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2018 Environmental Performance Index: Air quality top public health threat

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São Tomé and Príncipe, Kuwait, and Timor-Leste also increased their ranking due to several factors, including the establishment of areas protecting biodiversity and habitat. Sustainability outcomes among emerging economies remains highly variable.

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Study finds unprecedented urbanization and urban expansion in East-Southeast Asia from 2000 to 2010

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The overall study area covered East-Southeast Asia and included 17 countries: China (including Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR); Taiwan; Japan; Mongolia; North Korea; South Korea; Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand; Timor-Leste; Vietnam.

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Greenius Says No to Offshore Drilling. Mr. President, You Are Following A Failed Strategy & Wasting Time

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In August 2009 a state-of-the-art rig using “new technology&# spilled 2000 barrels of oil a day for 10 weeks into the fragile East Timor Sea. New technologies will prevent oil spills. Try telling the Australians that. Offshore drilling is good for the economy and will create jobs! Our beaches are economic engines.