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Recent Posts

• Historic Global Climate Change Agreement To Go Into Effect in November

  In International / By Evan Vitkovski / 5 October 2016

  

  The United Nations and the White House both announced on Wednesday that the 2015 Paris climate change agreement reached the quota for official enactment. “What once seemed unthinkable, is now unstoppable. Strong international support for […]

   

• India Signs Paris Climate Change Agreement, Joining Emission Giants US, China

  In US News / By Evan Vitkovski / 4 October 2016

  

  India is the world’s third biggest carbon emitting country, and it just became the latest large nation to join the Paris Climate Change Agreement, which calls on countries to “combat climate change and limit global […]

   

• Region Of The Americas Is The First In The World To Have Eliminated Measles

  In International / By Evan Vitkovski / 3 October 2016

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) announced last week that, “The region of the Americas is the first in the world to have eliminated measles, a viral disease that can cause severe health problems.” “This is […]

   

• World’s First Typhoon-Powered Turbine Could Power Japan For 50 Years

  In Luminaries / By Gary Joshua Garrison / 2 October 2016

  

  The world’s first typhoon-powered wind turbine looks to harness the energy of storms in Japan. Designed by Atsushi Shimizu and his company Challenergy, the new turbines look to capitalize on what is typically just destruction: […]

   

• Airlines Commit To UN Climate Change Plan Curbing Carbon Emissions

  In International / By Evan Vitkovski / 28 September 2016

  

  In a show of support for the United Nations proposal to curb climate change, 60 countries around the world and several major airline companies are planning to offset their carbon emissions by funding environmental initiatives. The […]

   

• Colombian Rebels Sign Peace Agreement To Officially End Civil War After 52 Years

  In International / By Evan Vitkovski / 27 September 2016

  

  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and the leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Rodrigo Londono, also known as Timchenko, signed a peace agreement on Monday in the coastal city of Cartagena to […]