>> To combat pollution, Paris City Hall has announced that it has selected French outdoor advertising firm JCDecaux SA to operate a new free bicycle service in the capital. Paris wants JCDecaux to make 14,100 bikes available for free to commuters, strollers and tourists.
>> Nearly half of the world's waterbird species are in decline, mostly due to rapid economic development and the effects of climate change, notes the fourth Waterbird Population Estimate.
>> Indonesia's mud volcano was most probably caused by drilling for gas and it will leave 11,000 people permanently displaced, notes a study published in the Geological Society of America.
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