UN biodiversity goals miss targets threaten ecosystems
A UN scorecard reports global progress on the 2010 biodiversity goals is largely failing. Only six of 20 targets were partially achieved, with coral reefs and tropical forests in worse shape, prompting calls for stronger political will and cooperation to prevent further declines.
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Earth
United Nations
Elizabeth Maruma Mrema
U.N. Convention On Biological Diversity
Inger Andersen
U.N. Environment Program
Andersen
Associated Press
U.N
Ban Ki-Moon
United States
Mrema
Duke University
Stuart Pimm
David Cooper
Julia Baum
Canada
University of Victoria
Cooper
Dalhousie University
Boris Worm
Worm
Louisville approves 12 million settlement to Breonna Taylor family
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer announced a 12 million settlement with Breonna Taylor’s family along with police reforms. The accord includes policing changes such as commander approval of all search warrants, housing credits for officers, and potential drug and alcohol testing for officers involved in shootings.
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Louisville
Greg Fischer
Breonna Taylor
Fischer
Taylor
Ben Crump
Sam Aguiar
Sonita Baker
Aguiar
Metro
Jefferson County
Kentucky
Daniel Cameron
South End
Kenneth Walker
Walker
Jonathan Mattingly
Mattingly
Brett Hankison
Myles Cosgrove
Trayvon Martin
Mike Brown Jr
Tamir Rice
LMPD
Jamarcus Glover
Hurricane Sally slows as it nears Gulf Coast
Hurricane Sally drifts toward the northern Gulf Coast slowing to a crawl with potential historic flooding and 20 inch rainfall. Forecasters warn of dangerous storm surge and tornado risk as residents stock up and prepare for long lingering impact near the Mississippi Alabama line.
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Sally
Gulf Coast
Orange Beach
Ala
Phil Klotzbach
Colorado State University
National Hurricane Center
Mississippi-Alabama
Bay St. Louis
Mississippi
Navarre
Florida
Alabama
Crystal Smith
Taylor
Michael Thomas
Thomas
Gulf Shores
Gulf State Park
Stacy Stewart
Stewart
Donald Jones
National Weather Service
Louisiana
Houston
I-10
Gautier
Pascagoula
Gulfport
Gulf
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China
World Wide Fund For Nature
West
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
Pearl and Hermes Atoll
Hawaiian Islands
Jacob Asher
Jefferson Square Park
USA Today
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