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Everybody travels and everybody stays at hotels one time or another but travelling comes with a steep carbon as well as water footprint. For example, every day you stay at a hotel, you might burn enough fossil fuels to release more than 33 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Link: Hotel Chains Standardize Carbon Accounting

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Kampala- Scientists, policy makers and other groups working to advance biotechnology science for national development have formed an association to add momentum in their push for the Biotechnology and Biosafety law. Read this article: Scientists join lobby for biotechnology law

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Honey that contains traces of pollen from genetically modified crops needs special authorization before it can be sold, the European Union's top court said Tuesday, in a judgment that could have widespread consequences on the bloc's policy on genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. Original post: EU court puts limits on modified honey

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KATHMANDU, Sep 7, 2011 (IPS) - Learning a lesson from crop failures attributed to climate change, Nepal's women farmers are discarding imported hybrid seeds and husbanding hardier local varieties in cooperative seed banks. Continued here: Nepali Women Sow a Secure Future

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In Howell v. Hamilton Meats & Provisions, Inc., the California Supreme Court upheld a long-standing rule that benefits defendants in personal injury lawsuits, finding that plaintiffs could not seek reimbursement for medical charges that they ultimately did not have to pay. In doing so, the Supreme Court rebuked a finding by the Fourth District Court of Appeal (San...

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When one of your workers takes FMLA medical leave , you may be wondering what your rights are as an employer. Do you have to reinstate the employee? The short answer is: yes and no. While employees are generally allowed to take up to a 12-week leave from work to attend to medical or family issues, some employees...

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Secret NYPD documents reveal that its Demographics Unit engages in extensive unconstitutional racial and religious profiling in violation of the First and Fourth Amendments.

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5 September 2011 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the President of Kiribati, Anote Tong, today stressed that climate change posed the most serious threat to the livelihoods, security and survival of the island nation's residents and the inhabitants of the wider Pacific region, saying the phenomenon was undermining efforts to achieve sustainable development. Read the original here: UN...

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5 September 2011 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the President of Kiribati, Anote Tong, today stressed that climate change posed the most serious threat to the livelihoods, security and survival of the island nation's residents and the inhabitants of the wider Pacific region, saying the phenomenon was undermining efforts to achieve sustainable development. Read this article: UN chief...

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The Philippines has created a protected area to save a species of endangered wild duck, with just 5,000 of the birds remaining, government documents released on Monday said. See the original post: Philippines creates haven for endangered duck