Tag: Climate Change

Pittsburgh surpasses Los Angeles as nation’s sootiest city

LOS ANGELES - A city outside California has for the first time been named the sootiest in the nation,

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Asia tourism, airlines ‘complacent’ on climate change

BANGKOK (AFP) - Asian airlines and tourist firms are too complacent about the urgent need to address global warming,

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Food buying panic hits Canadian stores

With food riots spreading from Haiti to Thailand and retail giants such as Wal-Mart implementing rice rationing in the

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Brazil forecasts record ethanol production in 2008

BRASILIA (AFP) - Brazilian officials forecast on Tuesday record sugar cane crops and record ethanol production for 2008 that

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TAJIKISTAN: Struggles to contain Locust Plague Invasion

Tajikistan has been battling a locust invasion over the past few weeks, but officials say control measures and assistance

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Fierce Forest fires kill 94 in China through late April

BEIJING, Forest fires killed 94 people and injured 72 others from Jan. 1 to April 24, an official of

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Global warming expert raises concerns for tourism industry

BANGKOK (AFP) - Nobel Peace Prize recipient Rajendra Pachauri Tuesday warned tourism industry chiefs they need to reduce their

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CO2, methane up sharply during 2007

A U.S. government study shows global levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide increased by 19 billion tons last year, while

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OECD ministers plead for environment despite economic concerns

PARIS (AFP) - OECD environment ministers on Tuesday stood by efforts to tackle climate change, despite arguments in some

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Mississippi River floods doom promising year for farmers

REDWOOD, Miss. — Farmers here are experiencing water torture as they wait for the flooded Mississippi River to recede

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