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Resource Conservation at the IUCN World Conservation Congress

How well did the World Conservation Congress conserve the world’s and Hawaii’s resources? What was done to conserve paper, food, water, gasoline, and jet fuel? Were targets met? How successful was the pilot composting program? What are the lessons learned to help make future events more sustainable? Jennifer Milholen, the president of Styrophobia, answers these […]

IUCN Local Motions: Collaborating for Global Change

Emily Gaskin and Christina Lizzi, UH Richardson School of Law 3rd year law students and candidates for Environmental Law Certificates, have worked on the motions process for the IUCN World Conservation Congress being held in Hawaii 9/1 – 9/10/2016. They discuss the drafting, commenting and debate preparation process for Motions 051 (international biofouling),052 (marine debris),060 […]

Getting Ready for the 2016 IUCN WCC

The World Conservation Congress opens in 15 days in Honolulu. Over 10,000 leaders and decision makers from 160 countries will be meeting here to discuss improving global environmental management for our “Planet at the Crossroads.” Tune in and learn more from Randall Tanaka to find out: How we’ll be impacted? What Sustainability measures are in […]

The WCC Comes to Hawaii – The IUCN World Conservation Congress

Sustainable Hawaii’s guests today, hailing from Switzerland, Germany and Hawaii, are responsible for the smooth running of the Congress. Pamela Graseman, has led the IUCN Congress Unit since 2009, managing the design, planning and development of the IUCN World Conservation Congresses in Korea and Spain and ensuring coordination between a variety of internal and external […]

Getting Ready for the WCC with Justice Antonio Herman Benjamin and Denise Antolini

Justice Antonio Benjamin of Brazil’s High Court, considered a leader in global environmental law joins us to discuss the upcoming International Union for Conservation of Nature’s World Conservation Congress, held in Hawaii from Sept. 1-10, 2016. Justice Benjamin shares the importance of this group and gives a preview of the coming congress which is being […]

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Arizona Lawmakers Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban, Creating Rift on the Right

Two Republican state senators broke with their party to ensure final passage of the repeal. Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, is expected to sign it on Thursday. [...]

- Jess Bidgood
How Six-Week Abortion Bans Went From Fringe to Reality

Even opponents of abortion saw such curbs as too controversial just over a decade ago. Times have changed. [...]

- Anna Betts
Arizona’s 1864 Abortion Ban: What We Know

Lawmakers voted to repeal an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions. Here’s what to know about the fight over the law. [...]

- Nicholas Nehamas
Kamala Harris Looks to Make Trump the Face of Florida’s Abortion Ban

The vice president sought to tie former President Donald J. Trump to the state’s six-week abortion ban, which took effect on Wednesday. [...]

- Corina Knoll, Jonathan Wolfe and Emily Baumgaertner
UCLA Cancels Classes After Violent Clashes Between Protesters and Police

The school was ill prepared when protesters blocked students from accessing parts of campus and counterprotesters violently attacked the pro-Palestinian encampment. [...]

Israel accused of possible war crime over killing of West Bank boy

UN expert says death of 8-year-old appears to violate law after reviewing evidence gathered by BBC. [...]

Man charged with murder after boy, 14, dies in sword attack

Schoolboy Daniel Anjorin died from his injuries following the attack in Hainault on Tuesday morning. [...]

Co-op Live chaos continues as Olivia Rodrigo gigs cancelled

The star is "bummed" to be the latest act to fall foul of problems at Manchester's troubled new arena. [...]

John Swinney to announce first minister bid

The MSP is expected to announce his decision at a press conference in Edinburgh on Thursday morning. [...]

Local polls to open in England and Wales

Voters are to cast their ballots for local councillors, mayors and police and crime commissioners. [...]

Search efforts are underway despite bad weather a day after a section of a highway collapsed in China's Guangdong province. [...]

Pro-China career diplomat Jeremiah Manele has been chosen as the new prime minister of the Solomon Islands. [...]

Russian missiles have struck the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa for the third time this week, injuring around a dozen people. DW has more. [...]

The UK's senior civil servants union has mounted a legal appeal against the government's controversial Rwanda deportation legislation. Meanwhile, 66 migrants were rescued while trying to cross the English Channel. [...]

Legislators have been scrambling to repeal the law, which predates Arizona's statehood, since a 2022 Supreme Court ruling paved the way for its return. The vote was 16-14 and the [...]

- Selena Simmons-Duffin
The CDC says maternal mortality rates in the U.S. got better, after a pandemic spike

The maternal mortality rate in the U.S. in 2022 – while still high – went back to where it was before deaths surged during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, [...]

- Sarah McCammon
As abortion looks like a key issue in 2024, voters more divided by party than ever

In a new report, Democrats are increasingly motivated by the issue of abortion - and increasingly supportive, as are independent voters. Republicans views have mostly remained the same. [...]

- Stephen Fowler
Away from his New York trial, Donald Trump's campaign rallies are business as usual

In Wisconsin and Michigan, Donald Trump largely avoided the hush money trial that has mostly sidelined his campaign efforts as he tried to woo voters with a familiar speech in [...]

- Allison Aubrey
Hormones for menopause are safe, study finds. Here's what changed

Women under 60 can benefit from hormone therapy to treat hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause. That's according to a new study, and is a departure from what women [...]

For weeks students have protested the war in Gaza — now things are escalating

From New York — to Illinois — to Los Angeles — encampments in support of Palestinians dot campuses across the country.And over the last couple of days the tension has [...]

- Niha Masih, Andrew Jeong

More universities across the country called in police to clear pro-Palestinian protesters demanding divestment from Israel, leading to arrests and confrontations. [...]

- Danielle Paquette, Hannah Natanson, Joanna Slater, Emily Wax-Thibodeaux
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Leon Draisaitl scored twice, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 in Game 5 to win their first-round NHL playoff series [...]

- David Klepper and Krutika Pathi | AP

Misinformation about India’s election is surging online as the world’s most populous country votes [...]

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