Environment

Indonesian President Returns to Disaster Scene as Death Toll Tops 1,400

Emergency supplies are slowly trickling in to the central Indonesian island of Sulawesi, which was devastated Friday by an earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 1,400 people.

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$15 million for Indonesia’s efforts to support earthquake and tsunami victims in Sulawesi

Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mark Lowcock, on October 2, announced an allocation of $15 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to bolster relief assistance for people affected by...

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Sulawesi Quake and Tsunami: Urgent Need to Identify Children who are Lost, Shocked and Alone Six Days after Tsunami

Children who lost or were separated from their families during Friday’s devastating earthquake and tsunami urgently need to be identified and reunited with surviving relatives, warns Save the Children.

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Right-Wing Political Operative With Ties To Koch Network Nominated For Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

The Trump administration announced its intent to appoint Bernard McNamee, a Republican political operative with a history of unrelenting support for dirty energy interests to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), on October 3. As Executive...

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