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The EnviroLink News Service compiles the most relevant news stories of interest to the global environmental community from sources around the Internet.
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New project targets post-harvest loss in Ethiopia
A new programme to develop low-cost technologies to reduce post-harvest losses will be launched in Ethiopia this year.The six-year programme will run at Jimma University College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine (JUCAVM) in Ethiopia, with US$3 million funding from the Canadian International Development Agency.
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India tightens security to fight rhino poachers
uthorities in India's remote northeast said they were increasing security in the world's biggest reserve for the endangered great one-horned rhinoceros to save them from poachers.Poachers have killed at least 10 rhinos in two national parks in Assam state since January, eight of them at the Kaziranga National Park.
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Sierra Club threatens suits over coal power plants.
The Sierra Club sent letters on Tuesday threatening to file suit to stop construction of eight coal-fired power plants in six states because, the environmental group claims, they violate the Clean Air Act.
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EPA may decide not to limit the amount of a toxic chemical in water supplies.
An agency official tells a Senate committee that it's possible there will be no standard set for the amount of perchlorate allowed in drinking water.
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Flamingos vs the factory.
More than 500,000 flamingos congregate on the salty shores of Lake Natron in the north of Tanzania every year to breed. And it could be about to end.
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