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In Mexico City, Tehran, Kolkata, Bangkok, Shanghai, and hundreds of other cities, the air is no longer safe to breathe. In some cities, the air…

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We can build an economy that does not destroy its natural support systems, a global community where the basic needs of all…
In Mexico City, Tehran, Kolkata, Bangkok, Shanghai, and hundreds of other cities, the air is no longer safe to breathe. In some…
Nations are in effect ceding portions of their sovereignty to the international community and beginning to create a new system of international…
The 20th century was the time when the world turned to use of fossil fuels and the 21st century will be the…
The throwaway economy that has been evolving over the last half-century is an aberration, now itself headed for the junk heap of…
Saving Greenland is both a metaphor and a precondition for saving civilization. If its ice sheet melts, sea levels will rise 23…
In the Middle East, where populations are growing fast, the world is seeing the first collision between population growth and water supply…
We are witnessing the beginning of one of the great tragedies of history. The United States, in a misguided effort to reduce…
Among the environmental trends undermining our future are shrinking forests, expanding deserts, falling water tables, collapsing fisheries, disappearing species, and rising temperatures.…
In today's integrated world economy, ... eradicating poverty may contribute as much to U.S. security as eradicating terrorism.
Rising oil prices have focused the world's attention on the depletion of oil reserves. But the depletion of underground water resources from…
One way or another, the choice will be made by our generation, but it will affect life on earth for all generations…

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In Mexico City, Tehran, Kolkata, Bangkok, Shanghai, and hundreds of other cities, the air is no longer safe to breathe. In some… — Lester R. Brown
Space is about 100 kilometers away. That’s far away—I wouldn’t want to climb a ladder to get there—but it isn’t that far… — Randall Munroe
I think Delhiites know how to party, but Kolkata has people who know how to celebrate. I think thats the main difference. — Gautam Gambhir
Kolkata is the relatively unexplored part of India as far as Hindi films are concerned. — Sanjay Dutt
We believe that no matter where you live - whether a village in Punjab or the bylanes of Chandni Chowk...an old section… — Barack Obama
I want to live in Kolkata; I don't want to live in Europe - I can't write there. I write in Bengali,… — Taslima Nasrin
Kolkata is a great city, has great food and great people. We had some problems finding the kind of old buildings we… — Sanjay Dutt
Kolkata is a musical city. What I like about people here is the lack of diplomacy. Some of the best Indian classical… — Sukhwinder Singh
Kolkata is special. I have been privileged to spend time in the city and make some great friends there. I like to… — Arjun Rampal
My grandfather was a French professor in Kolkata, though I never met him. — Nita Ambani

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