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The Sickeningly Low Vaccination Rates at Silicon Valley Day Cares

The scientists, technologists, and engineers who populate Silicon Valley and the California Bay Area deserve their reputation as innovators, building entire new economies o...

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Sustainable Development

Globalizing sustainable development

The question of how the world can end extreme poverty and improve human wellbeing will take on new urgency in 2015, as the millennium development goals (MDGs) expire and a ...

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Environment

Saudi Arabia Is Driving Down Oil Prices, and That Might Be Good for the Environment

When it comes to oil, Saudi Arabia has long been king. The desert monarchy sits on the world's largest proven reserves. Though its position as the world's top producer was ...

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Environment

We are the last generation that can fight climate change. We have a duty to act

After a year of global turmoil, the UN and international community must work harder than ever for a sustainable future This year the UN marks its 70th anniversary. Sadly, t...

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Environment

India should take a more proactive role in climate change negotiations: R K Pachauri, IPCC chairman

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chairman RK Pachauri laments that policy directives to implement Narendra Modi's "no-effect" guideline are yet to be prepar...

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Sustainable Development

Women?s empowerment key to ending violence

DOREEN NAWA, Lusaka UNDER the banner “Peace begins at home: End violence, empower women” Gender Links is calling for a radical shift in approaches to ending vio...

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Environment

Climate Change: How To Make Sense of the Lima Talks

World leaders are gathering in Lima, Peru, for the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or UNFCCC. A primary go...

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Hollywood

Idris Elba Partners With African Soccer Stars To Fight Ebola

The CDC Foundation, actor Idris Elba and a global team of African soccer stars, international health and aid organizations today announced the launch of Africa United, a gl...

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Sustainable Development

G20 urges 'strong and effective action' on climate change

The world’s most powerful economies Sunday urged “strong and effective action” on climate change, catapulting the issue onto the final statement of G20 ta...

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Environment

G20 urges 'strong and effective action' on climate change

The world's most powerful economies Sunday urged "strong and effective action" on climate change, catapulting the issue onto the final statement of G20 talks despite pressu...

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