Environment
Supreme Court Upholds EPA's Authority To Limit Carbon Pollution
Of crucial importance, the Court left undisturbed key Clean Air Act provisions authorizing EPA to issue "performance standards" limiting carbon pollution from sources such as power plants, refineries and cement kilns.
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Groups Challenge Port of Long Beach's Plan To Export Toxic Coal
A rail line runs past shipping containers at the Port of Long Beach.
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Illegal trade puts more World Heritage sites in danger
Hippos in the Rufiji River in the Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania
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EPA and New York State Announce Ban on Dumping Sewage from Boats into Lake Erie
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation declared the New York side of the Lake Erie shore line a “no discharge zone,” which means that boats are completely banned from discharging sewage into the water.
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Santa Maria: Haïti requests UNESCO to send experts to examine shipwreck off its coast
In a letter dated 12 June, Haitian Culture Minister Monique Rocourt asked for the support of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Body of UNESCO’s 2001 Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage, requesting that a mission of experts be sent to the site.
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Four new cultural sites inscribed on World Heritage List
The Grand Canal (China)
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World Heritage List reaches 1000 sites with inscription of Okavango Delta in Botswana
Fontana Fredda winegrowing estate: “Rotonda Mirafiore” - The Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato (Italy)
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Myanmar’s first site inscribed on World Heritage List
National museum & LibraryRitual structure with staircase (Beikthano) - Pyu Ancient Cities (Myanmar)
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Human Rights
Conscience, Hope, and Action: Keys to Global Peace and Sustainability
Ringing FOWPAL’s Peace Bell for the World:Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ Visions and Actions
Protecting the World’s Cultural Diversity for a Sustainable Future
The Peace Bell Resonates at the 27th Eurasian Economic Summit
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020