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Urbanization - Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2011 - 2 views

www.unescap.org/...Urbanization.asp

Sustainability urbanization

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    Urbanization, People, Demographic trends, statistical yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2011, population, environment economy, connectivity, Asia-Pacific region
Andrew Thompson

World Bank data on countries - 1 views

data.worldbank.org/country

Sustainability Environment population reference

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    Another reference point as you research your country!
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The World Factbook - 7 views

www.cia.gov/...the-world-factbook

Sustainability population urbanization reference

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    The World Factbook, produced for US policymakers and coordinated throughout the US Intelligence Community, marshals facts on every country, dependency, and geographic entity in the world. We share this information with the people of all nations in the belief that knowledge of the truth underpins the functioning of free societies.
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Knoema -- great research tool! - 7 views

knoema.com

Sustainability population Environment reference

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    Check this out -- awesome research tool!
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Orange County offers model for places without enough water - 0 views

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Sustainability water Environment

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    FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - Orange County's natural water supplies come from just three sources: limited rain, a single unreliable river and aquifers. But those are nowhere near enough to support the lawn-and-pool lifestyle that helped the home of Disneyland grow from 700,000 residents in 1960 to about 3.1 million today.
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'Underground railroad' assists Iraqi refugees in San Diego - 0 views

bigstory.ap.org/ca569448da47af8745895e10ab212c

Sustainability current events refugees

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    SAN DIEGO (AP) - A Southern California nonprofit is running an "underground railroad" to assist Chaldean Catholics fleeing the turmoil in Iraq. Thirty-two year old Mark Arabo tells The San Diego Union-Tribune (http://bit.ly/1hRZj99 ) that he founded the Minority Humanitarian Foundation out of impatience with Washington's inability to deal with the crisis created by Islamic State militants.
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As seas rise, saltwater plants offer hope farms will survive - 0 views

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Sustainability food

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    VEDARANYAM, India (AP) - On a sun-scorched wasteland near India's southern tip, an unlikely garden filled with spiky shrubs and spindly greens is growing, seemingly against all odds. The plants are living on saltwater, coping with drought and possibly offering viable farming alternatives for a future in which rising seas have inundated countless coastal farmlands.
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How California Is Winning the Drought - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...ia-is-winning-the-drought.html

Sustainability Environment water current events

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    FOR California, there hasn't ever been a summer quite like the summer of 2015. The state and its 39 million residents are about to enter the fifth year of a drought. It has been the driest four-year period in California history - and the hottest, too.
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Lobster population is shifting north; ocean warming blamed - 0 views

www.boston.com/...story.html

Sustainability Environment food biodiversity

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    PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The lobster population has crashed to the lowest levels on record in southern New England while climbing to heights never before seen in the cold waters off Maine and other northern reaches - a geographic shift that scientists attribute in large part to the warming of the ocean.
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National challenge of leaking mines dwarfs Colorado spill - 0 views

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Sustainability Energy Environment

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    SILVERTON, Colorado (AP) - It will take many years and many millions of dollars simply to manage and not even remove the toxic wastewater from an abandoned mine that unleashed a 100-mile-long torrent of heavy metals into Western rivers and has likely reached Lake Powell, experts said Thursday.
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There's no cod from Cape Cod in local markets - 0 views

www.wcvb.com/...34373126

Sustainability Environment food

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    Step out of the hot, sunny day into the cool, fresh-smelling interior of Mac's Seafood in Eastham and you'll find a showcase full of glistening fish and shellfish nestled in a thick bed of ice chips.
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25 years later, Seabrook remains pivotal in nuclear debate - 0 views

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Sustainability Energy

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    The Seabrook Station nuclear power plant was conceived during the turbulent 1970s and was under construction when accidents at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl stoked fears of a global nuclear calamity.
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The Red Area Of This Map Represents Where 5% Of The World\'s Entire Population Lives - 0 views

www.iflscience.com/...ts-10-worlds-entire-population

sustainability population

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    The image above shows where 10% of the world's population inhabit; 5% are in the blue area, 5% are in the red area and the remaining 90% are in the white area. There are high concentrations in the Northern Hemisphere, while in the Southern Hemisphere, the entire middle of South America and Australia are completely covered in blue.
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Does this year's cold and snow mean the climate is or isn't changing? - 0 views

www.boston.com/..._this_years_cold_and_snow.html

Sustainability environment

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    Another very wintry week is underway for much of the eastern 2/3rds of the United States with the arctic cold pushing its way south through the heart of America and down the Gulf Coast. There are winter storm warnings from Louisiana to North Carolina and a major snowstorm is looking increasingly likely for areas that can go years without seeing a flake.
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Fuel Efficient Vehicle Tax Incentives Information Center - 0 views

www.fueleconomy.gov/...taxcenter.shtml

Sustainability environment energy

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    Find out how you can save money through Federal tax incentives on your purchase of a new hybrid, lean-burn, alternative fuel, and electric vehicles!
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Obama Administration Wants to Speed Up Hydrogen-Powered Vehicles - 1 views

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Sustainability environment energy

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    The "hydrogen economy" just got a nice push from the Obama administration, which is now partnering with the private sector to facilitate a fresh wave of fuel cells that can be used to power the transportation sector.
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Bloomberg Gas Price Ranking - 1 views

www.bloomberg.com/...20133:China:USD:g

Sustainability environment energy

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    Very cool comparison of gas costs around the world, including versus salaries.
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NPR: Where in the world is the best place for healthy eating? - 1 views

www.npr.org/...-best-place-for-healthy-eating

Sustainability food

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    Where would you guess the US is...?
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