Environment
Overdue Standards Better Protect People from Human Pesticide Tests
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today strengthened federal standards to make it harder for the chemical industry to use people as test subjects in pesticide research that is sent to EPA to help set health protection standards.
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Scientists Explore How Zinc Fights Off Infection
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Blizzard Shuts Down US Northeast
The northeastern U.S., including the cities of New York and Boston, is all but shut down as a ferocious blizzard blankets the region.
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Earthjustice Files Lawsuit To Stop Further Pollution in the Everglades
The Everglades. For decades, polluted stormwater from huge sugar and vegetable operations has fueled nuisance vegetation growth.
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U. S. House Representatives Introduce Bill To Protect Public Health in Appalachia
In mountaintop removal mining, explosives are used to blast apart mountaintops and extract coal, and the remaining rubble and waste is dumped into the streams and valleys below.
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Star Lawless slams oil giant Shell outside court
Film and TV star Lucy Lawless and seven activists were today convicted and sentenced to 120 hours community service each for attempting to stop an Arctic-bound oil drilling ship last year.
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Poachers kill over 11,000 elephants in Gabon
Over 10,000 elephants like this one have been killed by poachers in Gabon since 2004.
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Japan utilities at risk unless they adapt to changed market forces - Greenpeace
The report 'Beyond Nuclear: The triple challenge facing Japanese utilities', identifies three main issues the industry faces: a new wave of market deregulation, the devaluation of nuclear assets and breakthroughs in the deployment of renewables — and recommends changes that could boost the fortunes of Japan's utilities.
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Stop bankrupting our oceans: citizens, fishermen and industry call on Europe to make the right decision for the future of fish
Spanish MEP Raul Romeva, Mauricio, artisanal fisherman from MedArtNet and WWF`s Raul Garcia choose more fish!
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Major breakthrough in protection for Indonesia’s remaining rainforests
APP, one of the world’s largest producers of paper and packaging, has published a new ‘Forest Conservation Policy’ which, if implemented, could spell the end of its long and controversial history of rainforest destruction.
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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