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The G-20 Toronto Summit Declaration

27 June 2010

Preamble
1. In Toronto, we held our first Summit of the G-20 in its new capacity as the premier forum for our international economic cooperation.
2. Building on our achievements in addressing the global economic crisis, we have agreed on the next steps we should take to ensure a full return (…)

Coal mining in Venezuela

The environmental cost of regional development

by Robin Nieto

Caracas (Venezuela) | 10 December 2004

The government of Venezuela under President Hugo Chavez is supporting a controversial plan to increase coal mining production in the oil producing state of Zulia that may threaten the state’s most important water supply, according to biologists, state water authorities and environmentalists.