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Europe and Kyoto treaty
Kyoto Anyone? Check Out Europe ANALYSIS - European Industry Squeezed by Surging Power Prices Planet Ark , NY June 23, 2005 LONDON - Record power prices in Europe are squeezing industry and analysts say there is more pain on the way as utilities pass through...
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Link between food packaging and miscarriages
Link found between food packaging and miscarriages David Adam, science correspondent Scientists in have found evidence of a link between recurrent miscarriages and a chemical widely used in food packaging. Women with a history of miscarriages were found...
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Ehanol & biodiesel versus fossil energy
Study Slams Economics Of Ethanol And Biodiesel A new joint study from Cornell University and University of California-Berkeley says that fuels produced from biomass are uneconomical as they use much more energy in their creation than the resulting ethanol...
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Protocole de Kyoto
Protocole de Kyoto Adopté en décembre 1997, ce protocole à la Convention cadre des Nations unies sur le changement climatique met en lumière la nouvelle attitude de la communauté internationale face au phénomène du changement climatique. En effet, en...
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Desert near Spain
Spain warns desert is spreading Giles Tremlett in Madrid The deserts of north Africa are threatening to leap the Mediterranean and creep through Spain , according to government figures made public as part of a national campaign to halt desertification....
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Global warming in Europe
Water vapor feedback is rapidly warming Europe WASHINGTON -- A new report indicates that the vast majority of the rapid temperature increase recently observed in Europe is likely due to an unexpected greenhouse gas: water vapor . Elevated surface temperatures...
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Global warming
COVER STORY Global Warming Consensus is growing among scientists, governments, and business that they must act fast to combat climate change. This has already sparked efforts to limit CO 2 emissions. Many companies are now preparing for a carbon-constrained...
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Social impact of global warming in Africa
'Global warming may leave millions destitute' By John Yeld As many as 50 million "environmental refugees" - many likely to be Africans - could be driven from their homes by 2010 through increased desertification, drought, flooding, storms and rising sea...
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The disappearance of tigers of Rajastan
Tigers of Rajasthan 'disappear' A massive search for tigers in a wildlife reserve in India 's western state of Rajasthan has failed to find firm evidence any of them are alive. Three hundred forestry workers spent two weeks looking for tiger paw prints...
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Artic pollution
Arctic Pollution Linked to Bird Droppings WASHINGTON - A major source of chemical contamination in the Arctic turns out to be bird droppings. Wind currents and human activities long have been blamed for fouling the pristine Arctic . But a study by a group...
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The position of Bush on the Kyoto treaty
Bush: Kyoto Would Have 'Wrecked' Economy By CHRISTIAN WIENBERG COPENHAGEN , Denmark (AP) - President Bush said in a Danish TV interview aired Thursday that adhering to the Kyoto treaty on climate change would have "wrecked" the U.S. economy, and he called...
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The position of Japan about whales
Anti-Whaling States Aim for Sanctuaries, Hunt Curbs ULSAN - Anti-whaling countries will try to thwart a Japanese-led attempt on Wednesday to abolish a whale sanctuary in the southern seas and condemn Tokyo for continuing to catch the huge mammals in the...
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Carbon & global warming
How carbon causes global warming Jenny Bird Why do carbon dioxide emissions heat up the planet? The temperature of the Earth depends on a balance between incoming energy from the Sun and the energy that bounces back into space. Carbon dioxide absorbs...
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climate change in the summertime
Is extreme weather down to climate change? By Paul Rincon BBC News science reporter With fires raging through southern Europe - a region experiencing its worst drought for decades - and some parts of the continent submerged by floods, it is tempting to...
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The position of Ryanair about airline pollution
Worried about airline pollution? Sell your car, says Ryanair boss Andrew Clark, transport correspondent The thorny issue of climate change has left most airlines bending over backwards to sound green. But Europe 's largest low-cost carrier, Ryanair, has...
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Gray nurse sharks in danger in Australia
Australia seeks to breed test-tube sharks By Michael Perry SYDNEY (Reuters) - The endangered gray nurse shark is its own worst enemy, its young eat each other in the womb, so Australian scientists have a radical rescue plan to artificially inseminate...
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New US climate plan 4: the European viewpoint
Brussels welcomes six-nation climate pact By Amy Kazmin in Vientiane, Fiona Harvey in London and Daniel Dombey in Brussels The agreement on climate change struck on Thursday by the and several Asian countries was given a cautious welcome by other governments....
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Whales in danger in Iceland
Iceland Announces Plans to Illegally Slaughter 39 Minke Whales The government of Iceland has announced that 39 Minke whales in Icelandic waters are to be condemned to death. Iceland passed the death sentence on the 39 whales in the name of scientific...
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Model on greenhouse
How Hot Will the Greenhouse World Be? Richard A. Kerr S cientists know that the world has warmed lately, and they believe humankind is behind most of that warming. But how far might we push the planet in coming decades and centuries? That depends on just...
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New US climate plan 2 : the position of environmentalists
Environmentalists condemn new global warming pact SYDNEY (AFP) - Environmentalists have condemned a new pact against global warming by the and five Asia-Pacific countries, saying it was self-serving and would not work. The agreement by the US, Australia,...
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Canker in citrus trees
Canker toll at millions of trees Susan Salisbury Palm Beach Post Staff Writer More than 3.6 million commercial citrus trees have been, or are scheduled to be, felled in the fight against citrus canker, new figures from the state Agriculture Department...
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New report on global warming
Scientists report further evidence of global warming BY CURTIS MORGAN Knight Ridder Newspapers MIAMI - (KRT) - Scientists analyzing two decades of satellite data have confirmed an atmospheric spike in a prime fuel behind global warming, according to a...
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Panda Bay Yun
Panda cub born at San Diego Zoo from natural mating LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - San Diego Zoo on Wednesday welcomed a new giant panda cub -- the second to be born in the this year and one of the few of the endangered species in captivity to be born naturally....
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EU and environmental policy
EU cracks whip over environment The European Commission has issued a final warning to several EU member states for failing to comply with EU rules on the environment. The warning is the final step before the Commission launches a case at the European...
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old people & exercises
Genetics may affect how older adults respond to exercise WINSTON-SALEM , N.C. – New research suggests why some older adults who exercise have better physical function than others . Surprisingly, researchers found that an enzyme involved in blood pressure...