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A camp is seen on an island near cypress trees killed by saltwater intrusion in wetlands near Houma, La., Wednesday, July 28, 2010.
(photo: AP / Patrick Semansky)
BP oil spill: A Louisiana tragedy
The Guardian
| For Tim Gautreaux, a Louisiana local whose family is immersed in the oil industry, the BP leak means the death of his whole community. And things can only get worse… 'The spill is slathering four states now. It could be blown over to Texas. It could show up in the marinas of Key West... Law­sui...
Mountains covered with  ice -climate change-ice at the highest point on mountain-India
(photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam)
World has 12 years to go before its ice melts
The Siasat Daily
| Thailand, July 30: The world has less than 12 years to go before it faces major ice-melting and potentially catastrophic effects if nothing is done to reduce carbon emissions, a Thai environmental conservationist has warned. | Energy and environmental conservationist Chirapol Sintunawa said it wou...
AG wrests price cut from Cape Wind
The Boston Globe
| The developers of the Cape Wind energy project in Nantucket Sound have agreed to reduce the price of its electricity by 10 percent, saving consumers at least $456 million over the 15-year span of a proposed contract with National Grid. | The deal, ...
Global warming: NASA says it's the hottest year on record
Newsvine
| Worldwide, 2010 is on track to become the warmest year on record. | Scientists at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies reported recently that the average global temperature was higher over the past 12 months than during any other 12-month p...
Climate change fans are heating up
The Oklahoman
  The Oklahoman Editorial Oklahoman    Leave a comment | It's been pretty hot in Washington, D.C., and along the East Coast this summer, so it's not surprising to see global warming — sorry, climate change! — enthusiasts us...
Group Says China's Official Oil Spill Figure May Be Too Low
The New York Times
| BEIJING — Greenpeace is raising questions about whether the Chinese government has been underreporting the size of one of the country’s worst oil spills, near the northern port city of Dalian. | The spill occurred two weeks ago, after a...
Barack Obama features in banned commercial from dutch online shop Wehkamp
WN / Bobby Stanfort
Obama must take a lead on climate change âEuro" and soon
The Guardian
An iceberg melts in Greeland in 2007. Photograph: John McConnico/AP | All signs suggest that the planet is still hurtling headlong toward climatic disaster. The US National Oceanog...
Eco-friendly camping all about putting nature first
WN / marzena
Eco-friendly camping all about putting nature first
KDVR
| Green camping may seem redundant--what's more green that spending a weekend or a week or two in the wilderness? But many campgrounds cater to our comforts rather than nature, and...
Iceberg off Elephant Island in the Antarctic
Creative Commons / Ealdgyth
Obama must take a lead on climate change – and soon
The Guardian
| The US leader must lay out a comprehensive and costed plan to the American people showing how he will move beyond oil | • Global warming pushes 2010 temperatures to record high...
Scientists say global warming is continuing
The Guardian
| RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | AP Science Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists from around the world are providing even more evidence of global warming, one day after President Barack Obama renewed his call for climate legislation. | "A comprehensive revie...
Russia mobilises army to fight fires
NZ Herald
1:48 PM Saturday Jul 31, 2010 Email Print | Vast sections of Russia are under a state of emergency as more than 10,000 firefighters fought to save villages and forests from being reduced to ash and ember during the country's hottest summer on record....
Greece: Truckers and Police Clash Over Plan to Extend Strike
The New York Times
| Striking truck drivers and the Greek police clashed Friday outside an oil refinery near the northern city of Salonika after trucker unions defied a government order to return to work and extended a five-day strike over plans to cut the price of lic...
Environment
A camp is seen on an island near cypress trees killed by saltwater intrusion in wetlands near Houma, La., Wednesday, July 28, 2010.
(photo: AP / Patrick Semansky)
BP oil spill: A Louisiana tragedy
The Guardian
| For Tim Gautreaux, a Louisiana local whose family is immersed in the oil industry, the BP leak means the death of his whole community. And things can only get worse… 'The spill is slathering four states now. It could be blown over to Texas. It could show up in the marinas of Key West... Law­suits are spill­ing out with no judicial blowout pre...
Natural Disasters
A Myanmar farmer ploughs rice paddy in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, Monday, July 5, 2010.
(photo: AP / Khin Maung Win)
Myanmar Loosens Yoke on Farmers
Wall Street Journal
By A WSJ Staff Reporter | YANGON, Myanmar—Moves by Myanmar's military regime to loosen its grip on the impoverished nation's once-mighty rice industry in advance of an election this year have raised cautious hopes for the nation's economy. | After years of tight control and a 2008 cyclone that devastated Myanmar's key rice-growing region, the...



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