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Durban’s Race to Save the Kyoto Protocol
Durban’s Race to Save the Kyoto Protocol
By Chris Bathembu
DURBAN, South Africa, December 8, 2011 (ENS) – With less than 24 hours left before the end of another [...]
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Legal Science Panel Links Teflon Chemical to High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy
Legal Science Panel Links Teflon Chemical to High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy
WASHINGTON, DC, December 7, 2011 (ENS) – There is a “probable link” between C8 exposure and elevated [...]
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Brazil’s Amazon Deforestation in 2011 Lowest on Record
Brazil’s Amazon Deforestation in 2011 Lowest on Record
BRASILIA, Brazil, December 7, 2011 (ENS) – Deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon fell by 11.7 percent from August 2010 to [...]
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Ban: Climate Change Agreement ‘Beyond Our Reach – For Now’
Ban: Climate Change Agreement ‘Beyond Our Reach – For Now’
DURBAN, South Africa, December 7, 2011 (ENS) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told ministers and government leaders at [...]
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Gulf of Mexico: USDA Funds $50 Million Worth of Restoration
Gulf of Mexico: USDA Funds $50 Million Worth of Restoration
HOUSTON, Texas, December 6, 2011 (ENS) – President Obama’s Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force has released its final [...]
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Polar Bears to Benefit from WWF-Coca-Cola Arctic Home Campaign
Polar Bears to Benefit from WWF-Coca-Cola Arctic Home Campaign
SEATTLE, Washington, December 6, 2011 (ENS) – The global conservation organization WWF and Coca-Cola, the world’s largest beverage company, have [...]
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Durban Delegates Debate Legally Binding Climate Pact
Durban Delegates Debate Legally Binding Climate Pact
DURBAN, South Africa, December 6, 2011 (ENS) – As the high-level portion of the UN climate negotiations in Durban opened today, a [...]
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Australia, New Zealand Join Forces for Marine Observation
Australia, New Zealand Join Forces for Marine Observation
CANBERRA, Australia, December 5, 2011 (ENS) – New Zealand and Australia today agreed to collaborate on marine observations, research and data [...]
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Free Carbon Calculator for Port Operations Now Available
Free Carbon Calculator for Port Operations Now Available
SAN PEDRO, California, December 4, 2011 (ENS) – The Port of Los Angeles is leading ports around the world in the [...]
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Shipping Industry Open to Paying for Carbon Emissions
Shipping Industry Open to Paying for Carbon Emissions
DURBAN, South Africa, December 2, 2011 (ENS) – The global shipping industry has joined with international nonprofit organizations to recommend that [...]
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Obama Catalyzes $4 Billion Worth of Building Energy Upgrades
Obama Catalyzes $4 Billion Worth of Building Energy Upgrades
WASHINGTON, DC, December 2, 2011 (ENS) – Buildings across the United States will get nearly $4 billion in combined federal [...]
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E. Coli Bacteria Engineered to Make Transport Fuels
E. Coli Bacteria Engineered to Make Transport Fuels
BERKELEY, California, December 2, 2011 (ENS) – The same bacteria that causes traveler’s diarrhea has now been genetically engineered to digest [...]
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Arctic Growing Warmer and Greener: Annual Report Card
Arctic Growing Warmer and Greener: Annual Report Card
WASHINGTON, DC, December 1, 2011 (ENS) – The Arctic is entering a new state with warmer air and water temperatures, less [...]
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Oil Spills Harm Marine Life Long After Cleanup
Oil Spills Harm Marine Life Long After Cleanup
OSLO, Norway, December 1, 2011 (ENS) – After an oil spill at sea, toxic substances in the spilled oil can continue [...]
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Suncor’s Colorado Refinery Leaks Tar Sands Crude
Suncor’s Colorado Refinery Leaks Tar Sands Crude
DENVER, Colorado, November 30, 2011 (ENS) – An oil leak at Colorado’s only petroleum refinery has been contained and the cause of [...]
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UN Climate Forest Conservation Spawns ‘Carbon Piracy’ in Peru
UN Climate Forest Conservation Spawns ‘Carbon Piracy’ in Peru
DURBAN, South Africa, November 30, 2011 (ENS) – A new UN-backed effort to create a financial value for the carbon [...]
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Human Role in Global Warming Unequivocal, Say World’s Meteorologists
Human Role in Global Warming Unequivocal, Say World’s Meteorologists
DURBAN, South Africa, November 29, 2011 (ENS) – Global temperatures in 2011 are currently the 10th highest on record and [...]
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Climate Change: a ‘Matter of Life and Death’
Climate Change: a ‘Matter of Life and Death’
DURBAN, South Africa, November 28, 2011 (ENS) – “For most people in the developing world and Africa, climate change is a [...]
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Canada Signals Withdrawal From Kyoto Protocol
Canada Signals Withdrawal From Kyoto Protocol
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, November 28, 2011 (ENS) – Canada’s Environment Minister Peter Kent said Monday that the Kyoto Protocol “is the past,” but [...]
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UNEP: Tools in Hand to Bridge the Climate Emissions Gap
UNEP: Tools in Hand to Bridge the Climate Emissions Gap
LONDON, UK, November 23, 2011 (ENS) – Cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 enough to keep a global temperature [...]