Maritime claims in the South China Sea (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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The South China Sea coast at Hainan. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Map of the South China Sea (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Greece has asked the EU for nearly half a billion euros in emergency funds to help shelter 100,000 refugees, the government said Tuesday, warning that...Pennsylvania grand jury finds widespread sex abuse by priests
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U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Tuesday warned China against what he called "aggressive" actions in the South China Sea region, including the...
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Gunman wounds Saudi preacher in Philippines
An influential Saudi Arabian preacher was shot and wounded in a southern Philippine city on Tuesday, police said, adding security forces killed the...UN Security Council postpones North Korea sanctions vote
The UN Security Council has pushed back to Wednesday a vote on imposing a new raft of sanctions on North Korea, following a request from Russia,...Masagos Zulkifli to visit Indonesia on Wednesday
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Osama left millions for terrorism in handwritten will: Report
Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had millions of dollars stashed in Sudan and wanted most of it to be used to fund terrorism, according to a...US FDA steps in to cut Zika transmission risk through surgeries
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued new recommendations to reduce the risk of potential transmission of the mosquito-borne Zika virus from...Football: Suarez's sale gives Liverpool £60m profit
Liverpool made a pre-tax profit of £60 million in 2014-15, the club announced on Tuesday, thanks largely to the sale of Luis Suarez to Barcelona.
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Universities, schools, businesses join together to educate 4000 Syrian refugees
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Twitter launches Moments in Australia to collect tweets around specific events
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A new report from the Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vermont Law School shows that Vermont residents are using norenewable energy, despite growth the state's solar industry, because its renewable energy certificate program encourages ...
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The Energy Department's NationalRenewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today released new analysis exploring the potential impact of recently extended federal tax credits on the deployment of renewablegeneration technologies and related U.S. electric ...
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John Farrell directs the Democratic Energy program at ILSR and he focuses on energy policy developments that best expand the benefits of local ownership and dispersed generation of renewable energy. His seminal paper, Democratizing the Electricity ...
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For those who are unfamiliar, the policy changed from “net metering” whereby a homeowner or business would net their consumption against their renewable energy production. In simplistic terms: produce 100 units of energy and use 100 units and your ...
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The Olympian
An environmental specialist with the state Department of Ecology is accused of stealing nearly $17,000 from an employee celebration fund. Mary N. Lynum, 48, was arrested Feb. 10 and charged with first-degree theft. The Spanaway woman has no prior ...
The Wire
An ecological perspective interrogates dominant views of nationalism and allows us to approach the question with greater nuance and sensitivity. A couple of years ago, I went to the Sunderbans – the vast deltaic ecosystem straddling eastern India and ...
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The state Department of Ecology is delaying a new carbon cap by a few months, after interested parties raised questions about its impact. The agency announced Friday that it withdrew its draft Clean Air Rule and will release an updated version in the ...
My Everett News
The Washington State Department ofEcology is looking for comments before it approves a plan to take contaminated soil and wood products out of the water in front of the old Weyerhaeuser Mill A site at the Port of Everett. Here's a notice issued today ...
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National Geographic
There's been a steady drop in the number of people without access to water over the last 25 years, from about one in three to one in 25. But break out the data by country, and you can see that Eastern Asia's progress is mostly China's progress—the ...
The Guardian
Seven drinking water outlets in Binghamton's public schools had tested too high for lead, the letter stated. The tests had been performed several years ago, but the district took action only last month, when problematic sinks or fountains were shut ...
Los Angeles Times
Conservation goals: Californians cut theirwater usage 17.1% in January. There's one month left under Gov. Jerry Brown's emergency order to save water, and it's unclear whether the state will meet his goal of an overall 25% drop in use. “The ...
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MORRISTOWN — Water testing at Morristown Medical Center last week revealed the presence of lead in the water, a hospital spokeswoman confirmed. Lead was only found in the water at the 100 Madison Avenue location, and, since Thursday, hospital staff ...
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