Environment
Obama Administration Delay Leaves Waters of the United States in Peril
Feb. 21, 2013, 59% of our streams and millions of acres of wetlands are still unprotected, subject to unrestrained pollution.
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All eyes on countries fuelling illegal ivory trade
Thailand must ban ivory trade or should face international trade sanctions.
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EPA Illegally Waives Pollution Fees For Industrial Polluters in Southern California
Los Angeles was one of two regions that failed to meet the 2010 deadline and was designated as an “extreme ozone nonattainment area.”
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After China's Cleanup, Water Still Unfit to Drink
China aims to spend $850 billion to improve filthy water supplies over the next decade, but even such huge outlays may do little to reverse damage caused by decades of pollution and overuse in Beijing's push for rapid economic growth.
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FEATURE: Quinoa Year aims to ease food insecurity and transform the global diet
Quinoa farmed on the Bolivian antiplano ranges in colour from white to pink to orange.
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US agribusiness could carve ten Manhattans out of African forest: Greenpeace
“The Herakles Farms project can be seen as part of a wider land grab in Africa. The company sees only the opportunity to make money, ignoring the fact it will destroy a rainforest area of great biodiversity and the livelihoods of local people who farm it,” said Rolf Skar, Forest Campaign Director with Greenpeace USA.
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Citing sea ice melt, UN urges stronger measures to protect fragile Arctic environment
The impact of climate change on icebergs and glaciers.
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Fukushima suffering continues, but nuclear regulations make the public pay
A new Greenpeace International report, Fukushima Fallout: Nuclear business makes people pay and suffer, details how the serious flaws in nuclear regulations worldwide leave the public, not nuclear plant operators or suppliers of key equipment, to pay for the vast majority of the costs in the event of a nuclear accident. The report was released at a news conference in Tokyo today.
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UNICEF seeks nearly US$7 million for tens of thousands of flood victims in Mozambique
UNICEF is seeking US$6.8 million to meet the needs of tens of thousands of children and women affected by severe flooding of the Limpopo River in Mozambique.
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U.S. Groups React to New Mexico Power Plant Agreement
San Juan Generating Station, with the San Juan Coal Mine to the left.
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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