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The Mount Lebanon city of Aley Monday celebrated International Bat Night, a global initiative to spread awareness about the nocturnal animal’s importance in the ecological system. ...more |
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!['Cricket compost box' tackles food problem 'Cricket compost box' tackles food problem](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_eef97f4f-e3de-4e3c-88ec-ca4748b344f5_.jpg) |
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A Canadian university student seems to have come up with a novel way to grow his own food and compost his rubbish at the same time - using crickets. ...more |
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![A mission for remote-controlled bugs A mission for remote-controlled bugs](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_3586856d-3a60-42ca-bdaa-527c303fe288_.jpg) |
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Researchers from North Carolina State University are trying to turn a living moth into a remote-controlled robot, or biobot. ...more |
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![Activist fuels his bike tour with dumpster food to call attention to Food Waste Fiascos Activist fuels his bike tour with dumpster food to call attention to Food Waste Fiascos](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_0e63a358-7dae-4c2e-89a2-18424ee3468a_.jpg) |
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By eating from dumpsters during his cycling tour across America, activist Rob Greenfield is hoping to draw attention to, and find solutions for, food waste. ...more |
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![Mexico investigates huge fish kill in lagoon Mexico investigates huge fish kill in lagoon](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_20f8c65c-9d6d-49c9-bc80-b7420dde38c9_.jpg) |
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Fishermen used shovels, wheel-carts and trucks in western Mexico to pull tons of dead fish out of a lagoon that has been the scene of four fish kills this year. ...more |
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![UAE: A hazard to the environment? UAE: A hazard to the environment?](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_95c6011c-e3a3-4263-88ac-9ab5e1353a6a_.jpg) |
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According to the Global Footprint Network, the UAE consumes 12.3 times its resources. ...more |
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![California passes plastic bag ban, would be first such law in U.S California passes plastic bag ban, would be first such law in U.S](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_d90f14dd-700c-44b9-8458-66ab4ddec228_.jpg) |
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The California state legislature enacted a ban on plastic grocery bags on Friday near the end of its two-year session, a measure that if signed into law would become the first of its kind in America. ...more |
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![Reducing water scarcity Reducing water scarcity](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_94edf840-2e70-499a-87fe-410edfc0b906_.jpg) |
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Water scarcity is not a problem just for the developing world. ...more |
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![Abandoned landfills are a big problem Abandoned landfills are a big problem](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_967a0273-78a5-4bf0-8ef4-531ec33b42d9_.jpg) |
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Abandoned landfill sites throughout the UK routinely leach polluting chemicals into rivers, say scientists. ...more |
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![France underlines commitment to France underlines commitment to](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_8ea6435e-3027-4434-bea0-d5d7935a8c35_.jpg) |
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The French government has stressed it wants to deliver a "legally binding" climate change agreement at the UN's Paris summit in late 2015, arguing that it represents the primary goal of the crucial meeting. ...more |
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