Issues & Trends
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| Developing countries face higher risks from mercury: UN AFP - Communities in developing countries are facing increased health and environmental risks linked to mercury exposure, the United Nations Environment Programme said Thursday.
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| Women in India, other developing countries lag in Internet use - Intel report (Reuters) - More needs to be done to boost women's and girl's lagging online access, tech giant Intel Corp (INTC.O) said in a report to be released later on Thursday that calls for doubling the number of female Internet users in developing nations over the nex |
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| Hobbled on Energy, India Ponders a Multitude of Dams As we noted here last week, over 600 million people lost power in India last summer, setting a modern record for the number of people affected by a blackout. |
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| The World’s Worst War 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. |
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| Energy production threatens to strain nation’s water supply
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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| New UN atlas links climate change, health 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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| Freshwater Fish Are Dying at Alarming Rates Nov 9 , 2012 North American freshwater fishes are going extinct at rates that concern scientists
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| In a world hungry for biofuels, food security must come first July 22 , 2012 Growing crops for food and fuel together can work but farmers and policymakers must prioritise hungry people and think local
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| Arctic expert predicts final collapse of sea ice within four years Sep 17 , 2012 As sea ice shrinks to record lows, Prof Peter Wadhams warns a 'global disaster' is now unfolding in northern latitudes
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