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Panama: Anti-Mining Protest Turns Deadly

Protests by Ngöbe-Buglé community members against large-scale mining and hydroelectric projects on their native lands were met Feb. 5 by

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Nicaragua-Honduras: Re-Greening The Border

By José Adán Silva Ignacia Matute looks back nostalgically on the days when the hills around her home in northwestern

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Green Economy Takes Beating At Civil Society Forum

By Clarinha Glock Voices of opposition to the concept of “green capitalism” as a means of salvation for the environment

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Only Civil Society Can Save Rio+20, Say Activists

By Mario Osava Large-scale social mobilization, including street protests and parallel activities, is the only thing can save the United

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Facing Peak Oil And Peak Gas: In Search Of Least Evil – OpEd

By Risto Isomaki The U.S. oil geologist Marion King Hubbert predicted, already in 1956, that the global production of oil

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Montevideo Tackles Gas Emissions Drom Solid Waste

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By Inés Acosta The government of the Uruguayan capital plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the solid waste produced

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Responsible Tourism At The ‘End Of The World’

By Marcela Valente An innovative responsible tourism initiative in the Beagle Channel – a narrow strait linking the Atlantic and

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Local Biogas Initiatives Open Virtuous Circle

By Marcela Valente A growing number of municipalities in Argentina are joining a movement aimed at tackling the problem of

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No Time Left To Adapt To Melting Glaciers

By Stephen Leahy The water supplied by the glaciers of the Cordillera Blanca, vital to a huge region of northwest

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Mexico Ignores Warnings About Bisphenol A

BPA is an organic compound in polycarbonate plastics used to produce baby bottles, water bottles, can linings, sports equipment, dental

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