Category: Americas

Atlantic storm Danielle to become hurricane

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Danielle in the central Atlantic Ocean was expected to strengthen into a hurricane

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Mexico City bans plastic shopping bags

Shops in Mexico City risk being fined up to 90,000 dollars if they give customers plastic shopping bags in

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22 mile underwater oil slick, detected in the Gulf

Experts said Thursday they have mapped a 35-kilometer (22 mile) long underwater plume of oil that spewed from BP's

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Nearly 80pc of Gulf spill oil still in water: experts

Nearly 80 per cent of the oil spilled from a BP well in the Gulf of Mexico is still

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Wildfires rage across British Colombia

Nearly 300 hundred forest fires are devouring British Columbia's tinder-dry wilderness, with the latest major blazes breaking out in

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Lightning storm downs airliner

A woman has died and 114 passengers were injured when a plane crashed after being struck by lightning in

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Louisiana shrimpers catch oil

Louisiana's first shrimping season since the BP oil disaster spewed millions of gallons of crude into the Gulf of

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Methane and Crude Oil Seeping from BP Oil Spill Site

Video Report: In the short video below, methane gas and crude oil can be seen seeping from the sea

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Obama declares Gulf beaches open for business

US president Barack Obama has gone swimming off the coast of Florida and declared the Gulf area's beaches "open

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NOAA: This year warmest on record so far

So far, this has been the hottest year in recorded history. On Friday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released

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