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Oil still a problem in the Gulf, scientists warn
August 18, 2010The oil that BP and the government claim is gone from the Gulf of Mexico is actually still there, and threatens the eco-system, two groups of scientists said this week.
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What catastrophe are we waiting for?
August 16, 2010Global climate change is putting humanity's most basic, most elemental needs increasingly at risk.
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UN water vote seen as triumph for Bolivia’s Morales
August 12, 2010Bolivia's president won praise July 28 when the UN General Assembly approved a groundbreaking Bolivian resolution on the right of all human beings to water and sanitation.
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Michigan oil spill company had safety, corrosion problems
August 3, 2010The company that owns a ruptured pipeline that has spilled more than 1 million gallons of oil into Southwest Michigan's Kalamazoo River was cited at least 30 times for safety violations.
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World Notes: Canada, Romania, Mozambique, India, Austria
July 23, 2010The right to clean water, toxic gold mining, biofuel's human toll, measuring India's poverty, good and bad on HIV/AIDS.
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