Environment

On Africa Day, Ban urges leveraging continent's potential for the good of all people

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A woman farmer in Ganta, Liberia.

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Conservation Groups Call on Forest Service to Rapidly Ramp Down Old-Growth Logging in the Tongass

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IAEA Team Reviews Safety Progress at French Nuclear Power Plant 19-23 May 2014

An international team of nuclear installation safety experts led by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has evaluated the Gravelines Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in France to assess how the station has followed up on an Operational Safety...

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UK confirms suspension of Cheeki Rafiki search

Despite an extensive search operation co-ordinated by the US Coast Guard, which involved planes from the US, Canada and the UK, as well as US Navy and Coastguard ships, and merchant vessels, the missing sailors have not been located. The US Coast...

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