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The head of the world's top climate scientists says he is stunned at the trillion-dollar cheques that have been signed to ease the banking crisis when funding for poverty and global warming is scrutinised or denied.
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More than 10,000 metal workers, most from Germany, protested in Brussels Tuesday over EU plans to tackle climate change, which they fear will hit their industry.
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Three Greenpeace activists were briefly arrested Tuesday as they attempted to board a Panama-flagged cargo ship carrying South African coal to Denmark, Danish police said.
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Global warming causes freak weather that may have a "devastating impact" on food security in the Pacific region, the UN food agency warned on Tuesday.
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CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - A coalition of North American environmental groups says the development of Canada's oil sands region threatens to kill as many as 166 million birds over the next five decades and is calling for a moratorium on new projects in the region.
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POZNAN, Poland (Reuters) - Developing countries urged rich nations on Tuesday to provide cash quickly to help them cope with global warming and safeguard tropical forests at 187-nation talks in Poland on a new climate treaty.
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In a 2-1 decision, the court orders a more thorough environmental review of the proposed offshore oil drilling project's effect on fish and endangered bowhead whales. The Bush administration's authorization of a major new offshore oil drilling program in the Arctic Ocean was dealt a serious...(more)
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Last year, a silverback alpha male gorilla, the leader of his group, and three females were shot and killed in Virunga national park, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Two of the females had babies and the other was pregnant. The two babies were not found,...(more)
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In keeping with its progressive reputation, San Francisco is looking to pave the way for widespread electric vehicle adoption in the US. A Palo-Alto start-up called "Better Place" has received the green light from all three of the Bay Area's big city mayors to begin carrying...(more)
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Imperialist leaningsFirst, he described the green movement as "too narrow, too technical, too anti-business, too depressing, often too dowdy" in his book Capitalism: As If the World Matters.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration is easing the way for coal companies to dump debris from mountaintop mining into nearby valleys and streams in a move deplored by environmental and Appalachian citizens' groups.
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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's environmental secretary, who unsuccessfully pushed a law to force miners to protect glaciers in the Andes, has been replaced, government officials said late on Tuesday.
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