AFP - Communities in developing countries are facing increased health and environmental risks linked to mercury exposure, the United Nations Environment Programme said Thursday.

JEFFREY GETTLEMAN

LAST month, as I was driving down a backbreaking road between Goma, a provincial capital in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Kibumba, a little market town about 20 miles away, I came upon the body of a Congolese soldier.

Urban Water Use and Reuse Cycle

Zack Colman

Oct 17 , 2012

The federal government must better monitor the nation's water supply as expanded domestic energy production threatens to further strain water resources, warns a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released Tuesday.

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GENEVA — Two U.N. agencies have mapped the intersection of health and climate in an age of global warming, showing that there are spikes in meningitis when dust storms hit and outbreaks of dengue fever when hard rains come.

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Nov 9 ,  2012

North American freshwater fishes are going extinct at rates that concern scientists

Olivier De Schutter

July 22 , 2012

Growing crops for food and fuel together can work but farmers and policymakers must prioritise hungry people and think local

John Vidal

Sep 17 , 2012

As sea ice shrinks to record lows, Prof Peter Wadhams warns a 'global disaster' is now unfolding in northern latitudes

Sybil Bory, a French student, spoke about her experience in the investigation of her project: Best Practices in Energy Efficiency in the top 3 Energy Intensive Industries, at GENI in 2012.

CHERYL COLOPY

Oct 11 , 2012