Quoted: It is not just office workers who are taking their first steps into virtual worlds. So too are lawyers, as disputes in such environments spill over into real-world lawsuits. Such disputes often concern the trade in virtual goods and services, which are bought and sold for real money. In some countries lawsuits over virtual goods are already common. Unggi Yoon, a judge in the Suwon District Court in South Korea, estimates that Korean courts have heard nearly 300 cases of fraud and more than 60 relating to hacking in virtual game-worlds. Similar fights have broken out in American courts, too. So much for escapism.

Quoted: Bishop Luiz Flavio Cappio has been staging his protest for nine days.

It is the second time he has launched a hunger strike over the plan to divert the Sao Francisco river.

The government believes the irrigation scheme could benefit millions of people but critics say it will cause irreversible environmental damage.

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Quoted: European Union officials may ban the sale of genetically modified corn plants that could harm butterflies.

Quoted: Two proposed zero-carbon energy projects are exposing the hard place that communities like Fort Collins, Colo., are likely to confront in years to come.

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Quoted: The BBC's Dan Collyns visits La Oroya in Peru, labelled one of the world's dirtiest towns, where people say their health is being damaged by emissions from a smelter plant.

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a lot of countires lack environmental laws and we are paying the price by the days....there is a greater need for international law.

Quoted: “There is a general lack of interest in environmental causes and we don’t enforce environmental laws,” Yaacoub Sarraf, the former environment minister, told IRIN. “The ...

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the worst is yet to come if we don't think globally while acting locally to address climate issues.

Quoted: "It is too late to avoid all climate change impact", warned Parry. "Our choice now is between a damaged world and a severely damaged world...and ...