nyuuzyou/wikis huggingface dataset:
Bahamas

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahamas
* https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bahamas
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* https://www.lonelyplanet.com/the-bahamas 
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: Bahamas - News from the Guardian
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationally_determined_contribution
* https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/all-about-ndcs
* https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs
Bahamas First INDC-NDC (2016) 
INDC
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) -- 2015 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intended_Nationally_Determined_Contributions
 Bahama's INDC - NDC plans
* https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/547469
Category:Bahamas
Category:Caribbean
Category:Location
Category:Countries
Category:Agricultural Economics
Category:Ecological Economics
Category:Economic Development
Category:Human Rights
Category:INDC
Bahrain

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain
* https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bahrain
* http://www.mofa.gov.bh/
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* http://www.theguardian.com/world/bahrain 
* http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/bahrain
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* http://www.lonelyplanet.com/bahrain
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationally_determined_contribution
* https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/all-about-ndcs
* https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs
Bahrain First NDC (2016 - Archived)
Bahrain First NDC (2021 - Updated submission)
INDC
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) -- 2015 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intended_Nationally_Determined_Contributions
 Bahrain's INDC - NDC plans 
* https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/378734
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Bahrain_on_the_globe_%28Afro-Eurasia_centered%29.svg/797px-Bahrain_on_the_globe_%28Afro-Eurasia_centered%29.svg.png
Category:Bahrain
Category:Asia
Category:Location
Category:Countries
Category:Agricultural Economics
Category:Ecological Economics
Category:Economic Development
Category:Human Rights
Category:INDC
Ball State University, IN Endorsement of Sustainability

Type: Policy
Status: Adopted on 4/25/02
Source File: http://www.bsu.edu/senate/media/pdf/sustainability.pdf
Text:
BALL STATE UNIVERSITY’S SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT
Vision:
State University seeks to be a campus where:
* All students, faculty, and employees are provided opportunities to become literate in the environmental, social and economic interactions of human and biophysical systems;
* Such opportunities are made available through strong undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional-specialization, faculty development and staff training offerings that provide diverse opportunities for learning;
* Collaborative faculty and student research on related issues is encouraged and supported;
* Development of university leadership and expertise is seen as a continuous, participatory process of learning that contributes to local and regional sustainability efforts, fostering links with other institutions;
* Understanding and concern for sustainability issues provide the foundation for a dynamic sense of campus cohesion and community;
* The University’s practices reduce both the consumption of materials and energy and the emission of pollutants to their lowest levels possible, without decreases in the level of education, scholarly work, and services provided.
Commitment:
We, the Ball State University community, affirm our commitment to protect and enhance
the environment through our learning, research, service, and administrative operations. We
seek to foster a community that sustains ecological systems and educates for
environmental awareness, local action, and global thinking. We seek to incorporate
environmental principles and environmentally responsible practices as fundamental and
integrated components of all BSU operations and programs. Our fundamental principles
are to:
* Incorporate environmental concerns as a significant priority in university decision making;
* Seek alternative practices and procedures to minimize negative impacts on the environment;
* Conserve natural resources and restore environmental quality;
* Protect the biodiversity of our region and serve as a living laboratory and habitat for local species;
* Consider the social, economic and environmental impacts of Ball State University’s operational policies and foster a participatory process in developing these policies.
Our decisions and actions will be guided by the University’s Mission Statement, reflective
of the University’s resources, and informed by the University’s Strategic Plan. As a
learning institution, we recognize that planning for sustainability will be an evolving
practice.
Category:Colleges
Category:Indiana
Category:Policies
Category:Sustainability Policies
Bangladesh

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh
* https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bangladesh
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: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/bangladesh
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationally_determined_contribution
* https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/all-about-ndcs
* https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs
Bangladesh First NDC (2021 - Updated Submission)
Bangladesh First NDC (2020 - Interim-Updated Submission) 
Bangladesh First NDC (2016 - Archived) 
Bangladesh NDC Forwarding Addendum.pdf (2020) 
INDC
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intended_Nationally_Determined_Contributions
 Bangladesh's INDC - NDC plans 
* https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/184640
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Bangladesh_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/553px-Bangladesh_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png
Category:Bangladesh
Category:Asia
Category:Location
Category:Countries
Category:Agricultural Economics
Category:Ecological Economics
Category:Economic Development
Category:Human Rights
Category:INDC
Barbados

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbados
* https://www.google.com/maps/place/Barbados
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* http://www.lonelyplanet.com/barbados
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationally_determined_contribution
* https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/all-about-ndcs
* https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs
Barbados First NDC (2021 - Updated Submission) 
Barbados First NDC (2016 - Archived) 
INDC
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intended_Nationally_Determined_Contributions
 Barbados' INDC - NDC plans 
* https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/547511
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/BRB_orthographic.svg/600px-BRB_orthographic.svg.png
Category:Barbados
Category:Caribbean
Category:Location
Category:Countries
Category:Agricultural Economics
Category:Ecological Economics
Category:Economic Development
Category:Human Rights
Category:INDC
Basalt, CO Instant Runoff Voting for Mayor

Type: Charter Amendment
Status: Adopted by voters on 11/5/02
Source File: http://www.colocode.com/basalt/basalt_00a.pdf
Text:
(Note: Voters approved a Home Rule Charter of which IRV was but one part. The section covering IRV is printed below.)
Section 2.8 Instant Runoff Voting for Mayor
For election of the Mayor, if more than two (2) candidates are running for that office, the Town shall use a procedure for instant runoff voting. The ballot shall provide a means for voters to rank all of the candidates for Mayor in order of preference. If any candidate receives a majority of
all first-choice votes cast, then that individual shall
be elected as Mayor. If no candidate receives a
majority of first-choice votes, then the candidate
receiving the fewest first-choice votes shall be
declared defeated. For each ballot that listed the
defeated candidate as a first choice, the second
choice shall then be counted as a first choice for
that ballot. If one candidate has still not received a
majority of first-choice votes, then the candidate
with the next-fewest first-choice votes shall be
declared defeated, and the ballots for that
candidate shall again be recounted based on the
next choice in order on such ballots. This process
shall continue until one candidate has received the
majority of votes cast and counted as provided
herein, and that person shall be elected Mayor.
Category:Charter Amendments
Category:City Governments
Category:Colorado
Category:Voting Systems
Bates College, ME Local Food Initiative

Type: Policy
Status: Adopted
Source File: (Missing)
Summary:
UW's CIAS found that Bates College, a small private college with an enrollment of approximately 1,650, began their local food initiative in 1994 and quickly expanded purchases of local food products to approximately 30-40 percent of total purchases, of which 100 percent are organic. The local food initiative at Bates evolved from the college's waste minimization, recycling and composting efforts, and a desire to better integrate the college's operations within a community ecology. The college's food service was recognized as a natural source of compostable materials that could support local growing of food for local consumption. At Bates, the maturity of the project is such that local farmers consult with the Chef and Food Service Director on pre-planting decisions and the logistics of handling, storage and delivery of bulk quantities of potatoes and other crops throughout the school year. Farmers have developed infrastructure to simplify transaction costs including one-call shopping, and coordinated deliveries and invoicing.
In 2000, Bates Dining was honored with the Best of the Best ReNew America (now Renew the Earth) National Award for Sustainability and was also the special recipient of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Award for Environmental Leadership.
Category:Colleges
Category:Food-Related Policies]
Category:Maine
Category:Policies
Category:Recycling
Bath, ME Municipal Resolution for Tax Reform

Type: Resolution
Status: Tabled on 2/2/04[]
Source File: http://cityofbath.com/govdetail.asp?Gid=98&zsortdate=True&DepartmentID=4&articleID=724
Text:
Municipal Resolution for Tax Reform
Whereas over-reliance on property taxes to fund education and soaring real estate values have caused home owners' property taxes to increase disproportionately to other taxes in recent years; and
Whereas continued federal tax cuts are significantly diminishing aid to states and municipalities, putting further strain on property taxes; and
Whereas no Maine family, senior citizen, farmer, forester, fisherman or other Maine citizen should be forced to sell their home and land because of disproportionate use of property taxes; and
Whereas Maine has one of the narrowest sales tax bases in the country; and
Whereas the only responsible way to address these issues is through tax reform, not drastic cuts to essential state funding for health care, children and the environment; and
Whereas failure to provide Maine's citizens with meaningful property tax relief in 2004 will fuel efforts to pass a California-style tax cap at the polls that would dramatically reduce funding Maine's schools, public safety and community services;
Therefore be it resolved that the City of Bath calls upon the Maine Legislature and the Governor to modernize Maine's tax structure and promote tax fairness in 2004 in order to provide greater state aid to education, general property tax relief, and targeted tax relief for those who need it most.
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 Note The source file indicates the resolution was to be tabled until the next council meeting. However, there is no reference to it in the meeting minutes for the next two meetings. Consequently, it is unclear if the resolution was ever taken off the table.
Category:City Governments
Category:Maine
Category:Resolutions
Category:Tax-Related
Battle Creek, MI Renewable Energy Policy

Type: Resolution
Status: Adopted on 3/6/07
Vote: Unanimous
Source File: http://ci.battle-creek.mi.us/ReferenceDesk/CommissionMeetingMinutesArchive/2007/070306.pdf
Text:
Res. 88
Resolved by the Commission of the City of Battle Creek:
Traditional, non-renewable fossil fuel energy sources make up over 95% of the energy used in the United States. Increasing demand for fossil fuels, along with diminishing supplies, has caused energy prices to become increasingly unstable, causing Michigan energy costs to rise rapidly in three years. Money spent on renewable energy sources stays in the local economy and supports local businesses and farms.
Renewable energy is a new economic sector for Michigan investments and the purchase of renewable
energy will lead to creation of new jobs and investment in this sustainable technology which will create a competitive edge for all of Michigan.
Renewable energy sources greatly reduce global warming emissions compared to fossil fuels. Renewable
energy sources produce less air pollution than fossil fuel based energy and contribute to making our air cleaner and meeting EPA clean air standards.
The City of Battle Creek establishes a goal of meeting 15% of the energy demand for municipal facilities from renewable energy by 2015. The City of Battle Creek further urges the State of Michigan to adopt a Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard based on a “15 by 15” renewable energy pledge.
The City Manager and his designees are encouraged to explore available technologies for energy efficiency and renewable energy use in municipal operations in support of this renewable energy challenge and to prepare and implement a plan to reach a goal of at least 15% renewable energy for all municipal operations by 2015.
Category:City Governments
Category:Michigan
Category:Renewable Energy
Category:Resolutions
Bay County, FL Citizens' Academy

Type: Program
Status: Ongoing
Source File: http://www.bay.fl.us/bocc/CitizenAcademy.html
Description:
The Bay County Citizens' Academy is a six (6) week program designed for residents of Bay County. The Academy provides residents with the information, resources and tools to become knowledgeable of county government and its duties. Sessions will be conducted by county staff with expertise in areas of interest.
Objectives:
To provide relevant information and materials that will enable citizens to understand how the departments that make up local government serve the public and understand the processes involved.
Program Description:
The Bay County Citizens' Academy is a six (6) week program. Each session is three (3) hours, from 5:00 - 8:00 PM, each Thursday evening, culminating in a graduation ceremony/reception at a regularly scheduled Bay County Commission meeting. Sessions will include presentations by departments similar to the new commissioners/county manager orientation. The Community Outreach Office will provide booklets to each participant of each departments' issue papers.
The Budget Office, Development Services, Maintenance Support, Parks & Recreation, Transportation, IT & GIS Services, Public Works, Utility Services, and Emergency Services will give presentations. Presentations will be held in the respective departments' building.
At the conclusion of the course participants will have an increased understanding of the organizational culture and operations of the various county departments that impact the quality of life in Bay County.
Admission:
Class size will be limited to fifteen (15) participants. Admission will be on a first come, first serve, basis. Applicants must be eighteen (18) years of age or older. Classes will begin promptly at 5:00 PM. A waiting list will be created from the accepted applications. The class activities will be coordinated by the Community Outreach Office.
Future classes will be announced once they are scheduled. Please visit our site again.
Category:Citizen Academies
Category:County Governments
Category:Florida
Category:Programs
Beaverton, OR SAFE Program

Type: Program
Status: Ongoing
Source File: http://www.beavertonoregon.gov/departments/besafe/
Description:
The Mayor’s Beaverton SAFE program "Seniors Aware & Fighting Fraud Effectively" is an aggressive senior citizen outreach and education program to alert senior citizens to the dangers of different types of financial fraud targeted toward seniors. The program has three main fraud prevention components: a public education campaign, a volunteer investigation & enforcement effort, and a combined business & community outreach effort to help protect seniors.
Category:City Governments
Category:Elder Issues
Category:Oregon
Category:Programs
Beaverton School District, OR Sustainability Policy

Type: Policy
Status: Adopted on 10/11/04
Source File: http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/pdf/facil/facil_sustainability_policy.pdf
Text:
SUSTAINABILITY POLICY
The Beaverton School District will endeavor to conduct its operations and make decisions
based upon the following sustainability priorities:
* Protect students, staff and the community from environmental harm by striving to eliminate the use of toxic and harmful substances.
* Teach sustainability concepts throughout the Pre-K-12 District curriculum that include principles and practices of environmental, social, and fiscal responsibility.
* Adopt sustainability practices in District operations that balance environmental, social and fiscal responsibility, carefully consider lifecycle impact of District actions, and protect and enhance present and future quality of life.
Category:Oregon
Category:Policies
Category:School Districts
Category:Sustainability Policies
Belarus

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus
* https://www.google.com/maps/place/Belarus
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* http://www.lonelyplanet.com/belarus
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationally_determined_contribution
* https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/all-about-ndcs
* https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs
Belarus First NDC (2016 - Russian, Archived)
Belarus First NDC (2021 - Russian, Updated Submission)
Belarus First NDC (2016 - English, Archived)
Belarus First NDC (2021 - English, Updated Submission)
Belarus First NDC (2021, English, Updated Submission)
INDC
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intended_Nationally_Determined_Contributions
 Belarus' INDC - NDC plans 
* https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/59065
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Europe-Belarus.svg/1024px-Europe-Belarus.svg.png
Category:Belarus
Category:Europe
Category:Location
Category:Countries
Category:Agricultural Economics
Category:Ecological Economics
Category:Economic Development
Category:Human Rights
Category:INDC
Belfast, Northern Ireland Local Biodiversity Action Plan

Type: Policy
Status: Adopted
Source File: http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/biodiversity/index.asp?menuitem=plan
Description:
Biodiversity is the total variety of life on Earth.
It includes everything from people to plants and animals to micro-organisms and it also covers genetic variation and habitats.
Belfast's Local Biodiversity Action Plan (LBAP) is a way of encouraging people and organisations to work together to deliver action for biodiversity locally.
Everyone can get involved and everyone can play a part.
* Read our Local Biodiversity Action Plan for Belfast (PDF - 3.81MB)
About the Local Biodiversity Action Plan
Image: Front cover of Local Biodiversity Action Plan Although many animals and plants live successfully alongside humans in Belfast, some species have declined dramatically in recent years.
We need to take action to protect and enhance biodiversity in Belfast.
Our Local Biodiversity Action Plan aims to:
* conserve national and local priority species in Belfast
* raise awareness of biodiversity in Belfast
* get people involved with biodiversity
* develop biodiversity partnerships.
Biodiversity and Belfast
Image: River Lagan and surrounding woodland Belfast's unique, natural setting provides a diverse range of habitats for wildlife.
The city is framed by hills - to the north and west lie the Belfast Hills and, to the east, the slopes of the Castlereagh and Holywood Hills provide a more gentle backdrop.
The River Lagan meanders into Belfast, passing through suburbs on route and then into the heart of the city.
Valley itself contains semi-natural habitats such as wet meadows and marshes as well as woodland.
Within the Lagan Valley, you may see kingfishers or the elusive and rare red squirrel and other rivers, such as the Milewater, Collin, Forth and Connswater, provide valuable links for wildlife, especially birds and mammals, between the surrounding countryside and urban areas.
At the mouth of the River Lagan is Belfast Lough, a large sea lough that reaches into the industrial docklands.
It contains mudflats and lagoons which attracts large numbers of waders and wildfowl.
The low-lying central urban area of Belfast is a tightly-knit network of residential, retail and industrial buildings and is dotted with parks and open spaces, cemeteries, golf courses, school grounds, street landscaping and domestic gardens.
This urban environment is surprisingly important for wildlife.
Gardens are particularly vital and many species, such as swifts, have adapted to living in an urban environment.
Given this varied landscape, it is not surprising that Belfast is rich in wildlife.
Category:Biodiversity
Category:City Governments
Category:Northern Ireland
Category:Policies
Category:United Kingdom
Belfast Township, PA restrict corporate farming

Type: Ordinance
Status: Adopted in July 2000 and upheld by court ruling
Source File: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/000370.php
Summary:
Belfast Township in Fulton County has won the first round in a legal fight to regulate corporate farming.
John R. Walker, president judge of the Franklin/Fulton County Court of Common Pleas, recently upheld a township's authority to prohibit corporate involvement in farming.
Agribusiness interests had sought a summary judgment and asked the court to rule that the township's "anti-corporate farming" law and other ordinances were "void as a matter of law."
They argued that Pennsylvania Corporations Code preempted the ordinances, and that the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution, and provisions in the Pennsylvania Constitution prohibited the township from adopting the ordinances.
Walker rejected each argument and ruled that the "plaintiffs have failed to prove that they are entitled to judgment as a matter of law."
Belfast Township supervisors in July 2000 adopted the ordinance, which stated:
# Corporations cannot engage in farming, either by owning farmland or by contracting for a farmer's production.
# Family corporations and family partnerships are exempt.
During the mid-1990s, residents had become concerned about the economic, cultural and environmental harms that could be caused by corporate factory farms, according to court documents.
Needmore farmers Ricky Leese and Ralph Swope in November 2001 challenged the ordinance and two others that regulate farming.
A dozen townships in five counties have adopted similar ordinances.
The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau lobbied the governor and state Legislature to ban local ordinances that control farming.
Category:Corporate Accountability
Category:Pennsylvania
Category:Ordinances
Category:Townships