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By Haider Rizvi

The Return of Nuclear Power
Faced with the volatility of the world petroleum market, the wealthiest countries, with the United States in the lead, are turning their gaze to nuclear energy. Environmental groups oppose nuclear plants, saying they are unsafe and dangerous to human health and the environment.

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Whaling Puts Japan on the Defensive Yet Again
The annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission once more is provoking debate about the whale meat trade, while hunting of these cetaceans has been sharply restricted by a moratorium since 1986.

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The Sahara Desert seen from a satellite. Photo source: NASA
The Sahara Desert seen from a satellite. Photo source: NASA

Deserts
Deserts evoke images of uninhabited arid lands in which the phenomenon of life seems to be a complicated undertaking. But the truth is that they are ecosystems with their own flora and fauna and cover more than a fifth of the Earth's land surface.

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Turtles are returned to habitat in Venezuela... Preparing a manifesto on environmental ethics for the Rio+10 Summit... A plague attacks Cuba's forests... Open-pit mining to be banned in Costa Rica.

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