China starts construction of world’s biggest hydropower dam in Tibet
The project on a river that runs through Tibet and India downstream could dwarf the…
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Meteorologists Say the National Weather Service Did Its Job in Texas
“The signal was out there that this is going to be a heavy, significant rainfall…
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UN Drug Office Warns that Global Drug Crisis Will Intensify
Ghada Waly, the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime addresses…
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Family in Pakistan missing after flash flooding
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Brazil’s Most Sustainable Capital Puts Value on its Waste
Community orchard in Ribeirão, a neighbourhood in Florianopolis, the capital of the southern Brazilian state…
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Rising Temperatures, Rising Inequalities: How a New Insurance Protects India’s Poorest Women
Street vendor Deviben Dhaundhaliya waits by her iron-frame mobile ‘shop’ to be shifted to the…
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Despite Strong Commitment, SDGs Progress Alarmingly Off Track 10 Years On—New UN Report Finds
Vast pools of world savings must flow in much larger amounts to where they are…
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Recycled Polyester Saved This American Factory. Environmentalists Hate It
In the bottle processing plant in Reidsville, North Carolina, drifts of plastic particles, like snow…
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Climate and Health: Urgent Need for Adaptation Strategies in Africa
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Where the Thunder Dragon Breathes: Bhutans Bold Bet on Climate, Culture and Contentment
Great Buddha Dordenma, a gigantic Shakyamuni Buddha statue in the mountains of Bhutan. While the…