Environment

First Energy Efficient Kindergartens Open in Aktau

Three energy efficient kindergartens were opened in Aktau city providing 1500 students and staff with improved heating, water supply and lighting, on July 26th. Representatives of the World Bank, Swiss Embassy in Kazakhstan and the Ministry of...

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Lao PDR to Improve Water Resources Management

The Ministry of Finance and the World Bank signed an agreement for financing support of $25 million of additional funding for the Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management (MIWRM) Project, on July 26th. This additional support will continue to...

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Bill To Ban Chlorpyrifos Unveiled in Senate

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Chlorpyrifos is acutely toxic and associated with neurodevelopmental...

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Trump Administration Proposes To Repeal Fracking Protections

Three days before oral arguments are scheduled in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals on Bureau of Land Management safety measures to regulate fracking operations on public lands, the U.S. Department of Interior is moving ahead with its plan to rescind...

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