Fuelled by Singapore’s land and construction demands sand mining is wreaking environmental destruction across south-east Asia.
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Two months ago, few people had heard of the ironically-named Isle Grand Terre.
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Waves of gooey tar balls crashed into the white sands of the Florida Panhandle on Friday as BP engineers adjusted a sophisticated cap over the Gulf oil gusher.
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Driving on the beach is a long-standing tradition in many areas of the United States. Questions linger after a 4-year-old girl from the United Kingdom was hit and killed by a car on the sand along Daytona Beach.
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Every few days, in some places as often as twice a day, tractors roll along a hundred miles or so of sandy beaches in southern California, changing rich coastal habitats into barren plains of unstable sand.
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The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico threatens hundreds of species, and some of its effects may not be felt for months or longer.
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