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In June, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee called for the cancelation of all Virunga oil permits and appealed to concession holders Total SA and Soco International PLC not to undertake exploration in World Heritage Sites ...more |
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Five LNG carriers of RasGas, a liquefied natural gas producing company in Qatar, have continued to lead in the ‘most environmentally friendly vessels’ category for their contribution in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, ...more |
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As the population grows, so, too, will its hunger for meat. By 2050, meat production will need to surge by 50% to quell demand. The only problem is, producing so much (red) meat is already an environmental nightmare. ...more |
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For some 26 million people around the world who make it their business to produce our coffee, change is impossible to ignore. ...more |
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![China to invest $375 billion on energy conservation China to invest $375 billion on energy conservation](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_44a1288a-eba4-4a6a-8d8c-02e35e78415b_.jpg) |
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China plans to invest 2.3 trillion yuan ($375 billion) in energy saving and emission-reduction projects in the five years through 2015 to clean up its environment. ...more |
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An oil spill that has blackened beaches at a Thai holiday island was having an extreme impact on tourism and could spread to the coast of the mainland and affect the fishing industry, officials and an environmental group said on Tuesday. ...more |
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![UNEP Announces the West Asia first winner of the International Children’s Painting Competition: 9-Year-old Tina Doumit of Lebanon Awarded First Regional Prize UNEP Announces the West Asia first winner of the International Children’s Painting Competition: 9-Year-old Tina Doumit of Lebanon Awarded First Regional Prize](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_8f9eefff-f6de-436c-b582-915e2d539bad_.jpg) |
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The regional shortlist for this year’s Art Competition run by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has been revealed. ...more |
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With a name like 'mussel' one would expect that these bivalves must have one strong muscle to help them attach to rocks in order to prevent the risk of being torn by crashing waves and currents ...more |
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In a study published online Sunday in the journal Nature Geoscience, European researchers report that an underwater quake off Pakistan nearly 70 years ago likely fractured seafloor sediments and created pathways for methane, a potent greenhouse gas, to bubble up from below. ...more |
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![Wolves help preserve berries for imperiled Yellowstone bears Wolves help preserve berries for imperiled Yellowstone bears](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_faef1bbd-d2a7-4d3f-9f83-ac4b06ab1b0f_.jpeg) |
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The return of wolves to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming - USA, may be helping imperiled grizzly bears to survive by keeping elk herds on the move and preventing them from destroying berries that are a staple food for grizzlies, according to a new study. ...more |
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