Month: September 2008

Australia to launch ambitious global carbon capture scheme

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia will launch a multi-million dollar international carbon capture and storage institute to fight global warming,

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Chicago outlines plan to slash greenhouse gases

CHICAGO - Mayor Richard M. Daley has announced a plan to dramatically slash emissions of heat-trapping gases, part of

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Hurricane Ike destroys 49 oil platforms in Gulf

WASHINGTON - At least 49 offshore oil platforms, all with production of less than 1,000 barrels a day, were

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Flesh-eating Buruli disease spreads across West Africa

COTONOU, 18 September 2008 (IRIN) - A tropical flesh-eating disease, Buruli ulcer, is spreading across West Africa and

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Nigerian militants say Shell pipeline destroyed

LAGOS (AFP) - The main militant group in southern Nigeria -- the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger

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FDA issues rules for genetically modified animals

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Genetically engineered animals moved closer to the dinner table on Thursday as the U.S. Food and

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UN chief appoints two new envoys on climate change

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon has appointed two new special envoys on climate change, one of

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SKorea to set up first carbon trading company

SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea will set up its first carbon trading company to help regulate greenhouse gas emissions,

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Global warming unprecedented in 1,300 years

WASHINGTON — A new scientific study adds evidence that temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere fluctuated a bit over time,

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World’s Number of starving hits 925 million

GLOBAL numbers afflicted by acute hunger rose from 850 million to 925 million by the start of 2008 because

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