Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed a decree on Nov. 4 setting economic, socio-environmental and climate criteria for defining and updating the list of substances classed as critical minerals and strategic minerals.
The British government formally adopted a long-term strategy on Nov. 5 aimed at eradicating bovine tuberculosis from England by 2038, with an ambition to deploy cattle vaccination by 2030 and to roll out badger vaccination in priority areas, the government said.
The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) on Oct 27, alleging the agency missed legal deadlines to decide whether to protect a Nevada toad and fish the group says gold mining threatens.
