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EarthWire Climate
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The latest climate change news from around the globe, brought to you by UNEP/GRID-Arendal.
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US vows 'huge' marine protection
The US is to establish "the largest area of protected sea in the world", banning fishing and mining, around its Pacific islands.
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Zimbabwe: Rainfall Pattern Good - ZFU
RAINS received to date in the 2008/2009 farming season are adequate to ensure a successful season, an official said recently.
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Basalt rock wall found in ocean near Taiwan
TAIPEI (Reuters) - A biodiversity researcher has found a huge basalt rock formation in the Taiwan Strait, resembling a city wall and rivaling similar monoliths on land.
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Northeastern States Push Toward Low-Carbon Fuel Standard
Representatives of 11 Northeastern states signed an agreement today to pursue a low-carbon fuel standard.
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Language Watchdog Is Fed Up With 'Green'
Do blogs like Green Inc. have something to answer for? Using the word "green" can make people and companies guilty of "mis-use, over-use, general uselessness," according to the results of annual survey by Lake Superior State University in Michigan.
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New hope for climate cooperation
Barack Obama’s presidency offers a unique chance for China and the United States to cooperate on environmental issues.
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Tackling Climate Change With New Permits To Pollute
A new way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and tackle climate change had been unveiled by leading economists.
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Volcanoes Cool The Tropics, But Global Warming May Have Helped Override Some Recent Eruptions
Climate researchers have shown that big volcanic eruptions over the past 450 years have temporarily cooled weather in the tropics but suggest that such effects may have been masked in the 20th century by rising global temperatures.
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Namibia: Good Rains Boost Pastures
Good rains that prevailed in most of the country's 13 regions revived pastures. The generally catastrophic scenario of previous rainy seasons that saw many herds of cattle succumb to drought could thus be largely averted.
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Uganda: Climate Change Could Affect Food Production
Kampala ? FOLLOWING the recent climate change talks in Poznan Poland, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for global solidarity on Climate Change but this happens not to be a situation in Uganda since we have failed to recognise climate change as a priority, yet we are vulnerable due the fact that we depend on natural resources.
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