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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 seeks EU aid for 100,000 refugees
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
Hundreds of children in western Pennsylvania were sexually assaulted by about 50 Roman Catholic priests over four decades while bishops covered up...
China's militarization of South China Sea will have consequences - US
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Tuesday warned China against what he called "aggressive" actions in the South China Sea region, including the...

Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News

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
Singapore's Minister for the Environment and Water Resources will meet officials including Indonesian Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya...

Channel NewsAsia Front Page News

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.

The Sydney Morning Herald articles

Universities, schools, businesses join together to educate 4000 Syrian refugees
As a small child, Tara Al-Faisal witnessed a decapitation. More than 12,000 kilometres away, the Sydney teenager has a very different life now.
Access schemes changing the face of universities
Students from disadvantaged backgrounds perform as well at university as students with higher ATARs and access programs are ensuring they get the...
Victoria University opens door to motivated VCE students
An innovative program designed to encourage disadvantaged students to go on to university offers free tuition in uni subjects, a guaranteed place...

The Sydney Morning Herald articles

Chronic stress spreads cancer, Monash University study finds
Chronic stress accelerates the spread of cancer, Australian researchers have revealed in a study that could dramatically change the way...
Female viagra only adds half of one satisfying sexual encounter a month, study shows
The drug's effects are modest - and not worth the unpleasant side effects.
Most women still experience sexual problems six months after childbirth
Doctors are advised to ask women about sexual problems before they get worse.

The Sydney Morning Herald articles

Twitter launches Moments in Australia to collect tweets around specific events
Twitter has begun rolling out its Moments feature in Australia, offering a new, more curated way to discover trending content and keep tabs on...
A woman's 'mute' tattoo says all you need to know about her disability
A tiny tattoo of a mute button behind a young woman's ear is causing a cacophony online.
I want to be a teenage entrepreneur but the government won't let me
Despite lip service from the Turnbull government and its 'innovation agenda', an untapped cohort in the tech economy is being stifled by regulation.

The Sydney Morning Herald articles

Editorial cartoon
The day's burning issues as seen through the eyes of the Herald's editorial cartoonist.
Safe Schools program: why zealots are trying to drag us back to the dark ages
Ideological crusaders are trying to create a culture of fear around the Safe Schools program and so far, it's working.
Electoral justice, in a manner of speaking
Electoral justice is not necessarily the same thing as democratic justice. For that reason electoral reform linked to a three-week parliamentary...

The Sydney Morning Herald articles

Osama bin Laden feared wife's tooth held a tracking device
American drones were decimating the upper ranks of Al Qaeda, his men were killing suspected spies, and Osama bin Laden wondered: Could an Iranian...
Secret Service probes altercation with photographer at Donald Trump rally
Time magazine photographer thrown to the ground by Secret Service agent as photographer snapped expulsion of protesters.
'I was naked all over the internet': the ordeal of sportscaster Erin Andrews
Erin Andrews wanted to be "the girl next door who loved sports," she said. "And now I'm the girl with a hotel scandal," the Fox sportscaster tearfully...

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Nick O'Leary 2015 Canberra District Riesling ideal for the holiday house
A wine for the holiday house
60 Minutes film crew attacked by a 'group of masked men' in Stockholm
A Channel Nine cameraman and producer were assaulted and injured in Stockholm during the filming of a 60 Minutes story on the European refugee crisis.
Nasdaq 100 has best day in six months
The Nasdaq 100 helped US equities roar into March amid signs that the world's largest economy remains on a firm footing.

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Report: Vermont consumers receive norenewable energy despite industry's growth

Utility Dive

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 ...

Tax credit extensions can impact renewableenergy deployment and electric sector

Phys.Org

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 ...

100% Renewable Energy: Fact Or Fantasy?

CleanTechnica

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 ...

APUA versus renewable energy.

Antigua Observer

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 ...

HUMAN HABITAT

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Department of Ecology employee accused of stealing from celebration fund

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 Idea of India Makes Little Room for ItsEcology

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 ...

Ecology to revise proposed carbon cap rule

Longview Daily News

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 ...

Ecology Wants Comments On Port of Everett Cleanup

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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See Where Access to Clean Water Is Getting Better—and Worse

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 ...

Alarm over lead found in drinking water at US schools

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 ...

Water and Power: Can California save enoughwater?

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 ...

Lead found in water at Morristown Medical Center

NJ.com

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 ...