AFP - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appealed on Tuesday to rich nations not to backtrack on assistance to Africa and action against climate change at next week’s Group of Eight summit.
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State Rep. Pam Richardson will host a discussion about the global warming Solutions Act at her Nichols Road district office Tuesday night, July 1, at 7:30 p.m.
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State Rep. Pam Richardson will host a discussion about the global warming Solutions Act at her Nichols Road district office tomorrow (Tuesday) night at 7:30 p.m.
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AP - The devastating earthquake in China last month caused around $6 billion in damages for farmers in Sichuan province and killed millions of farm animals, a U.N. agency said Monday.
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LiveScience.com - The major earthquake that devastated China last month was something of a seismological oddity, seismologists report in a new analysis. The faults that caused the temblor rarely rumble.
More than 69,000 people are confirmed to have died from the magnitude 7.9 quake that struck China’s Sichuan province around noon on May 12, leveling school buildings and other poorly-constructed structures.
The earthquake was also a complete surprise to scientists. …
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AP - Tropical Storm Boris is weakening far off Mexico’s Pacific coast and isn’t a threat to land.
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AP - The National Weather Service says the swollen Mississippi River is about to crest at just under nine feet above flood stage at St. Louis.
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AFP - A new fund aims to help small Japanese companies gain access to technologies to reduce emissions of gases blamed for global warming, its supporters said Monday.
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AFP - Capturing and storing carbon emissions from power generation holds the key to managing climate change amid rising use of polluting oil, gas and coal, an international CO2 conference heard in The Hague on Monday.
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AFP - India on Monday released a national plan to tackle climate change with a focus on renewable energy, but stuck by its refusal to specify targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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