Environment

Fact Checking: Palestinian Rainwater Collection Restrictions

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Can Palestinians collect rainwater? Under the complex web of agreements, regulations, and practical realities that defines life in the occupied Palestinian territories, the collection of rainwater by Palestinians is a contentious issue fraught with legal and bureaucratic challenges. According to available data and human rights reports, while there's no explicit ban on the collection of …

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Top 10 US National Parks

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1. Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National Park is a marvel of nature. As the world’s first national park, spanning across Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, it pioneered a global movement to protect natural wonders. Yellowstone boasts the largest concentration of geothermal features on the planet, including Old Faithful, the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, and Mammoth Hot …

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Did United States President Donald Trump Threaten to Withhold Disaster Funding from California?

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Sizable wildfires burning up and down California in late 2018 left dozens of people dead, destroyed an entire Northern California town, Paradise, and the heat and speed of least two enormously destructive fires — the Woolsey Fire in the south of the state and the Camp Fire in the north — overwhelmed safety measures and firefighters: …

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