Category: Americas

Activists scale Greenland rig to halt drilling: Greenpeace

Four Greenpeace activists climbed onto an Arctic oil rig Tuesday and halted drilling in a bid to pressure Britain's

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Hurricane Earl strengthens, could swipe U.S. coast

MIAMI (Reuters) – Hurricane Earl strengthened into a major Category 3 storm on Monday as it lashed the northeast

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Hurricane Danielle strengthens to Category Four

MIAMI (AFP) – Hurricane Danielle, the strongest storm of the Atlantic season, surged to Category Four intensity Friday, with

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Hurricane Frank heads out to Pacific, leaves four dead in Mexico

MIAMI (AFP) – Tropical Storm Frank strengthened into the third Pacific hurricane of the 2010 season on Wednesday, veering

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8,000 evacuated as Galeras erupts

Colombian officials have raised the alert on the Galeras volcano to "red," the highest level, and ordered the evacuation

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Hurricane Danielle strengthening in Atlantic

MIAMI – Hurricane Danielle has strengthened a little as it swirls far out over the Atlantic. Danielle's maximum sustained winds

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Large Earthquake hits off Mexico

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit off the west coast of Mexico today, striking 283km from the town of Cihuatlan in

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Thousands of dead fish reported at mouth of Mississippi

Thousands of fish have turned up dead at the mouth of Mississippi River, prompting authorities to check whether oil

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Hurricane Danielle downgraded as it heads east of Bermuda

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hurricane Danielle unexpectedly weakened in the open Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday and was downgraded to

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Fund for those hurt by BP Gulf spill up and running

A 20-billion dollar fund to compensate people who suffered financial damages from the BP oil spill got up and

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