UK waters are too polluted to swim in. European countries offer answers
18 April 2023 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentPhoto: Pixabay/Tama66 Almost all of the UK’s waterways are polluted. In 2022, a House of Commons Committee report on the state of UK rivers concluded that no river in England was free from chemical contamination. Only 14% of UK rivers had a “good” ecological status. Both agricultural runoff and the release of […]
Read MoreRevised Texas PUC Registration Requirements and Texas Legislative Update
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentChange to Market Participant Qualification and Reporting At the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) Open Meeting on 6 April 2023, the commissioners established an annual certification requirement for power marketers, retail electric providers (REPs), and power generation companies (PGCs). While this summary focuses primarily on the changes applicable to […]
Read MoreK&L Gates Adds Partners in Tax and Energy, Infrastructure, and Resources Teams in Sydney
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentSydney – Global law firm K&L Gates has continued its recent growth in Australia with the addition of two new partners: Stuart Broadfoot to the firm’s Tax practice and James Durnall to the Energy, Infrastructure, and Resources team. Broadfoot was most recently at King & Wood Mallesons, where he was […]
Read MoreWe must build food system resilience before the next crisis
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Plan International raises concerns about safety of children and girls in Sudan as conflict escalates
17 April 2023 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountry: Sudan Source: Plan International “We hope the conflict will be resolved soon, to allow families who have been caught up in [it] to receive support, recover and rebuild their lives,” said Plan’s country director.
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Myanmar’s ‘Forgotten War’ Lurches Deeper into Horror
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentFaces of the dead. Myanmar’s non-profit Assistance Association for Political Prisoners has a museum in the Thai border town of Mae Sot documenting the identities of over 3,000 civilians killed by the military since it seized power in 2021, as well as those killed since the first post-independence coup in […]
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WFP chief puts hold on Sudan aid operations, following death of 3 staff in unrest
16 April 2023 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountry: Sudan Source: UN News Centre UN food agency has temporarily halted all operations, as a result of the fighting between rival military groups in Sudan, which led to the deaths of three WFP employees on Saturday.
Read MoreElectric vehicles are having a moment as falling commodity prices spur sales
14 April 2023 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentAs prices for key commodities fall, the electric vehicle revolution looks set to accelerate. Given that electric vehicles’ high prices have historically been one of the major barriers to their widespread adoption, a steep drop—even if it may only be temporary—in the price of the raw materials needed to make […]
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Water is Life: How the UN in Samoa is Responding to the Triple Planetary Crisis
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentOnly 55 percent of people across the Pacific Islands have access to basic drinking water and just 30 percent have sanitation services – the lowest rate in the world. Photo Credit: UN Samoa By Simona MarinescuAPIA, Samoa, Apr 14 2023 (IPS) Water is life. No other definition captures quite so […]
Read MoreNine years after Chibok abductions, children in north-east Nigeria continue to suffer brutal consequences of conflict
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountry: Nigeria Source: UN Children’s Fund “…The nightmare continues as children are still being kidnapped, forcibly recruited, killed and injured – their futures torn away,” said Cristian Munduate, UNICEF Representative in Nigeria.
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