Environment
New report on efforts to beat plastic pollution
June 5, 2018A new report from UN Environment finds a surging momentum in global efforts to address plastic pollution and offers an approach to rethink how the world produces, uses, and manages single-use plastics.
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Puerto Rico death toll after hurricanes at least 4,645, not 64
May 30, 2018“Nurses on the ground saw that people were dying. Our volunteer RNs came back to the U.S. and said again and again, ‘The people of Puerto Rico are dying. Do something!’ "
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What’s in store for Hawaii landscape after eruptions?
May 29, 2018The landscape of congealed lava, after an eruption, is desolate and surreal, but in its way, also strangely beautiful.
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One third of protected areas highly degraded by humans, study finds
May 22, 2018"The challenge is to improve the management of those protected areas that are most valuable for nature conservation to ensure they safeguard it."
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Hawaii volcano spews huge cloud of ash
May 18, 2018The explosion came shortly after 4 a.m. following two weeks of volcanic activity that sent lava flows into neighborhoods and destroyed at least 26 homes.
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