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Environment

Why The Paris Climate Talks Won’t Be Another Copenhagen

The much-hyped 2009 Copenhagen climate summit yielded only a flimsy accord. But, Sydney University professor Nick Rowley writes that the 2015 Paris climate talks are not li...

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Sustainable Development

What Is The US Government Doing To Prevent The Next Oil Pipeline Disaster?

Spring has finally arrived in Michigan, which for many of us means renewed hope that Enbridge, the company responsible for spilling more than 1 million gallons of tar sands...

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Good Riddance, Carrie Mathison

WASHINGTON — THE co-creator of “Homeland” on Showtime revealed recently that when the new season starts, Claire Danes’s Carrie Mathison will no long...

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Health

Fighting TB With A Drive-In Film And Test

Some lives hang on the distance of dusty roads, with a cure out of reach. Take tuberculosis, an ancient disease that still kills about 4,100 people each day around the worl...

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Sustainable Development

Asia?s Investment Bank: A New Chapter In Sustainable Development

Development banks can help achieve much needed infrastructure development in Asia, but experts from the World Resources Institute caution that development must not come at ...

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Bollywood

5 Bollywood Films That Teach Us Few Things About Women Empowerment

It is sort of fashionable to talk about feminism and women empowerment these days. Everybody seems to have an opinion on how a woman’s life could and should be. Socia...

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Health

Making A Medicine As Easy To Find As A Can Of Coke

Diarrheal disease, which kills a million children younger than 5 each year, has an image problem. It doesn’t raise much alarm in industrialized countries, where it is...

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Health

Health Care And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance

This is a series about solutions, or potential solutions, to real world problems.  It focuses on the line between failure and success, drawing on the stories of people...

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Sustainable Development

The Real Value Of Investing In Sustainability

Marina Bay Sands, which owns Singapore’s largest hotel by number of rooms, has sustainability ingrained in employees since day one. Its efforts at reducing waste and ...

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Environment

Fighting Climate Change Region By Region

Governments should work closely with state and provincial officials to reduce carbon emissions, say the leaders of Quebec, Canada; Basque Country, Spain; and South Australi...

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