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    Life in Cuba

    Jul 02, 2001 04:28 PM EST

    ... level of "ideological and political integration." Groups organized by city block, known as Committees for the Defense of the Revolution, supervise such socialized tasks as recycling, health campaigns and street night patrol. Men are required to perform two years of military service between the ages of 16 and 30, although ...

  • Farmers restore native grasslands to combat drying soil

    Farmers restore native grasslands to combat drying soil

    Sep 09, 2021 07:17 PM EST

    ... to germinate crops, soil can blow away — just as it did during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. "We wasted the hell out of the water," says Black, recalling how farmers irrigated when he was a kid — as if it would last forever. Water flooded furrows or sprayed in high ...

  • Hurricane Ida leaves no power, no flights, scant drinking water for many

    Hurricane Ida leaves no power, no flights, scant drinking water for many

    Aug 31, 2021 01:58 PM EST

    ... their generators. He also had a plan for food: "I have a gas grill and charcoal grill."Some places are also facing shortages of drinking water. Eighteen water systems were out, affecting more than 312,000 people, and an additional 14 systems serving 329,000 people were under boil-water ...

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    20 Years Later, Chernobyl Still Weighs on Nuclear Efforts

    Apr 26, 2006 04:00 AM EST

    ... the number of plants you're suggesting would be built?PATRICK MOORE: Yes, we certainly have. And, fortunately, the Energy Act lifted the ban on recycling spent fuel or used fuel. It's not fair to call it nuclear waste, because 95 percent of the potential energy still remains in ...

  • Gen Z protesters around the world lead wave of generational discontent

    Gen Z protesters around the world lead wave of generational discontent

    Oct 16, 2025 05:32 PM EST

    ... incumbent regimes. In Madagascar in turn, protesters say they were particularly inspired by the movements in Nepal and Sri Lanka. The protests began against regular water and electricity cuts but quickly morphed into wider discontent, as demonstrators called for the president and other ministers to step down. On Wednesday, Madagascar ...

  • As rising sea levels swallow Bangladesh's land, its climate refugees are forced to adapt

    As rising sea levels swallow Bangladesh's land, its climate refugees are forced to adapt

    Sep 03, 2025 10:30 PM EST

    Faruk Hossain: Correct. Correct. Correct. Soggy, yes. Asif Saleh, Executive Director, BRAC Bangladesh: We have to come up with solutions that are scalable and then figure out where the funding comes from later on. Fred de Sam Lazaro: BRAC CEO Asif Saleh says funding to scale projects has not materialized ...

  • NOAA predicts another busy Atlantic hurricane season, but maybe not as crazy as 2024

    NOAA predicts another busy Atlantic hurricane season, but maybe not as crazy as 2024

    May 22, 2025 02:58 PM EST

    ... moving so they drop more rain, Corbosiero and other experts said. “The main fuel source for hurricanes is warm ocean waters," Corbosiero said. “Warmer ocean water, warmer atmosphere above it can hold more moisture, more fuel for storms.” Corbosiero said there are three main factors: Water temperature, the El Nino ...

  • A year after the Baltimore bridge collapse, a long road to recovery is ahead

    A year after the Baltimore bridge collapse, a long road to recovery is ahead

    Mar 26, 2025 05:54 PM EST

    ... but they didn’t alert the road crew in time. “Everyone working on the scene shared that same priority — those men we lost in the water,” Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said during an anniversary ceremony Wednesday, recalling the horror that followed the collapse. “While this day is a day of ...

  • ‘This is a moral failure.’ A Missouri community says leftover radioactive waste is making them sick

    ‘This is a moral failure.’ A Missouri community says leftover radioactive waste is making them sick

    Dec 20, 2024 09:49 PM EST

    ... Farr kept fishing with her daughter even after her husband, Anthony, died of colon cancer in 2013. He was 52. “Metastatic, no cure,” she said, recalling how a stage four diagnosis at his first colonoscopy was a shock. “He had no symptoms.” It wasn’t until a decade later, when ...

  • Hurricane Helene kills at least 40 in 4 states, rescuers in race to save people trapped by storm

    Hurricane Helene kills at least 40 in 4 states, rescuers in race to save people trapped by storm

    Sep 27, 2024 01:16 PM EST

    ... you are thinking, ‘If this water rises above the level of the stove, we are not going to have not much room to breathe,’” she said, recalling how she and her sister waded through chest-deep water with one cat in a plastic carrier and another in a cardboard box.