2024 Disasters in Numbers
<p>In 2024, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded 393 natural hazard-related disasters. These events caused 16,753 fatalities and affected 167.2 million people. Economic losses totaled US$241.95
United States Of America (US)
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Polluters take a fall
Heavy polluters have to pay heavy fines. Truck manufacturers realise this the hard way
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Fast and fatal
The furious march of the fast food industry
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Regulation bashers
Re-thinking Green, Alternatives to Environmental Bureaucracy
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Shifting sands
MUSHROOMING growth and burgeoning population is slowly eating up the natural Sonoran desert in Arizona; Phoenix, one of the fastest growing metropolitan regions in the US, especially faces the
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In Focus
In another attempt to improve their green image, the Republicans issued a new set of guidelines for their future environmental proposals. Prepared by the 70-member study group set up by Speaker
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IN FOCUS
Environment has once again be come the key word in the American election process. However, unlike last time, when there were two clear stands
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Calling for trouble
Mobile phone industry accrues profits at the cost of public health
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Moneymakers
sparkling green: Now, Americans will be able to wash their dishes clean in a green way, thanks to an eco-friendly dishwasher launched by Bosch-Siemens Hausgerate of Germany. The company will build a
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News snippets
>> US publications like The Washington Post and National Geographic are increasing their offerings of "green' content, hoping to attract readers and advertising revenues from manufacturers and
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US municipalities to abolish rights of corporations
more than 100 municipalities in the us state of Pennsylvania are declaring the environmental regulations of the state and federal governments null and void. They have, in fact, passed ordinances