With the cleaning success of those products and the current surge in environmental activism on the state level, it was inevitable that the issue would be recycled.

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Falling in line with SIV's mandate, the objective of the committee is to voice the concerns of youth specifically and in extension the wider general public on environmental issues and sustainable development at the national, regional and global level.

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Those larger pressures may soon trump local environmental concerns if the vote is challenged on a national level.

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Likewise, processes have been established to strengthen environmental governance at the international level and to make progress on financing for sustainable development.

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However, these geochemical investigations tended to be focused on the impacts of mining and mineral processing at a national level and in specific mining fields without taking account of the overall impact on larger hydrological and environmental domains across the continent.

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European Union energy and environmental leaders may still pledge sprawling strategies to reach 2020 sustainability goals and beyond, but on the local level, the challenge of reigning in spending without putting a nail in the coffin of the domestic industry has left many in limbo.

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