Environment
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Panama becomes first Central American nation to ban plastic bags
The isthmus nation of roughly 4 million people joined more than 60 other countries that have totally or partially banned…
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“Everyone is happy today”: Japanese people celebrate the first whaling of the season
In Minamiboso, a town near Tokyo, whaling is a tradition that has been practiced for generations
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Planning a BBQ? Not if you want to save the planet
If the biggest beef and lamb consumers reduced their weekly intake to 1.5 burgers by 2050, it could cut greenhouse…
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How lithium-rich Chile botched a plan to attract battery makers
In March 2018, the Chilean government unveiled big news: Corporate investors, including South Korean electronics giant Samsung, would build three…
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High and dry: Alpine resorts grapple with climate change
The consequences of climate change will be felt across the travel and tourism sector over the coming decades
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Ecuadorian tribe wins legal battle over the Province of the Amazon
The decision ends the years-long legal battle over the land
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Making waves: Female round-the-world crew to fight ocean plastic
The two-year all-female voyage will collect samples from some of the planet's most important and diverse marine environments to build…
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Drip irrigation, sun and solar do ‘God’s work’ and a Colombian desert blooms
The project is part of U.N. efforts to support communities in Colombia which, beyond the entrenched poverty, are hosting and…
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Brazil court convicts miner Vale for damages caused by deadly dam rupture
The 11 billion reais ($2.89 billion dollars) in Vale assets already frozen by courts will remain blocked
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Civil disobedience rings climate-change alarm bell ‘a little louder’
Lawyer Farhana Yamin glued herself to the door of oil company Shell's headquarters in London as a protest
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