Environment

World Bank Approves Funds to Support Togo’s Efforts to Rehabilitate Roads and Drainage Systems Damaged by Flooding

The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved a US$14 million IDA* grant to support the Government of Togo’s efforts to rehabilitate roads, drains and other infrastructure, to scale-up urban services, and strengthen the capacity of...

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New Legislation Subverts Protections from Toxic Coal Ash

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The devastating TVA Kingston Fossil Plant
toxic coal ash spill in 2008.

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Losses from Disasters in East Asia and Pacific Raise Concerns for Poverty Reduction

Rapidly growing cities are becoming increasingly vulnerable to disasters in the East Asia Pacfic region due to poor planning, with economic losses increasing dramatically as the region grows wealthier, says a new World Bank report.

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Japan’s 2011 nuclear disaster ‘unlikely’ to have future health affects, says draft UN report

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A liquid storage tank stands twisted at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

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