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Report: Reduction on car emissions not enough
BRUSSELS (AFP) -- Car makers are not doing enough to meet proposed EU targets for cutting carbon dioxide emissions, according to a report Tuesday, with some German and Japanese brands facing the bigge... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
 Tundra and icebergs in Arctic - Environment  - Global Warming - Nature - pjb1
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 The Oklahoman 
Arctic sea ice drops to 2nd lowest level on record
Associated Press | WASHINGTON (AP) -- More ominous signs Wednesday have scientists saying that a global warming "tipping point" in the Arctic seems to be happening before their eyes: Sea ice in the Ar... (photo: GFDL)
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New efforts to store wind power
| NEW YORK — One problem perhaps more than any other has proven a drag on the long-term prospects for wind power: how do you turn on the lights when the wind isn't blowing? | A New Jersey compan... (photo: GNU / Bodoklecksel)
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Kevin Rudd, the leader of the Australian Labor Party and the Australian Prime Minister  The Star 
Australia's Rudd says open to negotiate carbon plan
| CANBERRA (Reuters) - The Australian government would be open to negotiations with big business over plans for carbon trading, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Wednesday, after industry complaints a... (photo: Creative Commons)
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Traffic moves down Wiliston Road in Burlington, Vt., Thursday, March 14, 2007. A trial is scheduled to begin March 22 in Burlington, Vt., on a civil suit pitting four Vermont car dealers, two Detroit auto makers and an industry group against the state of Vermont, which plans to impose new emissions standards aimed at reducing carbon-dioxide emission Turkish Press
Carmakers falling short on EU emissions targets: report
| Traffic makes its way down the east end of Berlin's Leipzigerstrasse in April 2008. Car makers are not doing enough to meet proposed EU targets for cutting carbon dioxi... (photo: AP / Alden Pellett)
CO2   Carmakers   Emissions   Photos   Traffic  
 An oil technician climbs down a tower at a refinery in Jebel Ali about 30 kms south of Dubai  The Times of India
Scrapping fuel subsidies can help climate
| 27 Aug 2008, 0637 hrs IST,REUTERS             ACCRA: Abolishing subsidies on fossil fuels could cut world greenhouse gas emissions by up t... (photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili)
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Canberra Times
Crucial to keep open mind in a climate of change
Climate change has been the most important and complex issue on my plate in 15 years as a science and technology correspondent for The Canberra Times. So an appropriate t... (photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis)
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Call for ban on contaminated meat products
| CAP views with concern a recent report by an international consumer rights' group known as Foodwatch on the export to Malaysia of bovine meat and bone meal which could ... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Consumer   Contamination   Meat   Photos   Products  
 Seal - Fur seal /aaeh The Times
The arctic seal who is afraid of the cold
| An Arctic seal who doesn't like the cold is receiving therapy for his condition at a sanctuary in Cornwall. | Sahara, a two-year-old native of the waters that lap the f... (photo: creative commons / Adamantios)
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 Tundra and icebergs in Arctic - Environment  - Global Warming - Nature - pjb1   Arctic sea ice drops to 2nd lowest level on record The Oklahoman
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Environment
Barack Obama Obama, McCain on the issues The Guardian
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BioDefense
 The former President of United States of America, Mr. Bill Clinton calls on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi on November 30, 2006 - india - hires - am1 Clinton: Barack Obama is the man for this job CNN
KLdy1 - Mar08 - grapes. (dy1) USDA seeks to end Chilean grape growers' methyl bromide use Kansas City Star
Nuclear
In this image from television, North Korea's 60-foot-tall cooling tower at it's main reactor complex is destroyed, Friday, June 27, 2008, in Yongbyon, North Korea. North Korea destroyed the most visible symbol of its nuclear weapons program Friday in a sign of its commitment to stop making plutonium for atomic b Pro-N. Korea paper: Nuclear tension could spike Syracuse
 A North Korean soldier looks at the southern side at the border village of Panmunjom, north of Seoul, Wednesday, April 13, 2005. North Korea called Wednesday for the countries of Northeast Asia to discuss the region´s security but said the United S US accuses N Korea of violating nuclear accord The Times of India
Pollution
WATER POLLUTION - SEA - GARBAGE - PHILIPPINES Nograles: Rich marine zone key to food security Journal Online
Isuzu Philippines - Davao City Isuzu marks 11th anniversary with La Mesa donation Journal Online
KLdy1 - Mar08 - mining - extracting resources from earth - valueable minerals. (dy1) Mining for national industrialization The Manila Times
Roxas Avenue - Road - Davao City - Philippines Alsons plans $2.4-B bioethanol plant in M'danao The Philippine Star
Himalayas - Nature - Mountain Recycling the Himalayas Asia Times
Water Pollution                            Pollution kills hundreds of fish BBC News
Waste Disposal Emissions
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- Noise pollution
- E-Waste - “A Global Challenge”
- Recycling the Himalayas
- Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp. plugs in new CEO
- Recycling takes field at University of Maryland football gam
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Recycling the Himalayas
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- Business Council defends its stance on ETS
- Record carbon trade earnings for US farmers
- World energy subsidies touch $300bn a year
- Xcel to Expand Greenhouse-Gas Data
- Russian and US warships engaged in Black Sea stand-off
- Irish officials meet Danes for advice on Lisbon opt-outs
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT - U.S. Army Lt. Col. Otto Fiala, left, Georgian government officials and local residents gather information on the situation in Gori, Georgia, Aug. 25, 2008.
Russian and US warships engaged in Black Sea stand-off
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Deforestation Oil Spill
- Green taxes 'too high'
- Murdered B.C. model's roommate still pained over experie
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- Green taxes 'too high'
- NSW Farmers want to keep fighting land clearing case
- Green taxes 'too high'
Muslim Tribe - River Parade or Fluvial Festival - Kadayawan Festival 2008 - Davao City - Philippines.
Everybody can now claim ancestral domain
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- Canada asserts control over Arctic waters
- Corrib gas partners must change licence
- Climate talks advance on saving forests
- Canada requires ship registration in Arctic
- Exxon agrees to pay out 75 percent of Valdez damages
- Canadian PM makes registration mandatory for ships sailing i
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Environment: Turkish PM attacks 'idle' green groups
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Smoking Recycling
- The badged brigade of wardens who have police powers and pat
- Rs 5k-crore fund to help farmers quit tobacco
- Big, bad tobacco
- Rio Tinto stands by its Alcan acquisition
- Corporate America taking longer to collect: study
- Judge rules Vermont AG may continue case against R.J. Reynol
smoking
Cancer Knowledge Lags In Poor Nations
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- Green Businesses Jump
- Cellar in basement offers perfect wine down
- Letters: Defining Britishness
- Cheap clothes, clean conscience
- Pre-holiday season best time to test fragrant white wines
- Kids' Events: Thursday-Monday, Aug. 28-Sept. 1
Roxas Avenue - Road - Davao City - Philippines
Alsons plans $2.4-B bioethanol plant in M'danao
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Ecology Health
- Aronia berry, 'the healthiest fruit in the world,' h
- Festival offers flavour of modern Taiwan
- Nine artists resident in hostels to exhibit work
- New insect discovered in Mayo marshland
- At last, a summer festival with green credentials
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CHEVROLET - CARS - ROAD - TRAFFIC - AIR POLLUTION
Report: Reduction on car emissions not enough
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- FOX Business: Oil Soars Past Storm Concerns-Annual Bankruptc
- Columbus Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Drug and Gun Crimes
- 'Fat map' shows obesity hotspots emerging in 'he
- New lifeline for kidney patients
- Herbal medicine all-clear
- 'Fat map' shows obesity hotspots emerging in 'he
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'Sick' airhostesses get strong medicine
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