2006
Hot Topics.
Honda Sees Mass Production of Fuel-Cell Cars
Possible by 2018- GCC, 29th December 2006
Japan- Honda Motor Co. thinks it will be able to mass
produce fuel-cell vehicles for the general market by
2018, Honda President Takeo Fukui said in a recent interview
with Kyodo News.
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Australia's Drought Natural, Researcher Says-
Reuters, 29th December 2006
CANBERRA, Australia- Australia's crippling drought,
which some lawmakers have called the worst for 1,000
years, is a natural ocurrence and has no link to global
warming, the country's top science organisation said
on Thursday.
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Food From Cloned Animals Safe To Eat - US Agency- Reuters, 29th December 2006
WASHINGTON, US- Milk and meat from some cloned animals are safe to eat, the US Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday in a draft ruling that brings the controversial technology closer to American grocery carts.
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China Fears Disasters, Grain Cut From Global Warming- Reuters, 28th December 2006
BEIJING, China- Global warming threatens to intensify natural disasters and water shortages across China, driving down the country's food output, the Chinese government has warned, even as its seeks to tame energy consumption.
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US Weighs Listing Polar Bear As Threatened Species- Reuters, 28th December 2006
WASHINGTON, US- Polar bears may be facing extinction and should be on the US endangered species list, the Bush administration said on Wednesday in a decision that raised questions about the president's skeptical stance on global warming.
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Living Near Busy Street Ups Breathing Problems- Reuters, 28th December 2006
NEW YORK, US- The closer people live to a main road, the more likely they are to suffer from respiratory symptoms such as breathlessness and wheezing, a new study from Switzerland shows.
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German Firm To Make Biodiesel From Big Mac Fat- Reuters, 22nd December 2006
HAMBURG, Germany- German biodiesel producer Petrotec said on Thursday it had signed an agreement to build a plant to produce 100,000 tonnes of biodiesel annually using waste edible oil.
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Forest Law Brings Hope, Danger For India's Tigers- Reuters, 22nd December 2006
NEW DELHI, India- A new law giving rights to millions of poor Indian forest dwellers has provoked debate among conservationists who disagree over whether it will help save or further threaten the nation's dwindling tiger numbers.
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N.Y. Seeks First US Cellulosic Ethanol Plant- Reuters, 22nd December 2006
NEW YORK, US- New York state has given US$15 million in hopes of helping to build the country's first ethanol plant that makes fuel from wood chips, switch grass, and waste from the paper industry.
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Rare Mongoose Photographed In Tanzanian Highlands- ENS, 22nd December 2006
NEW YORK, US- A camera trap set by scientists in the mountains of southern Tanzania has recorded Africa's least-known and rarest carnivore - the Jackson's mongoose, known only from a few observations and museum specimens.
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Tides Affect Speed Of Antarctic Ice Slide - Report- Reuters, 21st December 2006
OSLO, Norway- Tides affect the speed at which an Antarctic ice sheet bigger than the Netherlands is sliding towards the sea, adding a surprise piece to a puzzle about ocean levels and global warming, a study showed on Wednesday.
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Citrus - Stripping Butterfly Spreads in Caribbean-
Reuters, 21st December 2006
MIAMI, US- An Asian butterfly that strips the leaves
off citrus trees is spreading in the Caribbean islands
and could soon threaten Florida's beleaguered groves,
agriculture officials said.
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Seychelles Tries To Save Endangered Bird- Reuters,
21st December 2006
VICTORIA, Seychelles- Wildlife experts in the Seychelles
have launched a last ditch attempt to save a rare tropical
bird facing possible extinction in the Indian Ocean
archipelago, conservationists said on Wednesday.
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FACTBOX - Aviation's Contribution To Climate Change- Reuters, 21st December 2006
LONDON, UK- The European Commission will detail on Wednesday plans to include aviation in its carbon trading scheme from 2011, in a move to try and contain one of the world's fastest growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Virgin Birth Expected For Komodo Dragon In UK Zoo- Reuters, 21st December 2006
LONDON, UK- Flora, a pregnant Komodo dragon living in a British zoo, is expecting eight babies in what scientists said on Wednesday could be a Christmas virgin birth.
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Scientists Find Over 50 New Species In Borneo - WWF- Reuters, 20th December 2006
JAKARTA, Indonesia- Dozens of new species of animals and plants including a catfish with protruding teeth and a tree frog with striking bright green eyes have been found in the past year in the forests of Borneo, a WWF report said on Tuesday.
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Some European Birds Delay Migration Due To Warmth- Reuters, 20th December 2006
OSLO, Norway- Some European birds have failed to fly south for the winter, apparently lured to stay by weeks of mild weather that experts widely link to global warming.
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Spain Set For Warmest Year On Record- Reuters, 20th December 2006
MADRID, Spain- This year is on track to be the warmest on record in Spain, a country which was already hot before global warming set in, the government said on Tuesday.
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EU Emissions Trading Scheme To Include Air Transport- ENS, 20th December 2006
BRUSSELS, Belgium- The European Commission today proposed legislation to bring greenhouse gas emissions from civil aviation into the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. The proposed directive will cover emissions from flights within the EU from 2011 and all flights to and from EU airports from 2012. Both EU and foreign aircraft operators would be covered.
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GM in India: the battle over Bt cotton- SciDev.Net,
20th December 2006
India- The chequered history of Bt cotton in India —
marked by pest resistance and farmers' suicides —
has polarised opinions over the technology, reports
TV Padma.
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Britain To Construct World's Largest Offshore
Wind Farm- ENS, 20th December 2006
LONDON, UK- Two enormous offshore wind farms are to
be built in the outer Thames Estuary, the Blair Government
said Monday. When completed, the larger of the two,
known as the London Array, will be the biggest offshore
wind farm in the world.
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Ozone, soot pollution rising over Asia- SciDev.Net,
19th December 2006
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia- Air pollution from ozone and
soot over Asia is twice the global average and is especially
strong over tropical regions, a scientist told government
representatives of 20 Asian countries at a meeting last
week.
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Borneo Rainforests Yield Secrets Of New Species-
ENS, 19th December 2006
GLAND, Switzerland- A new species of fish, so tiny that
it ranks as the world's second smallest vertebrate,
was discovered this year in Borneo's acidic blackwater
peat swamps. Threatened by habitat destruction, this
fish is just one of 52 new species of animals and plants
that scientists identified on the southeast Asian island.
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South Korean Team Produces Three Cloned Dogs-
Reuters, 19th December 2006
SEOUL, South Korea- A team of South Korean scientists
once led by disgraced stem-cell researcher Hwang Woo-suk
said on Monday they had produced three cloned copies
of a female Afghan hound.
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Suburban Sprawl May Create Heavier Kids- Reuters,
19th December 2006
NEW YORK, US- US children who live in expansive suburbs
may start to pay for it with expansive waistlines, new
research suggests.
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Australian Fires Kill Thousands Of Native Animals-
Reuters, 19th December 2006
SYDNEY, Australia- Hundreds of thousands of native Australian
animals such as koalas and kangaroos have been killed
in bushfires that have burnt across southeast Australia
in the past two weeks, wildlife officials said on Monday.
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Penguins Offer Evidence Of Global Warming - Scientist- Reuters, 18th December 2006
MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica- The first Adelie penguin chicks of the season -- black fluffballs small enough to hold in the hand -- started hatching this month, and the simple fact that there are more of them in the south and fewer of them further north is a sign of global warming, scientists say.
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Two-Thirds Of Congo Basin Forests Could Disappear- Reuters, 18th December 2006
YAOUNDE, Cameroon- Two-thirds of the forests in the Congo River Basin could disappear within 50 years if logging and mineral exploitation continues at current rates, environmental group WWF said in a report.
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China To Keep Looking For Likely Extinct Dolphin- Reuters, 18th December 2006
BEIJING, China- Chinese scientists will continue to search for a rare freshwater dolphin unique to the Yangtze River, although it is possibly extinct after a 38-day search failed to find any, Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.
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ANALYSIS - China Seeks Leap With Power Super-Highway- Reuters, 18th December 2006
BEIJING, China- China's US$25 billion plan to build an ultra-high voltage electricity network by 2020 should enable the world's second largest power market to meet soaring demand and steal a march on Western nations slower to upgrade ailing grids.
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Fifth Of Farm Animal Breeds May Face Extinction - FAO- Reuters, 18th December 2006
MILAN, Spain- About 20 percent of farm animal breeds have been brought to the brink of extinction as world agriculture narrows its focus to just the most productive livestock, the United Nation food body said.
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FPolar Bears: population declines up five-fold
in just five years- WWF, 18th December 2006
World- The number of polar bear populations in decline
has increased from one in 2001 to five in 2006, WWF
has warned.
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FEATURE - Liquid Coal: A Cheaper, Cleaner 21st
Century Fuel?- Reuters, 18th December 2006
NEW YORK, US- When railroads ruled, it was the sweating
firemen shoveling coal into the furnace who kept the
engines running.
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Italy To Build World's First Hydrogen-Fired Power Plant- ENS, 18th December 2006
VENICE, Italy- The world's first industrial scale hydrogen-fired power plant will be built near Venice, the Veneto Region and Italian energy company ENEL announced Friday. The announcement came as 20 Greenpeace demonstrators perched atop the towering chimney of an ENEL oil-fired plant to protest its planned conversion to coal.
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India Says Its Carbon Emissions Not Harming World- Reuters, 15th December 2006
NEW DELHI, India- India, considered to be one of the world's top polluters, said on Thursday that it was not doing any harm to the world's atmosphere despite increasing emissions of greenhouse gases.
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Oceans May Rise Up To 140 Cms By 2100 Due To Warming- Reuters, 15th December 2006
OSLO, Norway- The world's oceans may rise up to 140 cms (4 ft 7 in) by 2100 due to global warming, a faster than expected increase that could threaten low-lying coasts from Florida to Bangladesh, a researcher said on Thursday.
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Climate Change Enhances Grey Seals' Sex Lives- Reuters, 15th December 2006
LONDON, UK- Climate change could be disastrous for some animals, but male grey seals are probably not complaining -- it has improved their sex lives.
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Polar Bear Populations Shrinking as Arctic
Ice Melts- ENS, 15th December 2006
GLAND, Switzerland- Polar bears are losing their icy
Arctic habitat to climate change, and five out of the
world's 19 polar bear populations are now in decline,
polar bear experts said in a report released today.
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FACTBOX - Key Facts About Global Warming- Reuters,
15th December 2006
International- This year is set to be the sixth warmest
since records began in the 1850s, with 10 of the warmest
years in the past 12, according to a British report
on Thursday.
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FACTBOX - Key Facts about Australia's Bushfires-
Reuters, 15th December 2006
Australia- Bushfires were burning on Thursday in four
Australian states: Tasmania, New South Wales, South
Australia and Victoria.
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Britain Backs Airport Growth Despite Global
Warming- Reuters, 15th December 2006
LONDON, UK- The British government gave the green light
on Thursday to a major expansion of the country's booming
airports, winning praise from operators but outraging
environmentalists over the impact on global warming.
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Botswana Bushmen Win Legal Rights to Land-
Worldwatch Institute, 15th December 2006
Botswana- The San people of Botswana, a hunter-gatherer
group also known as the “Bushmen,” have
won a historic court case granting them rights to ancestral
lands they were driven off in 2002, the BBC reported
on December 13. Botswana’s High Court ruled 2-1
that it was illegal for the government to cut the water
supply to the San’s traditional homeland in the
Kalahari game reserve and forcibly relocate residents
to outside settlements.
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Twin Satellites Reveal Earth's Fresh Water
Trends- ENS, 15th December 2006
TEXAS, US- Recent space observations of freshwater storage
by a pair of satellites are providing a new picture
of how Earth's water resources are distributed globally
and how water levels and distribution patterns are changing.
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China's Yangtze River Dolphin Declared Extinct- ENS, 14th December 2006
WUHAN, China- The Yangtze river dolphin, or baiji, is functionally extinct, scientists from six nations said Wednesday after failing to find a single one of the rare animals after searching the river for six weeks.
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Europe's Ski Slopes Face Meltdown, OECD Says- Reuters, 14th December 2006
PARIS, France- Global warming could devastate the ski resorts of Europe within decades, especially in lower-lying areas, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said on Wednesday.
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Zoo Animals Manure - Facture Power In Germany- Reuters, 14th December 2006
BERLIN, Germany- Animals at a Munich zoo will create their own power supply from Friday when their manure is recycled to generate heat and electricity.
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FEATURE - Climate Change Catching Voter Attention Around World- Reuters, 14th December 2006
BERLIN, Germany- "It's the environment, stupid!" Just as Bill Clinton used the battle cry "It's the economy, stupid!" to keep his 1992 presidential campaign focused, political leaders worldwide are chanting a new mantra based on growing alarm about global warming.
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REC To Build World's Biggest Solar Plant In Norway- Reuters, 14th December 2006
OSLO, Norway- Renewable Energy Corporation will build the world's biggest solar energy equipment plant in its Heroeya facility in southwestern Norway for 2.5 billion Norwegian crowns (US$407.8 million).
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Greens Welcome Britain's "Zero Carbon" Homes Goal- Reuters, 14th December 2006
LONDON, UK- Environmentalists praised plans laid out by Britain on Wednesday to tackle global warming by making all new housing "zero carbon" in a decade, but questioned what the term would mean in practice.
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Experts Says US Barrier Islands Could Disappear- Reuters, 14th December 2006
SAN FRANCISCO, US- A dramatic rise of sea levels by the end of the century could wipe out some of America's barrier islands off its eastern and southern coasts, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Thousands Of Ducks Mysteriously Dying In Idaho- Reuters, 14th December 2006
IDAHO, US- Officials scrambled on Wednesday to determine what has caused the deaths of thousands of mallard ducks in south-central Idaho near the Utah border.
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Finance: Don't Burn Money To Keep Warm- Reuters, 14th December 2006
WASHINGTON, US- Brrr... It's cold! Time to stuff a few more dollar bills into the furnace and fire it up.
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Solar Cells Exceeds 40% Efficiency Barrier-
ReFocus, 13th December 2006
WASHINGTON, US- A concentrator solar cell has achieved
a conversion efficiency of 40.7%, leading to the possibility
of solar systems which generate electricity at 8¢
to 10¢ per kWh.
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INTERVIEW - 2006 Warmest Year In Netherlands
In 300 Years- Reuters, 13th December 2006
DE BILT, Netherlands- This year is on track to be the
warmest in the Netherlands since temperatures were first
measured in 1706, the Dutch meteorological institute
KNMI said on Tuesday, linking the record with global
warming.
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Regional Nuclear War Could Spark Climate Change- Reuters, 13th December 2006
SAN FRANCISCO, US- New scientific modeling shows that a regional nuclear conflict between countries such as India and Pakistan could spark devastating climate changes worldwide, a team of researchers said on Monday.
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Arctic May Be Ice-Free by Summer 2040 - Study-
Reuters, 12th December 2006
TORONTO, Canada- Global warming could leave the the
Arctic without ice during the summer as early as 2040,
a study by a team of US and Canadian scientists shows.
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Illegal Hunting "Wiping Out Mongolia's Mammals"-
Reuters, 12th December 2006
LONDON, UK- Illegal hunting and trade is pushing some
Mongolian animals like the snow leopard to the brink
of extinction, conservationists warned on Tuesday.
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Global Warming Prolongs Life Of Space Debris- Reuters, 12th December 2006
SAN FRANCISCO, US- Human increases in carbon dioxide emissions are thinning the Earth's outer atmosphere, making it easier to keep the space station aloft but prolonging the life of dangerous space debris, scientists said on Monday.
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New Species Among Marine Marvels Found In 2006- ENS, 11th December 2006
WASHINGTON, US- Deep sea shrimp that can tolerate the hottest fluids ever discovered coming from a seafloor vent, a school of fish off the coast of New Jersey the size of the island of Manhattan, and many new species found far beneath Antarctic ice - these are just a few of the discoveries made in 2006 by scientists working with the global Census of Marine Life.
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Antarctic Biologists Fish For Climate Change Clues- Reuters, 11th December 2006
SEA ICE OFF CAPE EVANS, Antarctica- Scientists are literally fishing for clues to global warming's impact on earthly life by drilling holes in the Antarctic ice.
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Antarctica Works As Living Global Warming Laboratory- Reuters, 11th December 2006
MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica- For scientists at this ice-encircled outpost, global warming is not a matter of debate. It is a simple fact and crucial research questions center on what its consequences will be.
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Birds Bask In Warmest French Autumn Since 1950- Reuters, 11th December 2006
PARIS, France- Birds are delaying their annual winter migration to Africa from France because of the unseasonally warm weather, a French bird protection group said on Thursday.
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INTERVIEW - Carbon Emissions Up One-Quarter Since 1990 - Study- Reuters, 11th December 2006
LONDON, UK- Global carbon emissions rose nearly 3 percent in 2005, up more than a quarter from 1990 levels despite many governments' pledges of cuts to fight global warming, a scientist who provides data for the US Department of Energy said.
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Prince Charles Sets Royal Green Example To Britons- Reuters, 11th December 2006
LONDON, UK- Britain's Prince Charles has gone into environmental overdrive, pledging to exchange private planes and helicopters for public transport and biodiesel cars.
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Gore Plans Grass-Roots "Carbon Freeze" Movement- Reuters, 11th December 2006
CALIFORNIA, UK- Former US Vice President Al Gore said on Friday he would start a grass-roots political movement next month to seek a "freeze" on carbon emissions that scientists say are to blame for global warming.
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India Ahead Of Many In Adapting To Global Warming- Reuters, 8th December 2006
NEW DELHI, India- India, likely to be one of the countries worst-hit by global warming, is already ahead of most developing nations in putting in place measures to help it adapt to climate change, the World Bank said on Thursday.
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New Environment Nobel Award Needed, Norwegian Says- Reuters, 8th December 2006
OSLO, Norway- A new Nobel prize should be created to reward work to protect the environment and combat climate change, a former Norwegian environment minister said on Thursday.
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Malaria linked to catastrophic spread of AIDS
in Africa- SciDev, 8th December 2006
NAIROBI, Africa- Research in Kenya indicates that the
rapid spread of HIV/AIDS across Africa could be linked
to malaria.
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UK Teenagers' Gadgets Are Big Energy Wasters
- Survey- Reuters, 8th December 2006
LONDON, UK- Teenagers in Britain who leave computer
games and other gadgets on standby mode are wasting
over 100 million pounds worth of energy a year, enough
to power London's underground train system for 12 months,
according to a survey commissioned by British Gas.
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Ebola Virus Plus Hunting Could Wipe Out Gorillas- ENS, 7th December 2006
WASHINGTON, US- The Ebola virus has wiped out as many as 5,000 lowland gorillas in the region surrounding the Lossi Sanctuary in Africa, a much higher number than previous estimates, according to new research published today. The scientists propose that ape-to-ape transmission is a major factor in the spread of the disease among the endangered animals.
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Marine Plants Die In Warmer Oceans, Speeding Climate Change- ENS, 7th December 2006
GREENBELT, US- Global warming is reducing the numbers of microscopic plants in the world's oceans, a new study of satellite data reveals. Scientists say that means there are fewer plants to absorb the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide humans are pumping into the atmosphere, leading to a further increase in global warming.
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India Will Suffer Most Due To Climate Change - Stern- Reuters, 7th December 2006
NEW DELHI, India- India is likely to suffer more than most countries as a result of climate change, with poor agricultural output, more natural disasters and increased deaths due to higher occurance of diseases, the author of an acclaimed report on global warning said on Wednesday.
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Global Warming Will Stifle Oceans - Scientists- Reuters, 7th December 2006
LONDON, UK- Global warming will stifle life-giving microscopic plants that live in the surface layer of the oceans, cutting marine food production and accelerating climate change, according to a study published on Wednesday.
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Tropical seas are threatened by famine as warming
quickens, satellite survey shows- Guardian Unlimited,
7th December 2006
World - Global warming is creating an ocean famine in
swaths of tropical and sub-tropical seas, according
to research using nearly a decade of satellite data.
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FACTBOX - What is Carbon Capture and Storage?-
Reuters, 7th December 2006
International- Britain's finance minister Gordon Brown
is expected to announce on Wednesday a package of subisidies
to boost carbon capture and storage -- burying greenhouse
gases underground.
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Sales Of 4x4s Fall As Green Awareness Rises-
Reuters, 7th December 2006
LONDON, UK- Sales of gas-guzzling 4x4s slipped this
year as buyers weighed up their environmental impact
and the threat of punitive road taxes.
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Australia Fears Super Fires As Temperatures Soar- Reuters, 6th December 2006
CANBERRA, Australia- Australian firefighters fear dozens of bushfires in remote mountains in the southeast could join up to form major fire-fronts, driven by hot weather in the drought-plagued region.
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Alps Warmest In 1,300 Years As 'Winter' Sets In- Reuters, 6th December 2006
VIENNA, Austria- It is warmer in Europe's Alpine region now than at any time in the past 1,300 years, the head of a wide-ranging climatic survey said on Tuesday.
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Climate Change Increases Food Security Concerns- ENS, 5th December 2006
WASHINGTON, US- The developing world's struggle for food security will increase unless new crop varieties are deployed to help poor farmers adapt to climate change, agricultural experts and climate scientists warned Monday.
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Air Pollution Hurts India's Rice Crop - Study- Reuters, 5th December 2006
WASHINGTON, US- Air pollution caused by the burning of fossil fuels like coal and diesel has contributed to a worrisome slowdown in rice harvest growth in India in the past two decades, scientists said on Monday.
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Experts Worry Warmer Earth Will Slash Farm Yields- Reuters, 5th December 2006
WASHINGTON, US- Urgent action is needed to make sure a warming climate doesn't slash crop yields, heighten the risk of famine and deepen poverty for the world's most vulnerable, international experts said on Monday.
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China Sees Tackling Climate Change As Urgent - Stern- Reuters, 4th December 2006
BEIJING, China- China's leaders recognise that tackling climate change is urgent and that reducing greenhouse gases does not mean slamming the brakes on growth, the author of an acclaimed report on global warming said on Friday.
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Chinese River Dolphin Nears Extinction - Xinhua- Reuters, 4th December 2006
BEIJING, China- Scientists who spent nearly a month in a fruitless search for a Chinese river dolphin that is more endangered than the Giant Panda say there may be no more than 50 left alive, the Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.
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German Greens Refocus On Environment To Win Voters- Reuters, 4th December 2006
COLOGNE, Germany- Germany's Greens party, hoping a global wave of anxiety about climate change will sweep it back into power, is setting aside its liberal-left campaigns to return to its original cause -- the environment.
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Mysterious Epidemic May Be Killing Guinean Chimps- Reuters, 4th December 2006
CONAKRY, GUINEA- A mysterious epidemic may be responsible for the disappearance of over half the chimpanzees at a colony in southeast Guinea, one of Africa's most important research sites for the primates, officials said Saturday.
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Thailand Launches First Tsunami-Detection Buoy- Reuters, 4th December 2006
BANGKOK, Thailand- Thailand launched on Friday the first of 22 US-made tsunami-detection buoys to be positioned around the Indian Ocean as part of a regional warning system against giant waves caused by earthquakes under the sea.
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Bushfires Threaten Major Australian Koala Colony-
Reuters, 4th December 2006
CANBERRA, Australia- Bushfires may have wiped out one
of the last remaining outposts of healthy Australian
koalas, scientists and animal rescue experts said on
Monday.
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FACTBOX - The El Nino Weather Phenomenon- Reuters,
4th December 2006
World- A moderate "El Nino" event has taken
hold in the tropical Pacific, threatening to trigger
further weather disruption into the first quarter of
2007, the World Meteorological Organisation said on
Friday.
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England To Go Smoke-Free On July 1- Reuters,
4th December 2006
LONDON, UK- Smoking will be banned in all workplaces
and enclosed public spaces in England from July 1 next
year, Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt announced on
Friday.
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Kashmir's Snow Leopards to Get Extra Protection-
Reuters, 4th December 2006
JAMMU, India- Kashmir's highly endangered yet largely
neglected snow leopard population will be given special
protection under a new conservation project aimed at
curbing poaching and boosting dwindling numbers.
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Half The Peruvian Amazon Leased For Petroleum
Development- ENS, 4th December 2006
WASHINGTON, US- Conservation groups based in Washington
warned today that the Peruvian government is signing
so many contracts with multinational oil companies that
half the rainforest of the Peruvian Amazon is now covered
with oil leases.
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Tackling Mountains Of E-Waste: 50 Million Tons Per Year- ENS, 4th December 2006
NAIROBI, Kenya- Representatives of 120 governments pledged Friday to fight the rising tide of electronic waste, or e-waste, with projects to take back obsolete electronics and with "urgent action" to fight illegal e-waste traffickers.
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Climate Change Killed Australia Pre-Historic Animals- Reuters, 1st December 2006
CANBERRA, Australia- Giant kangaroos and wombats bigger than cars which once roamed Australia were killed by climate change and not human hunters, Australian scientists said on Thursday.
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Old-growth forests 'are key carbon sinks'-
SciDev.Net, 1st December 2006
BEIJING, China- Old-growth forest might store far more
carbon than previously thought, making their preservation
a higher priority in carbon trading and other efforts
to tackle global warming.
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India Monsoons Worsen As Climate Changes -
Study- Reuters, 1st December 2006
WASHINGTON, US- India's monsoon rains have intensified
over the last half-century as average temperatures have
risen, and more severe weather could be in store if
global warming continues, scientists reported on Thursday.
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The Answer to Global Warming Might Be Going
Up in Smoke- Seventh Generation, December 2006
US- When it comes to climate change, it’s clear
that a lot of the trouble can be traced to chimneys
all around the world that belch out much of the carbon
dioxide responsible for rising atmospheric temperatures.
But what if the smokestacks that are part of the problem
could become part of the solution? That’s the
idea behind something called the liquid chimney, a new
technology that its creator forecasts will lead to a
much cooler world.
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World Asked To Share Australia's Drought Pain-
Reuters, 30th November 2006
CANBERRA, Australia- Foreign diplomats in Australia's
parched capital are being asked to stop watering embassy
lawns in solidarity with a nation suffering its worst
known drought.
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Great Lakes Treated Like Great Big Sewer - Report- Reuters, 30th November 2006
TORONTO, Canada- Cities in the United States and Canada are dumping billions of gallons of untreated sewage into the Great Lakes each year, a report by a Canadian environment organization said on Wednesday.
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Supreme Court Hears First Global Warming Case-
Reuters, 30th November 2006
WASHINGTON, US- The US Supreme Court considered its
first global warming case on Wednesday, in a matter
that pits environmental groups against the US agency
meant to shield Americans from pollution.
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FACTBOX - Bird Flu's Spread Around The Globe-
Reuters, 30th November 2006
WORLD- The World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed
on Wednesday the death of an Indonesian woman from the
H5N1 strain of bird flu.
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Too Many Air Polluters, Too Few Inspectors-
ENS, 30th November 2006
WASHINGTON, US- In 10 of America's most populous states,
more than half the residents breate air so smoggy that
pollution levels routinely exceed federal safety standards,
according to a new study by two nonprofit progressive
research and educational organizations that examines
state enforcement of clean air laws.
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Wind close to producing hydrogen at target
levels- ReFocus, 29th November 2006
COLORADO, US- Wind turbines could produce hydrogen that
would cost less than US$3 a kilogram delivered, according
to a report prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy.
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Australian poll shows strong support for renewables
- ReFocus, 29th November 2006
SYDNEY, Australia- Residents of Australia want a shift
from dependency on coal to reliance on renewable energies,
including members of the government’s own coalition.
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Growth Of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accelerating-
ENS, 29th November 2006
CANBERRA, Australia- Global emissions of the greenhouse
gas carbon dioxide have more than doubled since 1990
and the rate of increase is accelerating, according
to new information gathered and analyzed by the Australian
government research service.
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Gaia Scientist Lovelock Predicts Planetary
Wipeout- Reuters, 29th November 2006
LONDON, UK- The earth has a fever that could boost temperatures
by 8 degrees Celsius making large parts of the surface
uninhabitable and threatening billions of peoples' lives,
a controversial climate scientist said on Tuesday.
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INTERVIEW - Climate Lawsuits May Surge If Humans
Blamed - Expert- Reuters, 29th November 2006
OSLO, Norway- A 2007 UN report with stronger evidence
that humans are causing global warming is likely to
spur more lawsuits around the world such as a case to
be heard by the US Supreme Court on Wednesday, a legal
expert said.
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Satellite To Track Elusive Pakistani Snow Leopards- Reuters, 29th November 2006
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan- Conservationists in Pakistan have for the first time attached a satellite tracking collar to a snow leopard with the aim of gathering crucial information for efforts to save the endangered big cats.
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Gaia Scientist Lovelock Predicts Planetary Wipeout- Reuters, 29th November 2006
LONDON, UK- The earth has a fever that could boost temperatures by 8 degrees Celsius making large parts of the surface uninhabitable and threatening billions of peoples' lives, a controversial climate scientist said on Tuesday.
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Flu Viruses Survive Frozen In Lakes, Study Finds- Reuters, 29th November 2006
WASHINGTON, US- Influenza virus can live for decades and perhaps even longer in frozen lakes and might be picked up and carried by birds to reinfect animals and people, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Forest Fragmentation Hurts Amazon Biodiversity- Reuters, 28th November 2006
WASHINGTON, US- Chopping up the dense forests of the Amazon lets hot winds blow in and around ancient trees, killing them off hundreds of years early, researchers reported on Monday.
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U.S. Petitioned to List 12 Penguin Species
as Endangered- ENS, 28th November 2006
WASHINGTON DC, US- The nonprofit Center for Biological
Diversity filed a formal petition with the U.S. government
today requesting that 12 species of penguins worldwide
be added to the list of threatened and endangered species
under the federal Endangered Species Act.
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British Travel Agents Launch Carbon Offset
Scheme- ENS, 28th November 2006
LONDON, UK- The giant Association of British Travel
Agents is joining forces with two other British travel
industry organizations to launch a carbon offset program.
The scheme will allow agents to offer their customers
the chance to offset the climate warming impact of their
trips by paying towards environmental projects worldwide.
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Forest People Must Help Conserve India's Tigers-
Reuters, 28th November 2006
NEW DELHI, India- Hundreds of thousands of poor people
living in India's tiger reserves must be involved in
conservation efforts and benefit from them if the endangered
big cat is to survive, a leading environmental group
said on Monday.
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Humpback Whales Have 'Human' Brain Cells -
Study- Reuters, 28th November 2006
WASHINGTON, US- Humpback whales have a type of brain
cell seen only in humans, the great apes, and other
cetaceans such as dolphins, US researchers reported
on Monday.
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How mirrors can light up the world- Guardian
Unlimited, 27th November 2006
World - In the desert, just across the Mediterranean
sea, is a vast source of energy that holds the promise
of a carbon-free, nuclear-free electrical future for
the whole of Europe, if not the world.
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Wings over Wetlands Project Takes Flight- ENS,
27th November 2006
CAMBRIDGE, UK- From the southern tip of Africa to northern
Greenland, conservation of critical areas needed by
migrating waterbirds flying across continents is the
aim of a new project created by a coalition of conservation
organizations and UN agencies.
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Wheat gene discovery could fight malnutrition-
SciDev.Net, 24th November 2006
BEIJING, China- Scientists have found how to boost the
protein, zinc and iron content in wheat, which could
help to solve nutritional deficiency that affects two
billion people worldwide, especially in the developing
world.
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Motor Racing - F1 Catches The Big Green Wave-
Reuters, 24th November 2006
LONDON, UK- It will take some doing for Formula One
to trade in its gas-guzzling, cash-devouring image for
something leaner, greener and altogether more planet-friendly.
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INTERVIEW - UK Power Lobby Fears Excessive Environment Rules- Reuters, 23rd November 2006
LONDON, UK- The UK government should focus on creating a clear investment environment for power companies, rather than imposing more environmental regulations, said David Porter, the CEO of the Association of Electricity Producers.
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Hurricane Watchers Say Calm 2006 'only A Respite'- Reuters, 23rd November 2006
NEW YORK, US- The 2006 hurricane season is ending on Nov. 30 with US homeowners and insurers unscathed, but forecasters warn that the years ahead will not be so calm.
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Melbourne Water plans for 'worst-case scenario'-
theage.com.au, 22nd November 2006
MELBOURNE, Australia- MELBOURNE households have been
warned they could face unprecedented stage four water
restrictions next year, as authorities consider new
emergency measures to counter the effects of the state's
record-breaking drought.
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Australia selects third ‘solar city’
for green power and green heat support- ReFocus, 22nd
November 2006
CANBERRA, Australia- The city of Blacktown in New South
Wales will receive Aus$15 million from the federal government
to become the first ‘Solar City’ in the
state and the third in the country.
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Construction starts on windfarm in Australia-
ReFocus, 22nd November 2006
MADRID, Spain- A Spanish wind energy company has started
construction of a 192 MW windfarm in Australia.
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China's Easy Riders Deride Electric Bike Ban-
Reuters, 22nd November 2006
BEIJING, China- A ban on battery-powered bicycles in
the southern China city of Guangzhou has left tens of
thousands of owners grounded without compensation and
angered vendors who face lost business, local media
reported on Tuesday.
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INTERVIEW - World Has Under Decade To Act On Climate Crisis- Reuters, 22nd November 2006
LONDON, UK- The world has less than a decade to take decisive action in the battle to beat global warming or risk irreversible change that will tip the planet towards catastrophe, a leading US climate scientist said on Tuesday.
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Growth of Atmospheric Methane Stablizes, May
Slow Global Warming- ENS, 21st November 2006
CALIFORNIA, US- Levels of atmospheric methane, a potent
greenhouse gas, have stayed nearly flat for the past
seven years after rising for more than two decades,
according to new research led by a Nobel Prize winning
scientist at the University of California-Irvine.
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Altered Cottonseed Could Feed Millions - Scientists-
Reuters, 21st November 2006
WASHINGTON, US- Scientists have found a way to use the
cotton plant, long a source of fiber for clothing but
inedible by humans, to feed potentially half a billion
people a year.
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UN Climate Talks Make Progress on Kyoto Overhaul-
Reuters, 20th November 2006 NAIROBI, Kenya-
Ministers at UN climate talks agreed on Friday to a
review, ending in 2008, of the Kyoto Protocol, a step
that could pave the way to a broader long-term fight
against global warming, senior officials said.
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INSIGHTS: The Earth Is Shrinking- ENS, 20th
November 2006
WASHINGTON DC, US- Our early 21st century civilization
is being squeezed between advancing deserts and rising
seas. Measured by the land area that can support human
habitation, the earth is shrinking. Mounting population
densities, once generated solely by the addition of
over 70 million people per year, are now also fueled
by the relentless advance of deserts and the rise in
sea level.
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Green Turns To Gold In Global Warming Battle-
Reuters, 20th November 2006
LONDON, UK- A green goldrush is under way in the hunt
for low carbon technologies to beat global warming.
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Rich, Poor Nations Wrangle On Global Warming- Reuters, 17th November 2006
NAIROBI, Kenya- Rich and poor nations wrangled on Thursday about how to widen a fight against global warming beyond 2012 to salvage UN talks on combating what many delegates call one of the biggest threats to life on the planet.
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Migratory Animals Most At Risk From Warming - UN- Reuters, 17th November 2006
NAIROBI, Kenya- Herds of wildebeest thundering across the Serengeti and swallows flying south for the winter could all become a thing of the past if global warming is not stopped, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said on Thursday.
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FACTBOX - Agreements at UN Climate Talks- Reuters,
17th November 2006
International- Following are details of agreements reached
so far at a Nov. 6-17 UN conference in Nairobi to find
ways to step up the fight against global warming beyond
2012, the end of the first period of the UN's Kyoto
Protocol.
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Carbon Offsetting: Does It Work?- Reuters,
17th November 2006
LONDON, US- Interest is soaring in how to reduce our
carbon footprint.
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Polar Bear Survival Rate Falls As Climate Warms - Study- Reuters, 17th November 2006
ALASKA, US- Polar bear cubs in Alaska's Beaufort Sea are much less likely to survive compared to about 20 years ago, probably due to melting sea ice caused by global warming, a study released on Wednesday said.
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Deep-Sea Trawling Destroying Underwater Mountains- Reuters, 16th November 2006
LONDON, UK- Deep-sea trawling is destroying underwater mountains teeming with marine life and causing irreparable damage to ecosystems, scientists warned on Wednesday.
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US Mayors Don't Wait For Washington On Warming- Reuters, 16th November 2006
WASHINGTON, US- US mayors who fight global warming at city hall, on city streets and at the city dump swapped strategies this week at a snowed-in summit in Utah, and some hoped the federal government would follow their lead.
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Global Warming Could Wipe Out Most Birds -- WWF- Reuters, 14th November 2006
NAIROBI, Kenya- Unchecked climate change could drive up to 72 per cent of the world's bird species into extinction but the world still has a chance to limit the losses, conservation group WWF said in a report on Tuesday.
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Amazon Conservation Team Puts Indians
On Google Earth To Save The Amazon- Mongabay.com, 14th
November 2006
AMAZON- Amazon natives use Google Earth, GPS to protect
rainforest home.
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Nanotech membrane cuts costs of water treatment-
SciDev.Net, 14th November 2006
World- Water treatment such as desalination and wastewater
reuse could become much cheaper for developing countries,
thanks to a purification membrane developed using nanotechnology.
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Spain Makes Solar Panels A Must On New Buildings-
Reuters, 14th November 2006
MADRID, Spain- Solar panels are now compulsory on all
new and renovated buildings in Spain as part of the
country's efforts to bring its building rules up to
date and curb growing demand for energy, ministers said
on Monday.
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World's Forests are Making a Comeback - Study-
Reuters, 14th November 2006
WASHINGTON, US- Many of the world's forests appear to
be making a comeback, and some are more thickly forested
now than they were nearly 200 years ago, a new study
reported on Monday.
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INTERVIEW - Climate Change Affects Health Too
- Scientist- Reuters, 13th November 2006
BEIJING, China- Deadly heatwaves, hurricanes and spreading
malaria infections appear to be just the obvious toll
of global warming on people's health, said a scientist
leading efforts to unravel how environmental change
threatens lives.
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INTERVIEW - Cyclone-Proof Wind Turbines - The Island Solution?- Reuters, 13th November 2006
PARIS, France- Wind turbines that can operate through cyclones and earthquakes are increasingly being installed on small, isolated islands that seek improved energy independence, a wind power producer said on Friday.
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Space Maps Of Forests From 1990s Could Aid Climate- Reuters, 13th November 2006
NAIROBI, Kenya- Photographs taken from space can track deforestation in developing nations and could be used along with cash incentives to safeguard trees and combat global warming, experts say.
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Snows Of Kilimanjaro Shrink - God Or Global Warming?- Reuters, 13th November 2006
ESITETI, Kenya- At the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, an elderly Maasai village chief squints up at the summit and says only God can explain the shrinking snowcap and worsening droughts.
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Kenyan Children Demand Action On Climate Change- Reuters, 13th November 2006
NAIROBI, Kenya- Kenyan children led a march by hundreds of people through the capital Nairobi on Saturday to call for rich nations to do more to fight global warming.
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Climate Change Melting Fabled African Glaciers- Reuters, 13th November 2006
KAMPALA, Uganda- Climate change is melting a legendary ice field in equatorial Africa and may soon thaw it out completely, threatening fresh water supplies to hundreds of thousands of people, a climate expert said on Thursday.
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Extreme Weather Costs China Billions Each Year-
Reuters, 10th November 2006
BEIJING, China- Droughts, floods and other weather disasters
stunt China's economy by up to 6 percent every year,
the country's chief meteorologist said on Thursday,
warning of the potential costs of global warming for
the Asian boom economy.
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Africa's Nobel Laureate Says Plant a Billion
Trees- Reuters, 9th November 2006
NAIROBI, Kenya- The United Nations and Africa's Nobel
laureate, environmentalist Wangari Maathai, launched
a project on Wednesday to plant a billion trees worldwide
to help fight climate change and poverty.
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Icebergs Near NZ After Drifting From Atlantic-
Reuters, 9th November 2006
WELLINGTON, New Zealand- Scores of icebergs have floated
to within about 300 km (186 miles) of New Zealand, with
the largest measuring about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) in length
and standing some 120 metres (360 feet) above water.
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Between Britons' Green Rhetoric And Reality- Reuters, 9th November 2006
LONDON, UK- Britons claim to be green and say they recycle rubbish, save energy in their homes and try to make fewer car journeys, a poll showed on Wednesday.
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Australia's Drought Could Be Worst In 1,000 Years- Reuters, 8th November 2006
CANBERRA, Australia- The drought gripping Australia could be the worst in 1,000 years, government officials said on Tuesday, as Australia started to draw up emergency plans to secure long-term water supplies to towns and cities.
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Zanzibar Bans Plastic Bags- Reuters, 8th November
2006
Zanzibar- Zanzibar has banned the import and production
of plastic bags to protect its environment and tourism
industry.
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Britain to Start National Carbon Cut Consultations-
Reuters, 8th November 2006
LONDON, UK- Britain will embark this week on a three-month
consultation period to consider how to get local businesses
to cut climate warming greenhouse gas emissions.
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Water Flow In China's Yellow River Hits Record
Low- Reuters, 8th November 2006
BEIJING, China- Water levels in the upper reaches of
the Yellow River, China's second longest, have hit a
historic low, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday, after
a senior official warned that China might run out of
water by 2030.
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Global Warming Said Threat To World Heritage- Reuters, 8th November 2006
NAIROBI, Kenya- Global warming is threatening archaeological sites from Peru to Egypt as well as natural wonders such as the Caribbean's largest coral reef, a UN report said on Tuesday.
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"Frightening" Study Predicts Hotter, Drier Australia- Reuters, 7th November 2006
SYDNEY, Australia- Australia's climate is now permanently hotter and drier, and the country faces major temperature rises and significantly less rainfall by 2070, scientists said on Monday.
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INTERVIEW - Brazil Proposes Fund To Protect Amazon- Reuters, 7th November 2006
BRASILIA, Brazil- Brazil, home to the world's largest rainforest, will ask rich nations to back a plan to help it slow deforestation at global climate talks this week, a senior environmental official said.
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Indonesia Forest Fires, Attacks Kill 1,000 Orangutans- Reuters, 7th November 2006
JAKARTA, Indonesia- About 1,000 orangutans are estimated to have died in Indonesia during the dry season this year in which raging forest fires have produced thick smoke across huge areas of Southeast Asia, a conservationist said on Monday.
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Spain Says CO2 Emissions Falling For First Time- Reuters, 7th November 2006
MADRID, Spain- Spain's emissions of the greenhouse gases that are widely held responsible for global warming could be falling for the first time, Environment Minister Cristina Narbona said on Monday.
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US Considers Bird-Friendly Communications Towers- Reuters, 7th November 2006
WASHINGTON, US- The US Federal Communications Commission drew praise from a wildlife conservation group on Monday for considering a plan to make communications towers less deadly for migrating birds.
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Australia Calls For State Water Summit Amid Drought- Reuters, 6th November 2006
MELBOURNE, Australia- As Australia battles its worst drought in a hundred years, Prime Minister John Howard called for three key states to discuss ways to coordinate decisions on water supplies at a summit to be held on Tuesday.
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Greenhouse Gases Hit Record Levels in 2005
- UN- Reuters, 6th November 2006
GENEVA, Switzerland- Levels of heat-trapping greenhouse
gases in the atmosphere hit a record last year and are
likely to keep rising unless emissions are radically
cut, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said
in a report on Friday.
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Australian PM Turns A Light Shade Of Green-
Reuters, 6th November 2006
CANBERRA, Australia- Australia's conservative prime
minister has turned a light shade of green, say political
analysts, as global warming and his opposition to Kyoto
emerge as key political issues in the lead up to an
election in 2007.
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Africa More At Risk From Warming Than Feared -- UN- Reuters, 6th November 2006
NAIROBI, Kenya- Africa is more vulnerable than feared to global warming, with 70 million people at risk from coastal flooding by 2080 and more than a quarter of wildlife habitats under threat, a UN report said on Sunday.
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Tropical Peat Bogs Stoke Global Warming - Report- Reuters, 6th November 2006
OSLO, Norway- Drainage of tropical peat bogs is a vast uncharted source of greenhouse gases that may be doing more to stoke global warming than fossil fuels, a conservation group and a Dutch research institute said on Friday.
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Ocean Fish, Seafood Could Collapse By 2048 - Study- Reuters, 3rd November 2006
WASHINGTON, US- The world's fish and seafood populations will collapse by 2048 if current trends in habitat destruction and overfishing continue, resulting in less food for humans, researchers said on Thursday.
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China Film Director Hailed For Harming Environment- Reuters, 2nd November 2006
BEIJING, China- Chinese director Chen Kaige, whose movie "The Promise" harmed a pristine Himalayan lakeside during shooting, has been nominated for a "Green Chinese" award for raising environmental awareness.
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FEATURE - World's Report On Global Warming: "Must Try Harder"- Reuters, 2nd November 2006
HELSINKI, Finland- More than a decade after world leaders pledged to avert "dangerous" climate change, a report card on their efforts so far might read: "Must try harder".
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INTERVIEW - Essential That US Joins New Kyoto - UK Minister- Reuters, 2nd November 2006
LONDON, UK- It is vital the United States signs up to a global agreement on climate change, British Environment Minister David Miliband said on Wednesday ahead of talks to agree a successor to the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012.
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FEATURE - Dawn Of The "Solar Salon" In US Living Rooms- Reuters, 2nd November 2006
NEW YORK, US- One evening last month, a mix of philanthropists, charity executives and environmentalists gathered at the New York home of Peter Yarrow of the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary.
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INTERVIEW - Solar To Become Top Alternative Energy, Author Says- Reuters, 2nd November 2006
NEW YORK, US- Solar power will become economically viable and available to almost anyone in the next 10 to 15 years, Travis Bradford, a former corporate buyout specialist, says in his book "Solar Revolution."
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FACTBOX - What is the Kyoto Protocol?- Reuters,
1st November 2006
International- Delegates from 189 nations will meet
in Nairobi from Nov. 6-17 for annual talks on combating
climate change and the UN's Kyoto Protocol, meant to
cut emissions of gases blamed for global warming.
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Australia Rejects British Climate Report- Reuters,
1st November 2006
CANBERRA, Australia- Australia said on Tuesday it would
not let down workers and accept a hard-hitting British
report on climate change as critics branded the country
an environmental "renegade".
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Warned Of Costs, World Seeks Way To Fight Warming- Reuters, 1st November 2006
OSLO, Norway- UN climate talks in Kenya next week will hunt for new ways to fight global warming, stung by a warning that long-term inaction may trigger a cataclysmic economic downturn.
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Opec Says British Climate Change Report "Unfounded"- Reuters, 1st November 2006
MOSCOW, Russia- A hard-hitting report on climate change published by the British government on Monday has no basis in science or economics, OPEC's Secretary-General Mohammed Barkindo said on Tuesday.
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When It Comes To Mirrors, Elephants See The Point- Reuters, 1st November 2006
WASHINGTON, US- Elephants can recognize themselves in a mirror -- an important test of awareness that puts them in an exclusive club with humans, chimpanzees and dolphins, scientists reported on Tuesday.
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FACTBOX - UK Response to Stern Review on Climate
Change- Reuters, 31st October 2006
UK- British finance minister Gordon Brown announced
a raft of new "green" measures at the launch
on Monday of a report by chief British government economist
Nicholas Stern calling for urgent action on climate
change.
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FACTBOX - Emissions of Greenhouse Gases- Reuters,
31st October 2006
International- Following is a ranking of industrialised
nations by their rises in greenhouse gas emissions between
1990 and 2004, issued by the UN climate change secretariat
on Monday.
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