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» 25 Apr 2009

• Democrats May Ease Bill's Emissions Rules
• Trillions at stake in House climate-change bill
• A court for environment
• United Kingdom: Winds of change blow for offshore power operators
• Virginians get it on green issues
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» 24 Apr 2009

• Activists in Ivory Coast stop palm oil project
• Is Biofuel Policy Harming European Biodiversity?
• California's low-carbon fuel standard has oil companies anxious
• Third group adds voice to chorus backing ethanol
• Canada: California rule could hit oil sands producers
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» 23 Apr 2009

• Threat to European biodiversity 'as serious as climate change'
• Drowning in plastic: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is twice the size of France
• Warner: Climate change a national security issue
• Former VP Gore backs US House global warming bill
• Warner: Climate change a national security issue
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» 22 Apr 2009

• United Kingdom: We can't rely on the markets alone to fight climate change
• G8, poor nations seek deal to stem biodiversity loss
• UK: Coal power stations to include carbon capture
• German Environment Minister: 'We Must Discuss Climate Change's Devastating Consequences Openly'
• Clean coal push marks reversal of UK energy policy
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» 21 Apr 2009

• World's major rivers 'drying up'
• United Kingdom: Renewables success requires electricity network upgrade, MPs told
• Darling promises 34% emissions cuts with world's first binding carbon budgets
• Tips to help the environment by saving money!
• House Panel Begins Debate Over Climate Change Bill
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» 20 Apr 2009

• United Kingdom: Five million at risk of flooding to benefit from early warning forecast centre
• Earth's tribes unite against climate threats
• Plants Could Override Climate Change Effects On Wildfires
• Rivers Losing Water Due to Climate Change
• Land use emissions should not hurt ethanol: Clark
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» 19 Apr 2009

• United Kingdom: Allies against democracy
• United Kingdom: Budget to include £500m spending on reducing carbon emissions
• London pollution: shock figures
• Are China and the US closer to breaking climate talks deadlock?
• Byproducts Of Biofuels Could Be Economically Viable For Growers
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» 18 Apr 2009

• Congress to pass energy bill this year: White House
• Aborigine, Inuit tradition can fight climate change
• United States: San Rafael poised to adopt climate-change action plan
• U.N. food agencies see "win-win" farmland deals
• United Kingdom: Customers buy up traditional light bulbs before switch to low energy CFLs
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» 17 Apr 2009

• A Danger to Public Health and Welfare
• Kyoto Treaty Is 'Failing The World's Poor', Say Scientists
• Revealed: Antarctic ice growing, not shrinking
• Change is a cold certainty
• Solar finds it hard to squeeze water from desert
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» 16 Apr 2009

• United Kingdom: London's Smoky Outskirts Probed for Moving CO2 to Sea
• Global Warming Might Mean Fewer Warm-weather Clouds
• Polar 'bugs' may explain how life survived snowball Earth
• Brazil: Amazon Soya Moratorium
• Mega-droughts In Sub-Saharan Africa Normal For Region: Droughts Likely To Worsen With Climate Change
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» 15 Apr 2009

• Kenya signs its first REDD deal to conserve forests
• Australia's largest river nearly dry
• Waving the REDD flag
• Chinese experts urge Australia for effective climate change response
• Battle lines drawn over climate mitigation registry
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» 14 Apr 2009

• Carbon trading won't stop climate change
• Can oil from tar sands be cleaned up?
• UK nuclear new build site idea worries wind farmers
• Rainforest soy moratorium shows success in the Brazilian Amazon
• Norway: Oslo sets limit on Arctic seabed, short of North Pole
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» 13 Apr 2009

• Biofuels could hasten climate change
• SKorean firms forge $2.7 bln renewable energy deal
• Study: Cuts in greenhouse gas could lessen warming
• Climate change could devastate national parks
• Drought-stricken pines may die five times faster as temps rise
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» 12 Apr 2009

• FERC oks incentives for Green Power Express project
• Risk of EPA move smoothes way for U.S carbon law: Rep
• Browner: Climate Change Law Would Bolster U.S. Role at Global Warming Talks
• Indonesia: Large population of rare black orangutans found in Borneo
• Ships' fumes kill thousands every year
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» 11 Apr 2009

• United States: Local coalition working to bring climate-change institute to area
• Telecommuting surge taking hold in Utah
• Cost is a key issue for caps on carbon
• A Blueprint for a Safer Planet: How to Manage Climate Change and Create a New Era of Progress and Prosperity by Nicholas
• Amazon dam draws fire
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» 10 Apr 2009

• What's Killing California's Salmon?
• Germany urges deeper US greenhouse cuts
• United Kingdom: Failure to get connected means projects may never be turned on
• United States: Renewable power plant proposed for Farallones
• Gassing up
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» 09 Apr 2009

• Global warming will hit corn yields, costing US over a billion dollars annually
• Eco-Christians are wary of carbon sin
• Nuclear is not an easy option but the alternative could be a 'cold, dark night.'
• A solar-powered solution to Florida sprawl
• Decoded algae could aid biofuel, climate work
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» 08 Apr 2009

• Obama adviser says radical tinkering needed to combat climate change
• Health risks of shipping pollution 'underestimated'
• A Revived EPA Takes on Climate Change and More
• Canada: Shell oil-sands project slammed by green group
• The Carbon Tax: A Moral Issue
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» 07 Apr 2009

• Recession saps energy from ethanol industry
• Obama looking at cooling air to fight warming
• UN climate chief says rich countries must do more
• Brazil cracks down on illegal loggers in Amazon
• Climate talks pace angers developing nations
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» 06 Apr 2009

• EU: Earth warming faster
• United Kingdom: Struggling car firms call for green incentive scheme
• Maldives Plans to Halt Greenhouse-Gas Emissions, President Says
• New data show rapid Arctic ice decline
• Australia: January's heatwave could have killed 374 Victorians
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» 05 Apr 2009

• Poor nations call for levy on airline tickets to help them adapt to climate change
• Airlines want governments to be stricter on emissions
• Carbon cap deal "very difficult": U.N. climate chief
• United Kingdom: CBI sets out 2020 road map to 30 per cent emission cuts
• Climate Change Ponzi Scheme
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» 04 Apr 2009

• Climate change: 22m Bangladeshis to be affected
• Antarctic ice melting faster than expected
• Wilkins ice shelf disconnects from Antarctic
• Obama offers a chance for climate action
• India's climate refugees forced to fight - here and now
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» 03 Apr 2009

• Obama: Threats to security, economy are worldwide
• Clean-Energy Industry in the Doldrums
• Climate clock is ticking
• United Kingdom: A natural defence against flash floods
• Water wars in the West; Nevada's thirst a threat to Utah
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» 02 Apr 2009

• EPA holds trump card in U.S. emissions debate
• World's poor face malnutrition threat
• Insurers seize climate change opportunity with over 600 new products
• Calif. Desert Becomes Home For Renewable Energy
• Ice-free Arctic Ocean Possible In 30 Years, Not 90 As Previously Estimated
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» 01 Apr 2009

• Pelosi vows global warming bill by 2010
• Brazil: Former environment minister Silva honored with prestigious environmental award
• Brazil: 'Soy King', Environment Minister strike deal on Amazon deforestation
• Europe readies for effects of climate change - New York Times
• Outlook is for stress to state's water supply
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