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Solar cars
Jump start for solar? Car race shows potential Tapping the sun, students drove 2,500 miles from Texas to By Miguel LLANOS MSNBC reporter TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY — Mile after mile along this stretch of 's coast-to-coast highway, the faces of the farmers,...
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Global warming & agriculture
Hungry to get hungrier with global warming - FAO By Robin Pomeroy ROME (Reuters) - The poorest countries where food is scarcest will find it increasingly difficult to feed themselves as global warming exacerbates desertification and drought, a United...
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US environmental policy
EU Commissioner urges U.S. climate change rethink Source: Reuters LONDON , Sept 10 (Reuters) - U.S. climate change policy is not succeeding in lowering greenhouse gas emissions, the EU's environment chief said on Saturday. European Union Environment Commissioner...
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How to keep track of dolphins
Dolphins offered mobile solution Dusky dolphins living off the coast of Cape Town are about to be issued with mobile phone technology. It will not be handsets though and, despite their sophisticated ability to communicate, they will not be chatting or...
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Tuskless elephants
Poaching making elephants evolve tuskless BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese elephants are evolving into an increasingly tuskless breed because poaching is changing the gene pool, a newspaper reported on Sunday. Five to 10 percent of Asian elephants in now had...
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G8 likely to reach a deal on climate change
G8 likely to reach deal on climate change at Gleneagles - report BRUSSELS (AFX) - G8 leaders look set to reach an agreement on climate change at their summit in Gleneagles, Scotland , later this week, according to the Financial Times. Citing diplomats...
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New evidences on global warming
The debate's over: Globe is warming By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY Don't look now, but the ground has shifted on global warming. After decades of debate over whether the planet is heating and, if so, whose fault it is, divergent groups are joining hands with...
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US scientists and global change
US scientists pile on pressure over climate change US scientists have increased the pressure on George Bush and other world leaders to tackle climate change by signing a joint statement calling on G8 nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The statement,...
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China & the global warming
Experts: Kyoto Protocol more positive than negative for China BEIJING , Feb. 17 -- The Kyoto Protocol on global warming has officially gone into effect with 34 industrialized nations legally bound to control their emission of greenhouse gases. An expert...
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Q&A: Bird flu
Q&A: Bird flu The spread of bird flu - also known as avian flu - which has led to human deaths in South East Asia , is causing concern. But what is the disease and what are the possible risks to humans? Q: What is bird flu? Like humans and other species,...
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Sea birds and pollution
Sea birds are transporting industrial and agricultural pollutants to the Arctic , according to new research. Canadian scientists found that birds carry pollutants like DDT and mercury, and deposit them in sites where other animals feed. They say this...
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PETA
By Carey Gillam NORFOLK , Virginia , July 13 (Reuters) - With a cat snoozing on her desk and clad in a rumpled "Love Animals" T-shirt, Ingrid Newkirk hardly looks like a woman who could make corporate titans tremble. As the founder and the passionate...
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G8 Gleneagles 2005
Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development G8 Gleneagles 2005 1. We face serious and linked challenges in tackling climate change, promoting clean energy and achieving sustainable development globally. (a) Climate change is a serious and...
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Elephants have emotions
Elephants have emotions 'just like humans' By Duncan Guy Elephant conservation should be considered in much the same way humans consider plans for their own health and well-being, an elephant management workshop heard on Tuesday. Sociality, which is the...
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Heatwave in Europe
Heatwave makes plants warm planet By Richard Black Environment Correspondent, BBC News website A new study shows that during the 2003 heatwave, European plants produced more carbon dioxide than they absorbed from the atmosphere. They produced nearly a...
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The USA & global warming
Bush Disappoints Europe with Climate Change Ideas By Jeff Mason BRUSSELS (Reuters) - President Bush on Monday disappointed European environmental activists who had hoped for a wider commitment from the world's largest polluter to fighting global warming....
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Impact of climate change on human heath
Harvard Study Shows Escalating Climate Change Impacts On Human Health, the Environment and the Economy Climate Change Futures Project Led by a Harvard Medical School Center with Sponsorship from Swiss Re and United Nations Development Programme Findings...
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Hurricane season
Hurricane season blows in again as survivors still ride storm of last year's calamity Jamie Wilson in Punta Gorda Gil Echevarrias never expected to end up living in a trailer park. The 58-year-old retired steelworker from Rhode Island was ordered by his...
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The variety of species in the ocean
Oceans Have Fewer Kinds Of Fish Overfishing Among Causes, Study Says By Juliet Eilperin Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, July 29, 2005 The variety of species in the world's oceans has dropped by as much as 50 percent in the past 50 years, according...
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The EU position on environmental policy
Europe drops green agenda to put life back into industry By Anthony Browne, Brussels Correspondent ENVIRONMENTAL groups have been angered by a decision by the European Commission to shelve its long-term environmental strategy because of concerns that...
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Whale burger at Japanese fast food
Whale Burger on Menu at Japanese Fast Food Chain TOKYO - With Japan under fire for plans to expand its whaling programme, a fast food chain is offering a new product aimed at using up stocks from past hunts -- whale burger. The 380 yen ($US3.50) slice...
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Elan Steel gave up its NT$1 trillion steel investment
Kyoto Protocol on CO2 derails NT$1 tril. steel investment Source: the China Post In an ominous sign, the Kyoto Protocol has already derailed a plan to invest NT$1 trillion in steel investments. While economists and other experts around the world are debating...
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the strength of hurricanes
Hurricanes are getting stronger, study says The number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes worldwide has nearly doubled over the past 35 years, even though the total number of hurricanes has dropped since the 1990s, according to a study by researchers at the...
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Gases and high temperatures
Gases could raise temperatures 19.8 degrees-study By Patricia Reaney (REUTERS) LONDON (Reuters) - Greenhouse gas emissions could cause global temperatures to rise by up to 19.8 degrees Fahrenheit, according to first results from the world's largest climate...
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Social impact of global warming
Climate food crisis 'to deepen' By Jonathan Amos BBC News science reporter, Dublin Climate change threatens to put far more people at risk of hunger over the next 50 years than previously thought, according to new research. Scientists say expected shifts...