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Cruise lines hope to sink US-Canada pollution plan (21 March 05:42) |
| MIAMI (Reuters) - Cruise companies are balking at a proposal to create a low-emissions buffer zone around the United States and Canada, saying it sets arbitrary boundaries based on faulty sc... |
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Artist places sculptures on melting Arctic iceberg (20 March 03:56) |
| UUMMANNAQ, Greenland (Reuters) - A Dutch artist arranged two large sculptures on an iceberg in Greenland on Friday to raise awareness about climate change, and people will be able to monitor... |
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Science justifies California water limits (20 March 03:31) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Federal limits on water that can be pumped out of a major river delta for California farmers are scientifically justified, a much-anticipated report said on Friday, a... |
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States sue EPA to stop greenhouse gas rules (20 March 03:12) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least 15 U.S. states have sued the Environmental Protection Agency seeking to stop it from issuing rules controlling greenhouse gas emissions until it reexamines wh... |
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Senate climate bill to give free permits sources (20 March 03:11) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. power generating companies would get free pollution permits, at least initially, as part of a compromise climate change bill being written in the Senate that also... |
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Singapore jewelers selling tiger parts report (19 March 07:57) |
| SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Some jewelry shops in Singapore are illegally selling tiger parts, helping fuel the disappearance of the big cat from Asia, a local animal protection group said on Frid... |
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Britains Conservatives propose carbon levy (19 March 06:47) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - A Conservative British government would impose a carbon tax on electricity generation, to create a clear incentive for long-term investment in renewable energies, the part... |
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Chinas urban elite fights trash wars (19 March 05:53) |
| BEIJING (Reuters) - Thousands of China's urban elite took to the streets last year in protest against expanding garbage incinerators, angered by the threat to both their health and the value... |
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China says drought now affecting 50 million people (19 March 04:50) |
| BEIJING (Reuters) - A severe drought across a large swathe of southwest China is now affecting more than 50 million people, and forecasters see no signs of it abating in the short term, stat... |
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Indonesia to review forest carbon laws official (19 March 03:01) |
| JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia has launched a review of laws governing a U.N.-backed carbon trading scheme aimed preserving rainforests, a forestry ministry official said on Friday.
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Ecuadoreans appeal allowing of Chevron arbitration (19 March 04:22) |
| SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean plaintiffs have appealed a U.S. judge's decision to allow Chevron Corp to seek arbitration of a case of alleged pollution in the Amazon rainforest with a... |
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North American group outlines carbon trade rules (19 March 04:04) |
| VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Members of the Western Climate Initiative laid out some of the ground rules on Thursday on the use and timing of carbon-offset credits allowed under its planned emissio... |
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Polar bear bluefin tuna trade bans rejected (19 March 03:00) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Proposed international trade bans on polar bears and Atlantic bluefin tuna failed to pass on Thursday at a 175-nation meeting aimed at protecting endangered species.
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Regulators approve Suncor oil sands expansions (19 March 01:11) |
| CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Regulators have approved three expansion stages at Suncor Energy Inc's Firebag oil sands project that will eventually add output of 188,000 barrels of bitumen a ... |
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Bluefin tuna trade ban fails to pass (19 March 01:09) |
| DUBAI (Reuters) - Efforts to protect the Atlantic bluefin tuna suffered a blow Thursday when dozens of countries voted against a trade ban, drawing condemnation from environmental groups.
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Czech minister quits over controversial power plant (19 March 12:07) |
| PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech Environment Minister Jan Dusik resigned Thursday from the caretaker cabinet, saying the prime minister had put pressure on him to decide hastily on plans to upgrade ... |
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EU carbon up EU to stop CER surrendering (18 March 11:04) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - European carbon emissions futures were higher on Thursday as news broke that the EU Commission will change its carbon registry rules to prevent recycled Kyoto offsets ente... |
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EU understates emissions from oil biodiesel lobby (18 March 11:00) |
| BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is not taking full account of the environmental impact of oil-based road transport fuels, which could undermine the bloc's renewable energy goals, Eur... |
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EPA begins study on shale gas drilling (18 March 10:28) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday it will begin to take a closer look at the environmental and human health impact of shale gas drilling, which coul... |
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Storms threaten butterflies winter rest in Mexico (18 March 10:10) |
| LOS SAUCOS, Mexico (Reuters) - Dense clouds of migrating monarch butterflies used to snap branches and cast shadows across the forests of central Mexico, but severe weather is posing a new t... |
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Anti-malaria funding must be tripled campaigners (18 March 09:46) |
| PARIS (Reuters) - Funding to combat malaria must be more than tripled if the mosquito-borne disease which kills nearly a million people a year is to be fought effectively, health campaigners... |
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Bulgaria parliament bans GMO crops to soothe fears (18 March 09:44) |
| SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's parliament voted on Thursday to tighten a law that effectively banned cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops for scientific and commercial reasons in res... |
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Weyerhaeuser joins push for US climate bill (18 March 09:19) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Weyerhaeuser Co, a timber developer and home builder, has joined the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, a group of companies and moderate green groups pushing for a clim... |
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Caviar hunters push sturgeon to extinctions edge (18 March 08:03) |
| MOSCOW (Reuters) - After more than 200 million years, sturgeon are losing a battle for survival to poachers who have hunted the queens of caviar to the verge of extinction, a leading environ... |
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EPA to begin study on shale gas drilling (18 March 07:55) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was set to announce on Thursday that it will begin to take a closer look at the environmental and human health impact of shale... |
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South Korea green growth to hurt environment report (18 March 09:15) |
| SEOUL (Reuters) - A massive river restoration project at the center of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's green growth strategy will harm globally threatened bird species and destroy cri... |
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Deal nearing on Senate climate bill lawmaker (18 March 03:30) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate is close to wrapping up talks ahead of introducing a compromise climate change bill, a top Democratic lawmaker said on Wednesday, but details still have to ... |
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More regulation needed for Canada oil sands report (18 March 03:01) |
| CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Steam-driven projects to extract crude from Canada's oil sands, often held up as more environmentally friendly than mining, have major drawbacks of their own tha... |
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New Gold says full operations to resume at Mexican mine (18 March 02:59) |
| (Reuters) - Canadian gold miner New Gold said full operations will resume at its Cerro San Pedro mine in Mexico after a federal district court lifted restrictions on the use of explosives at... |
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North Dakota prepares for flood as Red River rises (18 March 01:21) |
| CHICAGO (Reuters) - Residents of Fargo, North Dakota, rushed on Wednesday to protect their city from the rising Red River which is expected to reach near-record flood levels this weekend.
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Ideas being debated for a US climate bill (18 March 12:08) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senators are struggling to write a compromise U.S. climate control bill that would reduce the country's carbon dioxide emissions, while expanding domestic production o... |
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Nestle says drops palm oil supplier after report (17 March 11:34) |
| AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Nestle, the world's biggest food group, said it had stopped buying palm oil from Indonesia's Sinar Mas due to concerns about rainforest destruction, following a similar... |
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Alm Brand buys Headwaters for greentech fund (17 March 09:24) |
| COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Environment and renewable energy are themes in vogue among institutional investors, said Danish fund managers Alm Brand, who recently bought shares in the energy-effic... |
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Eco group files lawsuit to halt RECs US plant (17 March 02:43) |
| OSLO (Reuters) - An environmental group has filed a U.S. lawsuit seeking to halt the construction and start-up of Renewable Energy Corporation's (REC) silicon plants in Moses Lake, Washingto... |
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Severe drought cracks runway at China airport (17 March 01:24) |
| BEIJING (Reuters) - A severe drought in southwestern China has claimed a new victim -- a runway at one of the region's busiest airports.
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Parched California to get more water (17 March 04:48) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California's drought-baked cities and farms will get considerably more water this year than last from federal officials, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said on Tuesda... |
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Sarkozy blames negligence for storm havoc (16 March 11:03) |
| LA ROCHE-SUR-YON, France (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy blamed negligence and bad planning for the damage caused by storms which broke Atlantic sea walls last month, unleashing... |
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Red River floodwaters rise in northern US Plains (16 March 10:44) |
| WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - The Red River rose closer on Tuesday, as expected, to causing major flooding at Fargo, North Dakota, for the second straight spring in the key U.S. wheat-growi... |
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UN meeting asked to regulate world shark trade (16 March 06:15) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Exploding Asian demand for shark fin soup has slashed worldwide shark populations, and global regulation is the best way to save eight species now under pressure, ocea... |
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North Dakota braces for floods (16 March 05:40) |
| WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Melting snow will cause major flooding along the Red River in North Dakota by Tuesday with water levels just below the record set in 2009 during one of the wor... |
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Senate climate bill to set utility cap-trade (16 March 04:33) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Compromise climate control legislation being developed in the U.S. Senate will use a cap-and-trade approach to reduce carbon emissions from utilities such as power pla... |
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North Dakota braces for major flooding by Tuesday (16 March 04:20) |
| WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Melting snow will cause major flooding along the Red River in North Dakota by Tuesday with water levels just below the record set in 2009 during one of the wor... |
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Senate climate bill to set utility cap-trade senator (16 March 02:59) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Compromise climate control legislation being developed in the Senate will use a cap and trade approach to reduce carbon emissions from power plants, a key senator said... |
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EU backs UN climate report despite skepticism (16 March 01:42) |
| BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.N. climate scientists attacked by skeptics after they published an erroneous global warming forecast won support Monday from European Union environment ministers.
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CO2 at new highs despite economic slowdown (15 March 07:33) |
| OSLO (Reuters) - Levels of the main greenhouse gas in the atmosphere have risen to new highs in 2010 despite an economic slowdown in many nations that braked industrial output, data showed M... |
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Poll charts rising US environmental satisfaction (15 March 07:16) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans have grown more content about current environmental quality over the past year, though 53 percent still rate conditions as only fair to poor, according to a ... |
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Climate report shows Australia getting warmer (15 March 12:53) |
| SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's top scientists on Monday released a "State of the Climate" report at a time of growing scepticism over climate change as a result of revelations of errors in s... |
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Deep-sea volcanoes play key climate role scientists (15 March 11:07) |
| SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A vast network of under-sea volcanoes pumping out nutrient-rich water in the Southern Ocean plays a key role in soaking up large amounts of carbon dioxide, acting as a ... |
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Australian cities must transform for population growth (15 March 10:42) |
| SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia circa 2050, population 35 million, climate change induced rising sea levels have flooded the Gold Coast resort region, apartment blocks are now used to grow food... |
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2000 rally against toxic haze in Russian town (14 March 11:00) |
| MOSCOW (Reuters) - Some 2,000 people protested against the release of what they said were toxic fumes in a small town on Russia's Pacific coast Sunday, one of a series of unusually large pro... |
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