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 Montreal (AFP) Nov 17, 2009 
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck Tuesday off Canada's Pacific coast in the remote Queen Charlotte Islands region, experts from the US Geological Survey said, but no casualties were reported. The epicenter of the earthquake was 260 kilometers (160 miles) south-southwest of the port of Prince Rupert, a regional transport hub on the British Columbia mainland with a population of around 12,000. ... read more 
Washington (AFP) Nov 17, 2009The US Senate will act in early 2010 on legislation to battle climate change, Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday, ending hopes of a breakthrough by next month's global talks. "We are going to try to do that sometime in the spring," Reid told reporters, with a White House-backed push to remake US health care still dominating the Senate agenda just weeks before the ... more |
Activists slam 'destructive' Indonesia forest conversion plan
Indonesia launches international carbon exchange Australia earmarks $1.2 billion for 'green' aluminium Russians take Epiphany dip in waters hit by oil spill Indonesia's Mount Ibu erupts more than 1,000 times this month Rome shoppers take pot luck in 'blind sale' of unclaimed packages Companies slam delay on deep-sea mining rules Australia declares disaster in areas of storm-hit east Trump inauguration moved indoors due to extreme cold US Fed withdraws from global climate change initiative 
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Troy NY (SPX) Nov 18, 2009A dangerous level of carbon dioxide and methane gas haunts Lake Kivu, the freshwater lake system bordering Rwanda and the Republic of Congo. Scientists can't say for sure if the volatile mixture at the bottom of the lake will remain still for another 1,000 years or someday explode without warning. In a region prone to volcanic and seismic activity, the fragility of Lake Kivu is a serious ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 17, 2009US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the United States and China want next month's climate change talks in Copenhagen to culminate in a global accord that has "immediate operational effect." We "agreed to work toward a successful outcome in Copenhagen," Obama told journalists after talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao. "Our aim there is... not a partial accord or a political ... more 
Madison WI (SPX) Nov 18, 2009Rising water temperatures are kicking up more powerful winds on Lake Superior, with consequences for currents, biological cycles, pollution and more on the world's largest lake and its smaller brethren. Since 1985, surface water temperatures measured by lake buoys have climbed 1.2 degrees per decade, about 15 percent faster than the air above the lake and twice as fast as warming over near ... more |
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Geneva (AFP) Nov 17, 2009The World Health Organisation announced on Tuesday that the largest ever round of yellow fever vaccinations, for about 12 million people, would be launched in three West African countries next week. "The largest ever drive against yellow fever is going to kick off in three countries in West Africa next Monday," said WHO spokeswoman Aphaluck Bhatiasevi. "These three countries are Benin ... more  
Logrono, Spain (AFP) Nov 17, 2009With the Copenhagen climate change summit looming, the world of wine convened on Spain's Rioja region for a conference in which global warming emerged as the industry's top concern. "All over the world, alcohol levels are going up," said British wine critic Jancis Robinson at the WineFuture conference, citing just one problem producers are facing as a result of rising temperatures. ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Nov 17, 2009US President Barack Obama on Tuesday addressed the thorny issue of Tibet with China's Hu Jintao, saying he backs an early resumption of talks between Beijing and representatives of the Dalai Lama. "We did note that while we recognise that Tibet is part of the People's Republic of China, the United States supports the early resumption of dialogue" between envoys of the exiled Tibetan ... more |
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