When a hydropower dam in Argentina threatened to wipe out the hooded grebe, a bird found nowhere else on Earth, a local fishing community turned to the law for help.
Environment
Dec 21, 2022
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New research examining the services and benefits of elephants has revealed many values are often overlooked when deciding how they should be protected.
Plants & Animals
Dec 21, 2022
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A team of researchers based at the University of Rhode Island and Binghamton University has launched the world's largest quantitative dataset on global human rights.
Social Sciences
Dec 9, 2022
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In a split moment, violence can change our lives. We could become a target of violence in our home, school, workplace and community. You might be slapped, punched, stabbed or shot, resulting in serious injuries, trauma or ...
Social Sciences
Nov 23, 2022
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The Peruvian mining city of La Oroya, one of the most polluted places in the world, is seeking to reopen a heavy metal smelter that poisoned residents for almost a century.
Environment
Nov 22, 2022
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One of the main advantages of signing a waiver is the finality that it brings to what could potentially be protracted legal proceedings.
Social Sciences
Nov 18, 2022
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For the first time since 1995, when the U.N. started holding its annual climate summits, the United States brought something big to the talks that began Sunday: a series of new laws that could take a big whack at its greenhouse ...
Environment
Nov 9, 2022
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The United Nations' High Level Expert Group (HLEG) has today issued a tough report aimed at preventing net zero being undermined by false claims and "greenwashing" and encouraging climate action, while new data from Oxford's ...
Environment
Nov 9, 2022
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For a man who made a fortune from electric cars, the Twitter takeover has turned into a fairly bumpy ride so far. Soon after buying the social media company for US$44 billion (£38 billion), Elon Musk said he had "no choice" ...
Social Sciences
Nov 8, 2022
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The majority of the 500 largest businesses in the world are neglecting their human rights responsibilities, new international research has found.
Social Sciences
Nov 8, 2022
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