Environment
Deputy UN chief calls for urgent action to tackle global sanitation crisis
Living amid waste.
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WWF exposes seven sins of dam building
Seven Sins of Dam Building, WWF International. 2013.
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Landmarks across the world go dark to celebrate major environmental outcomes for Earth Hour
Earth Hour UAE 2012
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Judge Upholds Uranium Mining Ban on 1 Million Acres Near Grand Canyon
Uranium mine at the edge of the Grand Canyon.
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Poachers kill at least 89 elephants in Chad
Up to 120 fresh elephant carcasses with their tusks removed were discovered in the northern section of the park. The ivory most likely supplies the Sudanese Ivory markets that service trafficking to Asia.
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China: World Bank to support rooftop solar for schools, low carbon city and key urban infrastructure development
Wednesday the World Bank Board of Directors approved five loans totaling US$620 million to the People’s Republic of China to install rooftop solar for public schools in Beijing, promote a low carbon city in Shanghai, and improve key urban infrastructure and public services in selected cities and towns in the two provinces of Jiangxi and Liaoning.
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Endangered Mussels Win Reprieve But TVA Still Embracing Dangerous Coal Plant
The groups urged TVA to spend the more than $1 billion it will cost to upgrade the Gallatin plant’s pollution equipment on energy efficiency and clean-energy alternatives instead of extending the life of the aging power plant.
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Suit Filed Challenging Montana’s Weak Wildlife Protections on State Trust Lands
Montana’s cold, clean streams contain some of the last prime habitat in the country for the threatened bull trout.
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U.S. Interior Dept. Releases Disappointing Review of Arctic Ocean Drilling Operations
Shell's Noble Discoverer came dangerously close to running aground near Dutch Harbor, AK, in July 2012.
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As New York Considers its Next Move on Fracking, Attention Turns To Industry Infrastructure
Seneca Lake Harbor.
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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