Environment

Researchers: Africa Genetically Modified Crops Held Back by Scaremongering

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World Bank to Help Fund Climate Change Adaptation in Bolivia

Nearly 1.7 million Bolivians inhabiting a territory of approximately 24,000 sq. km (9,266 sq. mi) in the Mizque, Rocha and Pirai sub-basins of the Rio Grande Basin in Cochabamba and Santa Cruz departments will benefit from a US$36 million loan and US$...

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Obama Administration Proposal Allows Dangerous Oil Trains to Keep Rolling

In response to the explosion in the number of derailments of oil-carrying tank cars in the past two years, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) proposed upgraded safety standards for tank cars, but it would allow old tank cars, which are prone...

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Commission energy efficiency plan a gift to oligarchs

Commenting on the plan, Greenpeace EU energy policy adviser Frederic Thoma said: “In its dying days, the outgoing Commission has tabled another gutless plan on energy that is a gift to the oligarchs of this world. An ambitious efficiency target would...

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