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Green Targets Being Watered Down For UN Summit - Observers
Date: 02-May-12
Country: UK
Author: Nina Chestney
Some of the main proposals in a draft text for negotiation at a U.N. sustainable development conference next month are being watered down at informal talks in New York, observers said on Tuesday, heightening fears the summit will fail to deliver.
Analysis: Permit Glut Points To New EU Carbon Policy Tool
Date: 02-May-12
Country: UK
Author: Jeff Coelho
Any one-off European Union intervention to clear the massive glut of permits now clogging its emissions trading scheme is likely to lead to a 'central bank' or other policy tool to manage future imbalances in the world's biggest carbon market.
Chile Court Suspends Goldcorp $3.9 Billion El Morro Project
Photo: Hyungwon Kang
Date: 01-May-12
Country: SANTIAGO/TORONTO
Author: Alexandra Ulmer in Santiago, Euan Rocha in Toronto and Aftab Ahmed in Bangalore
Chile's Supreme Court suspended a key permit for Canadian miner Goldcorp Inc's El Morro copper-gold project, the latest setback for the controversial project and one of the biggest legal blows to a mining project in the world's top copper producer.
Exxon Mobil Shuts Louisiana Oil Pipeline After Leak
Photo: Jessica Rinaldi
Date: 01-May-12
Country: USA
Author: Janet McGurty and Matt Daily
Exxon Mobil Corp has shut the 160,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) North Line crude oil pipeline in Louisiana after a leak spilled 1,900 barrels of crude oil in a rural area over the weekend, affecting a conduit that supplies the nation's third-largest refinery.
Shell, Logen Scrap Plans For Canada Biofuel Plant
Date: 01-May-12
Author: Jeffrey Jones and Rod Nickel
Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Iogen Corp have scrapped plans for a commercial-scale biofuel plant in Manitoba, spelling the loss of 150 jobs and raising questions about widespread and near-term use of fuel made from agricultural waste in Canada.
Solve Water Problems Or Forget Growth, India Told
Date: 01-May-12
Country: ITALY
Author: Catherine Hornby
India's economic growth and political stability are at stake in coming years if it does not change its approach to water management, a member of its natural resources planning commission told Reuters on Monday.
Chevron Phillips To Build Chemical Plant In Texas
Date: 01-May-12
Author: Ernest Scheyder
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co said on Monday it will build a new chemical plant at its facility in Old Ocean, Texas.
Emerging Economy Growth To Heat Planet Quicker Than Expected:
Date: 01-May-12
Country: UK
Author: Ben Garside
April 30 - The ongoing rapid industrialization of the world's advanced developing economies means global emissions of heat-trapping gases will by the end of the decade exceed safe levels by far more than previously expected, according to a report published Friday.
Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Enlisted To Stem Florida Python Invasion
Date: 01-May-12
Country: USA
Author: Barbara Liston
Some bomb-sniffing dogs trained to help fight terrorism are turning their olfactory attention toward a different scourge: Burmese pythons in Florida's Everglades National Park.
Dolphin Stuck In California Wetlands Draws A Crowd
Photo: Alex Gallardo
Date: 30-Apr-12
Country: USA
Author: Alex Gallardo
A dolphin who took a wrong turn from the Pacific Ocean into a Southern California wetlands became an unwitting star on Friday when scores of motorists on a nearby busy highway stopped to watch it swim in circles.
One Dead, Dozens Hurt As Storm Hits St. Louis Bar Tent
Photo: KSDK/Handout.
Date: 30-Apr-12
Country: USA
Author: Miriam Moynihan
One person was killed and dozens injured on Saturday when a thunderstorm packing high winds blew down a beer tent on to baseball fans celebrating after a St. Louis Cardinals' game, police said.
Salmon Revival In Sight As Elwha River Dams Fall In U.S. Northwest
Photo: Kevin P. Casey
Date: 30-Apr-12
Country: OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK, Washington
Author: Laura L. Myers
In the wilderness of Washington state's Olympic National Park, hydraulic hammers chip away at the Glines Canyon Dam in the largest dam-removal project in U.S. history.
Transocean Evacuates Brazil rRg, No Oil Spilled
Date: 30-Apr-12
Country: BRAZIL
Author: Brian Winter
Drilling company Transocean, which is facing scrutiny in Brazil after a November spill, briefly evacuated personnel from a drilling rig near Rio de Janeiro's coast after it listed slightly during maintenance, the company said on Sunday.
Wind Farms May Have Warming Effect: Research
Date: 30-Apr-12
Country: UK
Author: Nina Chestney
Large wind farms might have a warming effect on the local climate, research in the United States showed on Sunday, casting a shadow over the long-term sustainability of wind power.
Radioactive Waste Dump Opens In Texas, Environmentalists Worried
Date: 30-Apr-12
Country: USA
Author: Jim Forsyth
A 1,300-acre dump to bury low-level radioactive waste has opened in a remote corner of west Texas, the fourth U.S. site to allow such waste, despite concerns about water seepage at the site, which sits above the huge and vital Ogallala aquifer.
Bird Strikes On Airliners Targeted In Congress, At Airports
Photo: Brendan McDermid
Date: 27-Apr-12
Country: USA
Author: Thomas Zambito
Never mind unruly passengers, baggage fees and wind shear. The real scourges of air traffic these days are black-bellied plovers, herring gulls and yellow-bellied sapsuckers, aviation experts say.
Sea Change In Salinity Heralds Shift In Rainfall
Photo: Babu
Date: 27-Apr-12
Country: SINGAPORE
Author: David Fogarty
Scientists have detected a clear change in salinity of the world's oceans and have found that the cycle that drives rainfall and evaporation has intensified more than thought because of global warming.
Tibetan Quake Victims Fight China Government Land Grab
Photo: Carlos Barria
Date: 27-Apr-12
Country: CHINA
Author: Sui-Lee Wee
For two years after a cataclysmic earthquake struck a remote and wild part of China's northwestern Qinghai province, Baobao and 29 other homeless ethnic Tibetan residents occupied the area outside several government buildings to denounce a land grab.
Sierra Club To Fight Dominion Hub Using 1972 Deal
Date: 27-Apr-12
Country: USA
Author: Ayesha Rascoe
The Sierra Club will try to use a 40-year-old legal settlement to scuttle plans by Dominion Resources Inc to convert a liquefied natural gas terminal in Maryland into a major export hub.
Chesapeake Wyoming Well Response Delayed By Weather
Date: 27-Apr-12
Country: USA
Author: Joshua Schneyer and Selam Gebrekidan
Chesapeake Energy Corp.'s crews have delayed their attempt to control a well blowout in Wyoming until the weather improves, the company said on Thursday.
Peru Is Latest Developing Nation To Adopt Climate Change Initiative
Date: 27-Apr-12
Country: PERU
Author: Caroline Stauffer
Peru became the latest developing country to enact a domestic climate change initiative in the absence of a binding global pact, adopting a resolution on Thursday to lower carbon emissions in its fast-growing economy.
Eagle Center Struggles To Supply American Indians Rituals
Photo: Rick Wilking
Date: 26-Apr-12
Country: USA
Author: Keith Coffman
A wildlife specialist splays the wings of a dead golden eagle shipped in from New Mexico and is pleased by what he sees.
Analysis: Dow's New Corn: "Time Bomb" Or Farmers' Dream?
Photo: Joshua Lott
Date: 26-Apr-12
Author: Carey Gillam
A new biotech corn developed by Dow AgroSciences could answer the prayers of U.S. farmers plagued by a fierce epidemic of super-weeds. Or it could trigger a flood of dangerous chemicals that may make weeds even more resistant and damage other important U.S. crops.
U.S. Green Auction Raises More Than $1 Million
Date: 26-Apr-12
Country: USA
Author: Chris Michaud
A sailing holiday on the world's largest luxury catamaran and a painting and meeting with artist Peter Lik were among the top selling items in a Green Auction that raised more than $1.2 million for environmental charities.
African Big Game Poaching Surges On Asian Affluence
Date: 26-Apr-12
Country: KINSHASA/KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, South Africa
Author: Jonny Hogg and Ed Stoddard
The hit job was done by professionals who swooped over their quarry in a helicopter before opening fire.
Fewer Storms Forecast For 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season
Date: 26-Apr-12
Country: USA
Author: Tom Brown
The 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is projected to be less active than in recent years with 11 tropical storms, six of which will intensify into hurricanes, U.S. private forecaster Weather Services International said on Wednesday.
Wyoming Neighbors Of Chesapeake Well Leak Evacuate
Date: 26-Apr-12
Country: USA
Author: Selam Gebrekidan and Joshua Schneyer
More than 60 residents were evacuated from their homes near a Chesapeake Energy-operated well that leaked natural gas and drilling mud in Wyoming, the company said on Wednesday.
Shrimp Processors Object To BP Oil Spill Pact
Date: 24-Apr-12
Author: Jonathan Stempe
Shrimp processors have asked a federal judge to delay preliminary approval of BP Plc's proposed settlement of economic damage claims from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, arguing that it is unfair to parts of the shrimp industry.
Peru Says Newmont Shows Will To Improve Gold Project
Date: 24-Apr-12
Country: PERU
Author: Marco Aquino, Patricia Velez and Terry Wade
Newmont Mining has shown its "willingness" to improve the environmental mitigation plan for its proposed gold mine known as Conga, Peru's government said on Monday, as it seeks to overcome opposition to the mine.
Africa Sitting On Sea Of Groundwater Reserves
Photo: Emmanuel Chitate
Date: 23-Apr-12
Country: UK
Author: Chris Wickham
Huge reserves of underground water in some of the driest parts of Africa could provide a buffer against the effects of climate change for years to come, scientists said on Friday.