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Trapped Glacier Water Threatens French Alps Valley
Photo: Charles Platiau
Date: 30-Jul-10
Country: FRANCE
Author: Catherine Lagrange
A pocket of water big enough to fill 20 Olympic pools, trapped inside a glacier on Mont Blanc, could burst at any time and endanger lives in a French Alpine valley, officials said Thursday.
Analysis: BP Spill Seeps Into Norway's Arctic Drilling Debate
Date: 30-Jul-10
Country: USA
Author: Wojciech Moskwa and Gwladys Fouche
Norway's decades-old political consensus on offshore drilling is under attack in the wake of the BP oil spill, just as it covets new riches in the Arctic.
First Solar Profit Tops Street, Trims Sales View
Date: 30-Jul-10
Country: USA
Author: Matt Daily
First Solar reported better-than-expected quarterly profits on Thursday, but trimmed its 2010 sales forecast because of weaker prices.
Save Villa Borghese, Italy Environmentalists Cry
Photo: Chris Helgren
Date: 30-Jul-10
Country: ITALY
Author: Ella Ide
Environmental and cultural heritage groups appealed to city officials Thursday to stop the "massacre" of Villa Borghese park by banning pop concerts and big screen events they say lure vandals and lager louts.
Heat Damage To Russia Crop Past Worst, Official Says
Photo: Vladimir Lavrov
Date: 30-Jul-10
Country: RUSSIA
Author: Aleksandras Budrys
Russia's worst drought for decades is set to drag on for at least the next 7 days in some areas but further serious damage to grain crops is not expected, a senior government weather forecaster said on Thursday.
Indonesian Sinar Mas-Linked Firms Wrecked Forest: Report
Date: 30-Jul-10
Country: INDONESIA
Author: Sunanda Creagh
Greenpeace said on Thursday it had fresh evidence that palm oil firms linked to Indonesian agribusiness giant Sinar Mas have bulldozed rainforest and destroyed endangered orangutan habitats in Kalimantan.
Water Cut To North China City After Chemical Spill
Date: 30-Jul-10
Country: CHINA
Author: Emma Graham-Harrison
Water supplies were cut in parts of the northeastern Chinese city of Jilin on Thursday, after a flood washed thousands of barrels of a dangerous chemical from a factory into the area's main river, state media said.
Ten Key Indicators Show Global Warming "Undeniable"
Date: 30-Jul-10
Country: USA
Author: Deborah Zabarenko
Melting glaciers, more humid air and eight other key indicators show that global warming is undeniable, scientists said on Wednesday, citing a new comprehensive review of the last decade of climate data.
EPA Denies Challenges To Greenhouse Gas Rule
Date: 30-Jul-10
Country: USA
Author: Deborah Zabarenko
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday rejected 10 petitions challenging EPA's 2009 finding that climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health and the environment.
Senate Unveils Energy Bill, Doubts On Passage
Photo: Fred Prouser
Date: 29-Jul-10
Country: USA
Author: Ayesha Rascoe
Senate Democrats unveiled a slimmed down bill on Tuesday aimed at reforming offshore drilling, as doubts grew that Congress would be able to pass any substantial energy legislation this year.
Special Report: Watching Grass Grow In The Gulf, And Cheering!
Photo: Sean Gardner
Date: 29-Jul-10
Country: BIRDFOOT DELTA
Author: Deborah Zabarenko
Marsh grasses are the tough guys of the plant world. Left alone, they dominate coastal marshes from Texas to Newfoundland. Burn their stems and leaves, and they come back bushier than ever.
China Floods Wash Explosive Chemicals Into River
Photo: Aly Song
Date: 29-Jul-10
Country: CHINA
Author: REUTERS
Flooding in northeastern China has washed more than 1,000 barrels containing explosive chemicals into a major river, state media said on Wednesday, as the death toll from flooding nationally this year neared 1,000.
Indonesian Sinar Mas-Linked Firms Cutting Virgin Forest: Report
Date: 29-Jul-10
Country: INDONESIA
Author: Sunanda Creagh
Greenpeace on Thursday issued fresh accusations that palm oil firms linked to Indonesian agribusiness giant Sinar Mas have bulldozed rainforest and destroyed endangered orangutan habitats in Kalimantan.
Analysis: Bill Boosts Natural Gas Vehicles But Hurdles Remain
Date: 29-Jul-10
Country: USA
Author: Edward McAllister
The Energy Bill released on Tuesday is a big boost for the natural gas vehicle (NGV) industry, but natural gas faces hurdles to eroding oil's dominance as a transport fuel in the United States.
Worried About Bombs? Work And Live At Baghdad Airport
Date: 29-Jul-10
Country: IRAQ
Author: Aseel Kami
Worried about bombs and suicide attacks? Iraq has the solution for businessmen who want to invest but fear venturing into Baghdad's dangerous streets -- work and live in a mini-city right next to the airport.
Developing Nations See Cancun Climate Deal Tough
Date: 29-Jul-10
Country: MEXICO
Author: Brian Ellsworth
Reaching a binding climate deal at the upcoming U.N. conference in Mexico will likely be difficult, delegates from a group of developing nations said on Monday, spurring further doubts about a global climate accord this year.
Heatwave Smog Turns Muscovites Into Heavy Smokers
Photo: Sergei Karpukhin
Date: 29-Jul-10
Country: RUSSIA
Author: Alexei Anishchuk
The worst smog to hit Moscow in almost a decade has sent pollution 10 times above safe levels and Russia's chief lung doctor on Wednesday said residents were inhaling the equivalent of 40 cigarettes every few hours.
Greece To Invest 12 Billion Euro In "Green Growth" By 2015
Date: 29-Jul-10
Country: GREECE
Author: REUTERS
Greece said on Wednesday it will invest 12 billion euros ($15.59 billion) on environmental and energy projects over the next five years to boost its ailing economy and create new jobs.
China Trains Fur Farm Foxes To Combat Rat Plague
Date: 29-Jul-10
Country: CHINA
Author: Ben Blanchard
Authorities in China's far west have bred and trained "an army" of silver foxes bought from a fur farm to fight a plague of rats threatening a huge expanse of grasslands, state media said on Wednesday.
Executives See Biodiversity as Key to Business Growth
Date: 28-Jul-10
Country: US
Author: Yale Environment 360
An increasing number of corporate executives, particularly in biodiversity-rich nations of Latin America and Africa, view declines in biodiversity as a challenge to business growth, according to a new study by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Spain Sees Temperatures Rising 3 to 6 Degrees By 2100
Photo: Javier Barbancho
Date: 28-Jul-10
Country: SPAIN
Author: Blanca Rodriguez
Spanish daytime temperatures will rise by an average of between 3 and 6 degrees Celsius by 2100, and rainfall will tumble to 15-30 percent of recent levels, according to forecasts on Tuesday by the Met Office.
GM Sets $41,000 Price For Electric Chevy Volt
Photo: John Gress
Date: 28-Jul-10
Country: USA
Author: Kevin Krolicki
General Motors on Tuesday set a price of $41,000 for its electric Chevrolet Volt -- $8,000 more than its nearest competitor, the Nissan Leaf.
Senate Unveils Energy Bill, Doubts On Passage
Photo: Fred Prouser
Date: 28-Jul-10
Country: USA
Author: Richard Cowan
Senate Democrats unveiled a slimmed down bill on Tuesday aimed at reforming offshore drilling, as doubts grew that Congress would be able to pass any substantial energy legislation this year.
Scientist Says Hundreds May Die As Smog Blankets Moscow
Photo: Sergei Karpukhin
Date: 28-Jul-10
Country: RUSSIA
Author: Gleb Bryanski
A prominent scientist said hundreds of people could die as smog from peat fires blanketed a sweltering Moscow for a second day on Tuesday.
BP Gets "Wake-Up Call" And $32 Billion In Spill Charges
Photo: Toby Melville
Date: 28-Jul-10
Country: UK/USA
Author: Tom Bergin and Kristen Hays
BP Plc's newly named chief executive on Tuesday called the Gulf oil spill a "wake-up call" for the entire industry as the company tallied up its losses and disclosed two U.S. investigations.
Tiger Escapes From Trip To The Vet
Photo: Peter Andrews
Date: 28-Jul-10
Country: AFRICA
Author: Xola Potelwa
A 17-month-old tiger escaped from the back of a pick-up truck while it was being driven to a veterinary clinic in South Africa, triggering a helicopter search by police and wildlife experts.
Scottish Wind Energy Plans Would Create 5,000 Jobs
Date: 28-Jul-10
Country: UK
Author: Kylie MacLellan
More than 5,000 jobs could be created by the development of planned wind turbine manufacturing sites around port locations in Scotland, the country's First Minister Alex Salmond said on Tuesday.
Toyota Pushes Back U.S. Prius Production By Years
Photo: Yuriko Nakao
Date: 28-Jul-10
Country: USA
Author: REUTERS
Toyota Motor Corp has pushed back plans to build its Prius in the United States by as much as six years, with a top executive saying U.S. production is likely to start only when the best-selling hybrid is remodeled.
UK Says Big Changes Needed To Meet Climate Targets
Date: 28-Jul-10
Country: UK
Author: Peter Griffiths
Britain may need to double its electricity supply and virtually eliminate emissions from power stations by 2050 if it is to meet legally binding climate change targets, the government said on Tuesday.
Obama Says Will Keep Pushing For Climate Bill
Date: 28-Jul-10
Country: USA
Author: Jeff Mason
President Barack Obama pledged on Tuesday to keep pushing for legislation to fight climate change despite a move in the U.S. Senate to focus energy reform more narrowly on offshore drilling.