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Using IBM advanced analytics, water loss is reduced by optimizing the setting of pressure reducing valves based on data from existing sensors as well as other sources.

Greenpeace has launched a campaign to drum up opposition to a tourist project in the northwestern Mexican state of Baja California Sur that opponents say will threaten the nearby Cabo Pulmo marine reserve.

Premature deaths from ground-level ozone: Number of deaths per million inhabitants

Source: OECD (2012), OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050; Baseline, output from IMAGE suite of models. Access to the underlying data in Excel.

Big Sandy coal plant. Expert testimony demonstrates that replacing the Big Sandy coal plant with energy efficiency, renewable energy, and cleaner natural gas generation would be a much better deal for ratepayers.

The "Sacred Cod"

A young mother and with her malnourished child at a screening centre in Gamdji.

A United Nations report launched today spotlights the need to address unequal water access in Europe, stressing that certain populations such as rural communities and marginalized groups are still not getting this vital resource.

Considering electronic waste: the view inside a bustling electronics market in Bangkok, Thailand.

A young resident of Maslakh camp (Afghanistan) takes a drink of water.

The United Nations is stepping up its efforts to provide health, food aid and temporary shelter to those affected by the avalanche that hit the Dispay village in the Badakshan province of northern Afghanistan last week, resulting in the death of 50 people and wounding four others.