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President Geoerge W. Bush of the United States could kill two shibboleths with one stone were he to pick up the the phone and tell Vladimir Putin what an asset the Russian president has in Andrei
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Farmers change mind on global warming
Australian Farmers Federation has changed its mind on global warming - and now fears it could become the biggest threat Australian farmers will face this century. NFF president Peter Corish called on
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Russia might reject Kyoto protocol as U.S. pushes its approach
As aide to the president of Russia raised new questions about whether the pivotal country will ratify the Kyoto Protocol, even as the Bush administration prepared to use a big United Nations
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Japan says it will keep urging Russia to ratify global warming pact
Japan said that it still held out hope that Russia would ratify an international global-warming treaty despite comments by a senior official who said Moscow could not accept the treaty in its current
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Clean coal? Squeeze it, say scientists
Greenhouse gases from burning Latrobe Valley brown coal could be reduced. Victorian scientists have found a way of drying brown coal which could cut greenhouse emissions by a third - they squeezed
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Aircraft vapour trails affecting climate'
Vapour trails left by aircraft have a significant impact on climate change, according to recent scientific research, a UK expert on global warming claimed. David Lee, professor of atmospheric science
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UN warns of risk to ski resorts as global warming hits snowfall
The future of some famous low-level ski resorts, including Kitzbuhel in Australia, could be wrecked by global warming, the United Nations warned. The snowfall in relatively low-lying mountain areas
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U.S. proposes easing rules on emissions of mercury
The Bush administration is proposing that mercury emissions from coal-burning power plants should not be regulated in the same way as some of the most toxic air pollutants, reversing a stance on air
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Peru's snowy peaks may vanish as planet heats up
The snow atop Pastoruri, one of the most beautiful peaks in the Andes and a big draw for mountaineers and skiers, could disappear along with many of Peru's glaciers in the next few years because of
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Subsidy to fuel autos with LPG
The Karnataka government is offering a subsidy of Rs 2,000 to autorickshaw owners towards bearing the cost of shift over to LPG fuel. A decision to this effect has been arrived at by the government
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Banning science from meeting fiction
Is quite different from letting politics crassly dictate research
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Happy hunting grounds
Denmark's Supreme Court began deliberations on its biggest civil case to date on Monday, November 3, 2003. 187 Inuit families, thrown out of their traditional hunting and fishing grounds to make way
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Soft drinks
Hard hitting health impacts
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The name of the game is resource productivity
Currently chairperson of the Bundestag committee on environment, nature conservation and nuclear safety, <font class='UCASE'>Ernst Ulrich</font> <br><br> <font class='UCASE'>von Weizsaecker</font> has been involved in environmental advocacy and policy
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Lawyer says ABB asbestos appeals could drag on-paper
Appeals agains engineering firm ABB's (ABBN.VX: Quote, Profile, Research) (ABB.N: Quote, Profile, Research) $1.2 billion asbestos settlement could go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, a lawyer
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Billions face water shortages as glaciers melt - WWF
The world's glaciers could melt within a century if global warming accelerates, leaving billions of people short of water and some islanders without a home, environmentalists said. "Unless
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Global warming talks near - but under a cloud
World governments are preparing for the ninth annual conference of parties to the UN climate change convention - or COP-9 - to be held in Milan on 1-12 December. The meeting was expected to celebrate
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Plan gives farmers a role in fighting global warming
In an unlikely alliance, Kansas Republicans and the advocacy group Environmental Defense are supporting an effort here that seeks to use agriculture as a weapon against global warming. While the Bush
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UN summit pressures firms on global warming risks
Major institutional investors urged U.S. regulators, business leaders and investment firms to take steps to require corporations to give investors more information about the risks they run from
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DiCaprio warns of global warming
Leornardo DiCaprio is using his fame to call on elected officials to reduce American dependence on oil and slow down global warming. The 29-year old actor and and conservationist narrated an online