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The International Seabed Authority’s war with itself
For the last three decades, the United Nations-affiliated body called the International Seabed Authority, or ISA, has been working in relative obscurity on negotiating the regulations that will govern a field of enterprise that...
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Sacred Groves of India: Where Forest Meets Faith
Author – Kavita Bhardwaj Across India’s diverse landscapes, sacred groves — locally known as orans, devban, kaadu, sarna, and by many other names — have stood as silent sentinels of biodiversity and cultural heritage....
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Early signals for change as countries show willingness to rewrite unjust tax rules
New York, United States, In an encouraging start for global tax reform, countries showed readiness to engage and negotiate as the first and second sessions of the International Negotiating Committee on the UN Tax...
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‘Consensus kills ambition’: UN plastics treaty talks end without an agreement
Diplomats from around the world concluded nine days of talks in Geneva — plus a marathon overnight session that lasted into the early hours of Friday — with no agreement on a global plastics...
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Factory farms don’t just stink — they make it harder to breathe, too
New research out this week underscores what many environmental justice advocates in the U.S. have long argued: Animal feeding operations — another term for factory farming — pollute the air, and these environmental impacts are...
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Earth911 Inspiration: Public Lands Are Our Public Commons
Author and poet Terry Tempest Williams urged the nation to recognize the value of public lands to our health and spirit. Writing in The New York Times about the missplaced idea of selling off...
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