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US says global climate deal "won't be easy"
Poznan, Poland - Reaching a global climate deal by the end of next year will be difficult, even...
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EU calls For 200 Billion-euro Economic Stimulus Plan
Brussels - The European Union on Wednesday called on member states to help the bloc avoid a deep...
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EU Calls For 200 Billion-euro Economic Stimulus Plan
Brussels - The European Union on Wednesday called on member states to help the bloc avoid a deep...
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Polish Coal Miners At Centre Of EU Climate Tussle
Warsaw - As the European Union seeks to slash greenhouse gas emissions, Polish coal miners are...
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Economic Crisis May Prompt Faster Action By China
Beijing - China is already the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, according to some...
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Spain to Nationalize Thousands of Holiday Residences
Madrid - Thousands in Spain fear seeing their seaside residences seized by the state in an attempt...
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EPA Wants Cleaner Air for Americans
Americans will breathe cleaner air thanks to a decision
taken last week by the Environmental...
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One Quarter Of Wild Mammals Threatened By Extinction
An evaluation made by 1300 scientists from around the world that took 5 years to complete was made...
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Exposure To Air Pollution Harms Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
Exposure to traffic fumes increases the
risk of heart attack, or strokes and potentially fatal...
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The Gulf of Mexico on the Verge Of An Ecological Catastrophe
The dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is the second largest to
date at 8,000 square miles. The area...
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Tugboat-Tanker Collision Closes Mississippi River at New Orleans
A collision between a tugboat pushing a barge and a 600-foot tanker forced authorities to close a...
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Mississippi Closed Due To Tanker Collision
The Coast Guard reported that a 12-mile stretch of the
Mississippi river at the New Orleans had to...
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EPA Experts Describe the Effects of Global Warming
Monday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said that greenhouse
gas emissions represented a...
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Global Warming Will Cause Lake Waters to Drop
Global warming continues to affect the environment, only
this time the problem is the water from...
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China on Its Child Labor Offence
Chinese officials announced yesterday the extermination of a network responsible for forcing...
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Seattle Fishing Boat On Fire In Alaska
A fishing vessel from Seattle
caught on fire early Wednesday in the Bearing
Sea, 136 miles of...
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Greenpeace Activists Protesting on Top of Plane in Heathrow
Four Greenpeace activists climbed on top of a commercial airplane which had arrived from Manchester...
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Coast Guard Helps Out the Mass. LGN Tanker
The U.S. Coast Guard continues to monitor and assist the Catalunya Spirit tanker. The ship carrying...
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EPA Did It Again! Federal Court Rejects ‘Clean Air Mercury Rule’
The Bush administration took a
nasty rejection from a federal court on Friday on their attempt to...
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Passengers and Crew From Stranded Ferry Rescued
The 23 passengers of a ferry which ran aground off the coast
at Blackpool due to bad weather are...
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New York Congestion Plan Gets State Commission's Approval
A recent panel voted on Thursday
could reach the pockets of New York drivers who want to enter...
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Highway 101 Partially Reopens after 15-Hour Closure
Traffic started running again Wednesday morning on three northbound lanes of the busy Highway 101...
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Waterway Closed for Hours after Two Ships Collide in Newark Bay
A 669-foot tank ship, flying under the Liberian Flag and carrying
orange juice collided Thursday...
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French Oil Company Total Found Guilty for Erika Oil Disaster
A Paris
court found oil giant Total guilty of negligence over the 1999 sinking of the
tanker...
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China to Ban Thin Plastic Shopping Bags
China
will ban the use of some plastic bags or will force consumers to pay for others
trying to...
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Al Gore Is Laureate of Nobel Peace Prize
The former U.S.
vice-president Al Gore won on Monday the Nobel Peace Prize. He said that it...
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The Explorer: Rescue Operation Obstructed by Antarctic Snow Storm
The 154 people that were aboard the sinking cruise ship that struck ice on Friday in the Antarctic...
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Bodies of Three Sailors Recovered. The Clean Up Begins.
The bodies of three sailors were recovered on Monday by the
rescuers after the Russian freighter...
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California Sues EPA over Car Emission Limits
California
sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday in a desperate attempt
to...
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Industrialized Countries Must Act On Climate Change
World leaders met at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Monday for a one-day conference...
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Health
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California Economy Loses $28 Billion Annually because of Air Pollution
California's
economy loses about $28 billion annually in health-related counts because of
the...
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EPA Sets New Standard On Lead Emissions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
announced yesterday the decision to change the federal...
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Pollution to Blame for Asia's Growing Number of Sneezes
Hong Kong - It starts with a sneeze, a runny nose and a cough. You think it's a cold but when the...
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Cases Of Asthma And PTSD After 9/11 Terrorist Attacks Increase
Cases of asthma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are rampant among people who experienced...
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EPA To Prepare New Ocean Pollution Criteria
Many of the pesticides that are on the
market pose extreme risks to human health, Joshua...
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Exposure to Air Pollution Harms Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
Exposure to traffic fumes increases the
risk of heart attack, or strokes and potentially fatal...
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Exposure To Air Pollution Can Obstruct Heart’s Electrical Function
Exposure to small particles in air pollution can have negative effects on individuals with coronary...
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Air Pollution Could Harm Heart Attack Patients
Microscopic air pollution may lead to decreased heart
function, researchers in Boston,
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The EPA Prepares A New Strategy For Cleaner Air
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a few days ago that five of the country’s states...
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People Inhale 300 Cigarettes' Worth of Free Radicals Daily
A new study discovered that polluted air contains free radicals that could cause lung problems...
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Study: Free Radicals-Carrying Air Pollutants Linked to Lung Cancer
A new study carried out by a team of researchers led by H. Barry Dellinger from Louisiana State...
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Beach Closing and Swimming Advisories for California’s Public Beaches
The number of beaches closing due to the
unsafe conditions for swimming and to pollution declined...
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Bay Area’s Air Is Getting Better
On Friday, a health advisory was issued with regard to Santa Clara Valley’s air quality. The public...
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Pollution Leads to Nearly 24,000 Deaths in California Yearly
Nearly 24,000 Californians die prematurely because exposure
to pollution for a long time,...
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Heal the Bay Releases Encouraging Report Card
Heal the Bay released the 18th annual Report Card for California
Beaches earlier this week and...
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Pollution Boosts Risk of Blood Clots As Well
It has long been known that pollution has noxious repercussions
on our health, but no study stated...
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Trees Prevent Childhood Asthma
It appears that children who live in tree-lined streets have lower rates of asthma. According to...
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Pollution Leads to 'High Mortality Rates' from Pneumonia
It has long been known that pollution has noxious repercussions
on our health, but no study has...
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World Health Day Warns on Health Risks Carried by Global Warming
This year’s World Health Day (April 7) highlights the idea
that global warming carries more health...
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Cancer Risk from Air Pollution Still High in Southern California
The risk of developing cancer from air pollution in Southern California has decreased in recent...
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Air Pollution Alert in Effect until Friday for Minnesota
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air
pollution alert for most of...
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Minnesota to Ban Mercury from Cosmetics
The state of Minnesota
is the first to introduce a ban on mercury as an ingredient in...
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City Women More Likely to Develop Breast Cancer
Women living or working in urban areas are more predisposed to developing breast cancer than women...
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Global Warming May Lead to an Increased Number of Heart Deaths
High temperatures and air pollution may lead to a higher death
rate from heart disease or stroke,...
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Air Fresheners Can Lead To Asthma
According to a recent study, the use of cleaning sprays and
air fresheners while doing housework...
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Air Pollution Harmful for Heart Disease Patients
A European study shows that air pollution can worsen the health condition of people with heart...
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Science
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Dutch to develop new European climate satellite
The Netherlands is to develop Europe's next climate satellite, it was announced by the European...
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Alternative Fuel Source: A Fungus
As the effects of global warming are getting more visible by the day, people are trying to limit...
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Sea Levels to Rise a Metre This Century, German Experts Warn
Hamburg, Germany - Sea levels around the world will rise one metre this century, according to...
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Possible Toxic Element Found on Mars Decreases Chances of Finding Life
NASA scientists announced Monday that they discovered what seems to be a
highly oxidizing...
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Congress Report: Bush Administration Changed Environmental Policy
A new congressional report reveals that the Bush administration changed their initial standing on...
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Bush Administration Stalls Pollution Reduction Measures
The Bush administration has finally managed to stall any measures to reduce pollution caused by...
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One Third Of Reef-Building Corals On The Verge Of Extinction
Marine biologists never get tired of warning about the
dangers human actions pose to one of the...
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Half Of US’s Coral Reefs Heading Towards Extinction Because Of Us
For anyone who’s ever been near coral reefs, the necessity
to protect them is not a new story:...
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California Presents Bold And Visionary Eco-Friendly Initiative
June 26, 2008 represents a significant step for California’s
fight against global warming, as the...
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Jason 2 Reaches Orbit
On Friday, at 12:46 a.m., at the Vandenberg
Air Force Base, a Delta 2 rocket was launched carrying...
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Subway Cars To Take Marine Life Passengers
Forty-four retired New York subway
cars have been sunken 19 miles southeast of Ocean City
in an...
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Earth Day, A Reminder That Our Planet Needs Us
For almost four decades now, on every April 22nd, we
celebrate Earth Day as a reminder that the...
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EPA Cuts Locomotive And Marine Diesel Pollution Standards
The Environmental Protection Agency
is on the roll these days, as we see more and more action...
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World's Oceans Heavily Affected by Human Activities
A new study published in this week's issue of Science has found that more than 40 percent of the...
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Bush Administration Pressured to Protect Polar Bears
The polar bear or Ursus maritimus could be soon officially recognized as the first animal...
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More than 25 Percent of the U.S. birds at Risk
The Audubon Society and the American Bird Conservancy announced
Wednesday that a quarter of all...
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Climate Warming Requires Immediate Action
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change led by Rajendra Pachauri has released its fourth...
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American Electric Power Settles with EPA for $4.6 Billion
The largest electricity generating utility in the United States, American Electric Power, as agreed...
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IUCN’s Report Says 16.306 Species Are Facing Extinction
An annual survey published Wednesday by the World
Conservation Union, IUCN revealed a sad and...
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Watch The Sky For Perseid Meteor Shower
People who will watch this night’s sky will see the
spectacular display of the annual Perseid...
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Coral Reefs Dying Faster
A new study concludes that the rate at which coral reefs die is two times faster than that at which...
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Yangtze Dolphin Declared Extinct
The unique Yangtze dolphin, only found in China’s largest river, has now been declared officially...
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EPA Proposes New Standards For Ozone Pollution
The US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) said that the
pollution standards adopted back in 1997...
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Water Quality Worse in Ireland
The US federal agency Environmental Protection Agency says one third of Ireland’s rivers and...
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