World Good News
Watch: Harvard And MIT Create EdX To Offer Free University Courses To The World
via Huffington Post |
Wed June 20, 2012 |
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Ten African nations pledge to transform their economies to take nature into accountLast month ten African nations, led by Botswana, pledged to incorporate 'natural capital' into their economies. Natural capital, which seeks to measure the economic worth of the services provided by ecosystems and biodiversity—for example pollination, clean water, and carbon—is a nascent, but growing, method to curtail environmental damage and ensure more sustainable development. |
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Global alliance aims to tackle forest crimeInterpol and the United Nations have joined forces to launch an initiative to tackle global forest crime. |
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Toronto joins growing list of municipalities to ban plastic bagsWhat started off as a debate to get rid of an unpopular five-cent fee for a plastic bag has ended up with the largest outright ban on plastic bags in North America. |
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New Solar Program From SunEdison Aims to Eradicate Darkness in IndiaAs technology improves and concerns continue to rise about energy availability and security, there’s much debate here in the U.S. about what kinds of energy sources governments and utilities should be looking to for future use. |
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After damning research, France proposes banning pesticide linked to bee collapseFollowing research linking neonicotinoid pesticides to the decline in bee populations, France has announced it plans to ban Cruiser OSR, an insecticide produced by Sygenta. |
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Global deforestation alert tool developed from NASA satellite imagery launchesThe global forest disturbance alert system is a new deforestation fighting tool which offers the potential to pinpoint areas that are being deforested on a quarterly basis. |
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A small human rights victory as Egypt’s state of emergency endsIn place for 31 years, a state of emergency that gives broad and unchecked powers to Egypt’s police force will end at the stroke of midnight today. |
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Peru Aims To End Child LabourPresident Ollanta Humala recently promised that he would fight for the complete eradication of child labour. |
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Egyptians vote in landmark presidential election
via BBC |
Wed May 23, 2012 |
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Malawi’s president vows to repeal gay banPresident Joyce Banda declared Friday she wants to repeal Malawi's laws against homosexual acts, going against a trend in Africa in which gays are being increasingly singled out for prosecution. |
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Obama says same-sex couples should be able to marryUS President Barack Obama has ended months of hedging on the issue of gay marriage by saying he thinks same-sex couples should be able to wed. He has become the first sitting US president to back gay marriage. |
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South Korea adopts greenhouse gas regulationsBuilding on an ambitious effort to scale up green investments and reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, South Korea this week became the first Asian nation to formally adopt a cap-and-trade programme for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. |
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California public to vote on GMO Label Act after 1 million signatures
via Digital Journal |
Fri May 04, 2012 |
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Human rights news
- New Zealand legalises same-sex marriage
- Victories for Marriage Equality and First Openly Gay U.S. Senator
- Hurdle cleared on total ban on child labour in India
- Myanmar government abolishes direct media censorship
- Human Rights Court Rules in Favor of Community Over Ecuadorian Government
- A sporting victory for equal rights
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