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» 30 Apr 2008

• Biofuels Halt Would Ease Food Prices - Ag Group
• Drought Is Spurring Resource Wars
• Global tourism struggles to shrink environmental footprint
• Rich world must back 80 percent carbon cuts - Stern
• Russian climate plans show tough path to UN treaty
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» 29 Apr 2008

• Australia to spend $2.9 billion to buy water from farmers
• Climate change could force 1 billion from their homes by 2050
• Gas emissions worse than gravest scenario: report
• Global warming: What can we do?
• Rockefellers urge action on climate change
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» 28 Apr 2008

• Chance Of US Drought Seen; Food Squeeze Feared
• Desertification: How to stop the shifting sands
• March warmest on record over world land surfaces
• Six years of Australian drought making it worse
• Sparks fly over ethics of air travel
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» 27 Apr 2008

• Australia: Ban new freeways: transport
• Cars now no more efficient than '60s
• Australia: Coalition calls for 'solar continent'
• Australia: Extreme weather is here to stay
• Australia: Forests 'best option' for providing carbon offsets
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» 26 Apr 2008

• 'Climate change is hurting India's crops'
• Greenhouse gases increased sharply in 2007
• The Food Chain Movable Feast Carries a Pollution Price Tag
• Canada May Add Polar Bears to Protected List as Habitat Melts
• Canadian panel: Climate change is threat to polar bears
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» 25 Apr 2008

• China: Food prices dim biofuel glow
• Biodiversity significantly enhances ecosystem's productivity
• Carbon output goes off the chart
• Australia: Carbon tax adds 10c a litre to petrol
• China to tie up with Chicago carbon emissions bourse
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» 24 Apr 2008

• Carbon output goes off the chart
• Australia: Carbon tax adds 10c a litre to petrol
• United States: 3 developers interested in offshore wind farms on Lake Michigan
• China will go further in climate change talks, UN official says
• Philippines: Climate change to aggravate food crisis: PAGASA official
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» 23 Apr 2008

• Administration Seeks a Quicker Increase in Fuel Standards
• Biofuels contributing to food crisis
• Canada Led G8 In Greenhouse Gas Emissions Growth
• China Lights Way For Huge Efficient Bulb Subsidy
• Europe Turns to Coal Again, Raising Alarms on Climate
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» 22 Apr 2008

• Climate change can stoke Africa conflicts-scientist
• Climate change failure would be 'mankind's biggest': UN
• Climate change talks 'heading for trouble'
• Emission caps won't hurt economy, study finds
• Greenpeace wants moratorium on oil palm expansion
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» 21 Apr 2008

• Basin water crackdown to expand
• Australia: Garrett deflects coal hijack claim
• Democratic Republic of Congo: Banks meet over £40bn plan to harness power of Congo river and double Africa's electricity
• Beijing Pressures Automakers to Improve Efficiency
• McCartney Urges Vegetarianism To Fight Climate Ills
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» 20 Apr 2008

• Biofuels under attack as world food prices soar
• Coal boom or bust? New power plants face challenges
• Australia: Dispute over new coal-fired power stations
• Gov't to press info drive on population control
• Bhutan: In the Himalayas, a climate-change calamity builds
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» 19 Apr 2008

• The Fat Bush Theory
• Brazil: With Guns and Fines, Brazil Takes On Loggers
• All Atmospherics, No Climate
• Lighten the load on the planet
• Oil too dear, producers must maintain output: IEA
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» 18 Apr 2008

• Lighten the load on the planet
• Billionaire Texas Oilman Makes Big Bets On Wind
• Bush Has 'Understood Nothing, Learned Nothing'
• Clearing smog reveals true extent of global warming
• Climate change driving Darfur crisis: Sarkozy
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» 17 Apr 2008

• Forest values rise with warming
• Canada: A Line in the Yard: The Battle Over the Right to Dry Outside
• Bush climate plan criticized for lacking urgency
• Bush rejects emission exemptions for India, China
• Bush sets climate change goal; scientists cry foul
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» 16 Apr 2008

• Bush revises climate strategy
• Bush to Endorse 'Intermediate' Emissions Goal
• Cameroon's disappearing forests
• Change in farming can feed world - report
• Energy corridor plan catches flak
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» 15 Apr 2008

• At Least 36 US States Face Water Shortage
• Biofuel rules 'could make millions homeless'
• Biofuel: the burning question
• Biofuels Threaten Food Access In Latin America - UN
• California Group Seeks Standards For Carbon Market
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» 14 Apr 2008

• Most Australians alarmed at climate change
• Bangladesh faces climate change refugee nightmare
• Calls grow for EU to 'suspend' biofuels push
• China, Australia Agree On Climate Cooperation
• China, India Urged To Avoid Obsession With Cars
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» 13 Apr 2008

• Australia: Aussies ready to tackle climate change
• Australia funds China clean coal
• Australia: Steep rise in power station gas emissions
• Global crisis grows as food prices soar
• Tiny Saves Gas, but Big Can Save Lives
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» 12 Apr 2008

• Tiny Saves Gas, but Big Can Save Lives
• Climate change could cause floods, droughts
• Clouds still hang over post-Kyoto framework
• Decisive rich nation action needed on crisis, says G24
• Hunters, anglers worry about warming
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» 11 Apr 2008

• Australia: Millions down drain in wetlands battle
• Australia: Officials reverse censor move
• Australia: PM makes great leap on China
• Canada: 'Peak oil' crisis, and drastic change, coming our way
• Changing weather to impact harsh on women and children
• More...

» 10 Apr 2008

• Drought a factor in food aid shortage: UN
• Shell warns Europe on emissions permit
• Warm welcome for China-Aus climate partnership
• "Clean coal" elusive as governments balk at cost
• Canada: Boreal forest ticking 'carbon bomb' — report
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» 09 Apr 2008

• Rudd to pressure China on climate change
• Soaring food prices swell political unrest
• Ways of adapting to less water on agenda
• United Kingdom: Windfarm to produce energy for 20000 homes
• Food price rises threaten global security - UN
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» 08 Apr 2008

• Trillions needed for climate change
• Gore launches climate change ad campaign
• Philippines: Too much focus on 'water-hungry' rice varieties
• Scientist turns up the heat with new alert on warming
• Study: Small Nuclear War Would Shred Ozone
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» 07 Apr 2008

• Scientist turns up the heat with new alert on warming
• Asia will bear brunt of climate change-linked deaths: WHO
• Australia Says Stable Food Supplier Despite Drought
• Carbon credits could help save Amazon, blunt warming: study
• Climate change debate: push emissions goals or technology?
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» 06 Apr 2008

• A Shift in the Debate Over Global Warming
• Brazil: Amazon's 'Forest Peoples' Seek a Role in Striking Global Climate Agreements
• Duck and Cover: It's the New Survivalism
• Food riots fear after rice price hits a high
• New Focus on Coal's Part in Warming
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» 05 Apr 2008

• Duck and Cover: It's the New Survivalism
• A revolutionary response to the climate change crisis
• Crop switch worsens global food price crisis
• Forest dwellers from 11 nations form alliance over climate change
• Texans Beat Big Coal, and a Film Shows How
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» 04 Apr 2008

• 18 US States Sue EPA Over Greenhouse Gas Pollution
• BC introduces Canada's first cap-and-trade law to fight climate change
• Going it alone a bad way to tackle climate change, says IMF
• Nations inch towards new climate deal
• US warns worsening economy could hit climate change battle
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» 03 Apr 2008

• US warns worsening economy could hit climate change battle
• Birds get the credit, but bats eat more bugs
• Bush's 'caution' on CO2 seen as 'foot-dragging' by critics
• Climate Change: A Vision Worth Fighting For
• Food prices to rise for years, biofuel firms say
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» 02 Apr 2008

• Nations resist new deal on climate
• Brazil biodiesel sputters on social, green goals
• Climate seen stoking Arctic indigenous land claims
• Climate solutions often harm indigenous peoples-UN
• CO2 emission reduction assumptions overly optimistic, says study
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» 01 Apr 2008

• 76pc want subsidies for renewables
• Brazil: Amazon forest gets help against illegal farms
• An unsustainable scam
• Are the oceans giving up?
• Australia: Protesters to 'shut down' Newcastle
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