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Climate: New study slashes estimate of icecap lossParis (AFP) Sept 7, 2010 Estimates of the rate of ice loss from Greenland and West Antarctica, one of the most worrying questions in the global warming debate, should be halved, according to Dutch and US scientists. In the last two years, several teams have estimated Greenland is shedding roughly 230 gigatonnes of ice, or 230 billion tonnes, per year and West Antarctica around 132 gigatonnes annually. Together, that would account for more than half of the annual three-millimetre (0.2 inch) yearly rise in sea levels, a p ... read more |
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Ust-Kamenogorsk (AFP) Sept 7, 2010Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev on Tuesday resurrected a Soviet plan by suggesting that Russia should divert Siberian rivers so that they flow into Central Asia. "Why not recall a project to divert the flow of Siberian rivers into the southern regions of Russia and Kazakhstan as we discussed today and yesterday?" said Nazarbayev, speaking alongside his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medved ... more 
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Sept 7, 2010More than 1.2 million Malaysians were without piped water Tuesday, authorities said, as contamination from a landfill forced a treatment plant to close. National water distribution company Syabas said it was sending water trucks and tanks to residents in the affected area in Selangor state, which surrounds Kuala Lumpur, and also trying to redistribute water from other plants. It said the ... more  
Cairo (AFP) Sept 7, 2010Mohamed ElBaradei, the former UN nuclear chief turned Egyptian reformer, has called for a boycott of upcoming elections and warned of civil disobedience if demands for political reform are not met, an independent daily reported on Tuesday. "We will boycott the upcoming election because anyone taking part will be acting against the will of the people," ElBaradei said, according to the Shorouk ... more |
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German revives nuclear to green energy mixBerlin (UPI) Sep 7, 2010 The German government has agreed to extend the life of the country's nuclear power plants, a move that has the opposition and the renewable energy industry fuming. Germany's 17 reactors will remain online for an average of 12 years beyond their planned phase-out deadline in 2021 as a bridge technology until renewables are ready to take over completely, German Chancellor Angela Merkel revealed Monday. Reactors built before 1980 can remain online for 8 additional years, with newer reactors gettin ... read more |
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