Reuters: Human-generated climate change made flowers bloom sooner and autumn leaves fall later, turned some polar bears into cannibals and some birds into early breeders, a vast global study reported
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Economic Slowdown Challenges Solar Industry-EPIA
Reuters: The economic slowdown, regulatory conflicts and competition from China pose the main risks to future growth of the solar industry, the head of the European Photovoltaic Industry Associations
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Greenhouse Gases Highest For 800,000 Years-Study
Reuters: Greenhouse gases are at higher levels in the atmosphere than at any time in at least 800,000 years, according to a study of Antarctic ice on Wednesday that extends evidence that mankind is di
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Merkel Says Brazilian Biofuels Must Respect Amazon
Reuters: German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Brazil on Wednesday to adopt tougher environmental standards in producing biofuels but said rich nations needed to pay up to help protect rain forests an
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Lula Seen Putting Brazil Economy Ahead Of Amazon
Reuters: Hailed as Brazil's first "green president" when he took office, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva appears to have thinner environmental credentials than ever after the resignation of Amazon
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Polar Bears Listed As US Threatened Species
Reuters: Polar bears were listed on Wednesday as threatened under the US Endangered Species Act because their sea ice habitat is melting away.
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World's wildlife and environment already hit by climate change, major study shows
Guardian: Global warming is disrupting wildlife and the environment on every continent, according to an unprecedented study that reveals the extent to which climate change is already affecting the wor
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US Study Sees Threat From Big-Particle Pollutants
Reuters: On days when there is a lot of dust and other large-particle pollutants in the air, slightly more elderly people go to hospital emergency rooms with heart problems, US researchers said on Tue
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Change is accelerating in the greenhouse
Sydney Morning Herald: CLIMATE change enhanced by humans is taking its toll on the world's plants and animals and physical environment much more quickly than previously thought, scientists have warned
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US enacts law to protect polar bears, but only from hunting
Independent: The United States declared the polar bear a threatened species yesterday; saying the dramatic reduction in sea ice caused by global warming has put it in imminent danger of extinction.
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US lists polar bear as threatened
BBC: The United States has listed the polar bear as a threatened species, because its Arctic sea ice habitat is melting due to climate change.
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Fungal gene to help wheat and rice cope with climate change
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Researchers at the Australian National University have identified a gene in algae that could help wheat and rice cope with climate change.
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Global warming has changed behaviour of plants and animals over last 40 years, says NASA
Daily Mail: Global warming has altered the behaviour of thousands of species of plants and animals in the last 40 years, the biggest study of its kind suggsts.
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South California Faces Summer Power Challenge
Reuters: Southern California's electricity system will be challenged this summer, and power emergencies may result if an extended drought leads to massive wildfires, the main US electricity reliabilit
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US FDA Defends Safety Of Baby Bottle Chemical
Reuters: The US Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday said it sees no reason to tell consumers to stop using products such as baby bottles made with a controversial chemical found in many pla
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Global warming under way 'earlier'
Australian: PLANTS, animals, ice and waters worldwide have all been significantly affected by global warming triggered by human activity, says the first research to link the phenomenon to changes in b
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Amazon Defender Quits As Brazil Environment Minister
Reuters: Brazil's environment minister, hailed as a champion of the green movement but scorned by powerful farming groups, resigned on Tuesday after losing key battles in her efforts to protect the Am
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Indonesia: Papua signs REDD carbon deal to generate income from rainforest protection
Mongabay: The government of the Indonesian province of Papua has entered into an agreement with an Australian financial firm to establish a forestry-based carbon finance project on the island of New G
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French Activists Say "Non" To GMO Law
Reuters: Hundreds of activists marched in Paris on Tuesday ahead of the expected approval of a law they say blurs the line between natural and genetically modified (GM) foods.
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United States: How Schwarzenegger Is Trying to Finagle More Big Dam Construction
CounterPunch: California Governor Schwarzenegger wants to build two new dams -- Sites and Temperance Flat.
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