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Microorganisms in rivers and streams play a crucial role in the global carbon cycle that has not previously been considered. Freshwater ecologists note that our understanding of how rivers and streams deal with organic carbon has changed radically.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pennsylvania Gov Ed Rendell said on Monday he backs his state agriculture secretary to head the U.S. Agriculture Department, with duties from school lunches to farm subsidies and the national forests.
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's foreign minister was unusually upbeat on Tuesday about prospects for agreement on a new pact to tackle global warming by an ambitious 2009 deadline, as top negotiators gathered in Poland for key UN talks.
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A major international study says palm oil plantations reduce plant and animal diversity, and do little to reduce carbon emissions.
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Greenhouse gas emissions should at the very least be slashed by more than a third by 2020, the committee set up to advice the government on climate change has concluded.
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq started flushing excess salinity out of millions of acres of land on Monday in a project aimed at cleansing rivers, breathing new life into dying soils and reviving what was once part of "the fertile crescent."
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Household electricity bills will rise by a quarter over the next decade to pay for sharp reductions in greenhouse gas emissions the Government's climate change advisor has warned.
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A committee set up by the Government to advise on climate change has recommended that no new coalfired power stations should be built unless they can be fitted with carbon capture technology by the early 2020s.
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[NAIROBI] Using existing technologies to monitor carbon storage in developing country landscapes could save more carbon than closing 1400 coal-burning power plants, according to new research by the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF).
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POZNAN, Poland (Reuters) - The United States defended President George W. Bush's much-criticized climate policies on Monday at United Nations talks, where President-elect Barack Obama won praise for an "ambitious" change of course.
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian environmental groups have filed a misleading advertising complaint against Nestle disputing claims in an ad by the world's largest food company that its bottled water has numerous ecological benefits.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European carmakers must cut emissions of global warming gases from new vehicles by 18 percent within the next six years, the EU agreed, after a long battle between environmentalists and industry.
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