Environment

UN environment chief lauds marine adventurers as they end anti-pollution voyage

The head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Achim Steiner, has congratulated the adventurer David de Rothschild and his crew for completing a voyage across the Pacific Ocean in a boat fashioned from recycled plastic bottles to raise...

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Secretary Chu Announces Closing of $117 Million Loan Guarantee for Kahuku Wind Power Project

Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has finalized a $117 million loan guarantee for Kahuku Wind Power, LLC, the owner and operator of the Kahuku Wind Power project. The project includes the development...

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EGYPT: Growing protests over water shortages

Tens of thousands of people in Egypt - Africa's second most populous country - have taken to the streets in recent months to protest against water shortages, a fact which goes some way to explaining the government's reluctance to relinquish its...

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Scientists Stalk Cemeteries For Signs Of Wildlife

Across the U.S., development and agriculture have fundamentally altered the American landscape.

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