Tag: united states
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UN Climate Talks: Nations Negotiate Climate Change Deal
RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE — Talks to develop the framework of a global climate change deal—set to be agreed in 2015—started this week at the World Conference Center in Bonn, Germany …
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Industry Pushes for Unsafe Fluoride Levels in Food
FLUORIDE ACTION NETWORK / ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP / BEYOND PESTICIDES — “There is a growing consensus that American children are exposed to too much fluoride, in part because of the use of sulfuryl fluoride …
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Victory: EU Votes to Ban Bee-Killing Pesticides
BEYOND PESTICIDES — A landmark decision by the European Commission yesterday, means that bee-killing, neonicotinoid pesticides will experience a continent-wide ban in Europe …
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National Parks in Peril from Fracking
NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION — As the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) updates rules for oil and gas drilling on federal land …
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Global Report: Wind Power Surges to New Record
United Nations Environment Programme — “Wind power may be variable, but the greatest threat to the continued stable growth of the industry is the variability and unpredictability of the politicians who set the frameworks for the energy sector …