem of air pollution. from Reuters: Environment https://ift.tt/2E5CppR

LONDON (Reuters) - A London court has indicated that it will give the green light to a group lawsuit by around 60,000 English car owners against Volkswagen , Europe's largest carmaker, over the "dieselgate" scandal. from Reuters: Environment https://ift.tt/2GkNtkH

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's city of Handan has ordered steel mills to cut production by around 25 percent as part of new measures to curb pollution from April to mid-November, according to a statement on Friday. from Reuters: Environment https://ift.tt/2GGg5Ir

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A number of protests have broken out in Iran since the beginning of the year over water, a growing political concern due to a drought which residents of parched areas and analysts say has been exacerbated by mismanagement. from Reuters: Environment https://ift.tt/2GzsfmD

MAI MAHIU, Kenya (Reuters) - Eliud Njoroge and his wife were inside their house in Kenya's Rift Valley when a crack appeared in the cement floor and started spreading. from Reuters: Environment https://ift.tt/2J6kUtc

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off the southern coast of Papua New Guinea's New Britain island on Friday, initially triggering a tsunami warning for surrounding coastlines, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. from Reuters: Environment https://ift.tt/2GGAlKc

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland became on Thursday the final EU country to enact a bill ratifying the global agreement intended to provide a legal framework for reducing carbon emissions, which paves the way for the entire European Union to accept the accord as a bloc. from Reuters: Environment https://ift.tt/2GGEgXe

NEOT KEDUMIM, Israel (Reuters) - As the sun beats down on the barren slopes around Jerusalem, a tree of the kind believed to have provided the crown of thorns in Biblical accounts of Jesus Christ's crucifixion stands unaffected, its fruits ample and foliage green. from Reuters: Environment https://ift.tt/2Gzbhor

(Reuters) - U.S. environmental group the League of Conservation Voters on Thursday launched a $2 million campaign to press this year's candidates for state and local office to embrace clean energy, citing a lack of leadership on the issue in Washington. from Reuters: Environment https://ift.tt/2J4lLL1

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The number of pollution sources in China has increased by more than half in eight years, the environment ministry said on Thursday as it embarks on a nationwide survey to determine the damage done by more than 30 years of untrammeled growth. from Reuters: Environment https://ift.tt/2IeJBSZ