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Fire forest road Yuzha May 2010.jpg
Disaster   Heatwave   Photos   Russia   Wikipedia: Wildfire  
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Thousands fight forest fires in Russia heatwave
MOSCOW - Hundreds of thousands of firefighters, including army troops, on Saturday battled forest fires raging across central Russia in the worst heatwave for decades, destroying houses and killing mo... (photo: Creative Commons / AKA MBG)
Air Seychelles Boeing 767-200
Aerospace   Photos   Seychelles   Transport   Wikipedia: Air Seychelles  
 Nation 
Air Seychelles prepares for EU carbon emissions scheme
| Air Seychelles has signed an agreement with ETS Aviation – the provider of a web-based reporting, monitoring and data verification software tool called Aviation Footprinter – to record and monitor a... (photo: Creative Commons / Deanster1983)
A camp is seen on an island near cypress trees killed by saltwater intrusion in wetlands near Houma, La., Wednesday, July 28, 2010.  The Guardian 
BP oil spill: A Louisiana tragedy
| 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 ... (photo: AP / Patrick Semansky)
Disaster   Louisiana   Oil   Photos   Wikipedia: Louisiana  
The Development Driller III oil drilling is seen as it is used to drill a relief well at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana Wednesday, May 12, 2010.  The Star 
BP to try well kill Tuesday, Congress debates reforms
| BILOXI, Miss. (Reuters) - BP Plc said on Friday it could seal its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well by next week as U.S. lawmakers prepared to vote on reforms that would put tougher restrictions on o... (photo: AP / Charlie Riedel)
Disaster   Oil Spill   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Deepwater Horizon oil spill  
Top Stories
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, March 18, 2009, in New York. WorldNews.com
Escaping the 'Capitalism-Trap'
Out of the Book "Gedanken in Turin" - written in the Year 1998 | Humans have created many crazy systems - the craziest of them all - is Capitalism. | Whoever, in these la... (photo: AP / Mark Lennihan)
Economy   Environment   Photos   Poverty  
Sunflower fields of Phatthana Nikhom Kansas City Star
Hearings set for Monday on Sunflower power plant permit
More News | Two public hearing will be held Monday in Overland Park to allow comments on a permit for the proposed Sunflower coal-fired power plant near Holcomb, Kan. | T... (photo: Creative Commons / Ahoerstemeier)
Hearing   Photos   Plant   Power   Sunflower  
Caltex  -  Chevron  -  Convenience Store  -  Oil Company  -  Gasoline Station Syracuse
Chevron 2Q income triples on higher energy prices
| (AP) - NEW YORK - Chevron's second-quarter earnings tripled on better refining margins and higher prices for oil and natural gas, the company said Friday. | Chevron rep... (photo: WN / Trigedia)
Earnings   Energy   Photos   Prices   Wikipedia: Chevron Corporation  
Vegetables - Organic - Food The Examiner
Organic farming can save the world (now read on)
| Lafayette Farmers' Market Contra Costa Certified Farmers' Markets | Outsized claims like the title to this article naturally arouse skepticism. After all, our culture b... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Food   Health   Organic   Photos   Wikipedia:Organic farming  
Entrance to Chevron's headquarters complex in San Ramon, California. Chevron was found to have evaded $3.25 billion in federal and state taxes from 1970 to 2000 through a complex petroleum pricing scheme involving a project in Indonesia. The New York Times
Chevron 2Q Income Triples on Higher Energy Prices
| Filed at 10:47 a.m. ET | NEW YORK (AP) -- Chevron's second-quarter earnings tripled on better refining margins and higher prices for oil and natural gas, the company sa... (photo: Creative Commons / Coolcaesar)
Chevron   Earnings   Energy   Photos   Prices  
Breast Cancer PhysOrg
Study finds diet and alcohol alter epigenetics of breast cancer
| Researchers from Brown University and the University of California San Francisco have found that epigenetic changes to DNA in breast cancers are related to environmenta... (photo: Creative Commons / jigglypuff4000)
Health   Photos   Science   Wikipedia: Breast cancer   Women  
Mobile Phones - Technology m&c
Mobile phones to have common chargers from 2011, EU commission says
| Brussels - Starting next year, the vast majority of mobile phones sold in the European Union will use the same charger, the European Commission announced Friday. | 'It ... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Brussels   Commission   Consumers   EU   Electronics   Photos   Photos   Technology   Vast  
Environmental Issues Climate Change
- Global warming signs unmistakable: report
- The arrival of the stork isn't always a happy occasion [
- Killer beetle spreads in NY, endangering forests
- Killer beetle spreads in NY, endangering forests
Fire forest road Yuzha May 2010.jpg
Thousands fight forest fires in Russia heatwave
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- Climate change fans are heating up
- Country's first training centre on climate in city
- Wildfires sweeping Russia kill at least 25
- Home building guided by stars
A charred car stands in front of a chimney, all of what is left of a house that was burned to the ground, in the village of Mokhovoe, destroyed by a forest fire near the town of Lukhovitsy some 135 km (84 miles) southeast of Moscow, Friday, July 30, 2010. The fires have spread quickly across more than 200,000 acres (90,000 hectares) in recent days after a record heat wave and severe drought that has plagued Russia for weeks.
Wildfires sweeping Russia kill at least 25
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Global Warm Pollution
- Global warming signs unmistakable: report
- Warmers heating up again!
- Venus Express: Recreating Venus In The Lab
- Two countries, one carbon tax
A camp is seen on an island near cypress trees killed by saltwater intrusion in wetlands near Houma, La., Wednesday, July 28, 2010.
BP oil spill: A Louisiana tragedy
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- Storrington village in Sussex fails air pollution test
- New plan targets more pollutants
- Plan to 'sponsor' carbon comment
- Math whiz tackles the big carbon sink puzzle
Air pollution in Pune is on the alarming level- India
Pune's task on hand is to clear the air
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Chemicals Ecology
- Huntsman to Purchase Chemicals Business of Laffans Petrochem
- 5,016 chemical barrels recovered from NE China river
- 4,260 chemical barrels retrieved from Songhua River
- Troops brave weather to fight chemical spill
In this photo taken on Wednesday, July 28, 2010, a man carries his belonging on a flooded path in Changchun in northeast China's Jilin province.
Floods dump scores of chemical containers into China river
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- Eco-friendly car wash helps save 2.3m litres of water
- Establishing Ecotourism...Conservation Of The White-necked R
- Bangladesh witnesses record high deaths in tiger attacks
- R.I. News Digest:
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, March 18, 2009, in New York.
Escaping the 'Capitalism-Trap'
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Nature Natural Disasters
- Establishing Ecotourism...Conservation Of The White-necked R
- Minn. artist creates tiger mascot for high school
- Minn. artist creates tiger mascot for high school
- Saving Wildlife From A Midwestern Oil Spill
A camp is seen on an island near cypress trees killed by saltwater intrusion in wetlands near Houma, La., Wednesday, July 28, 2010.
BP oil spill: A Louisiana tragedy
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- 2 strong earthquakes hit Iran, injuring hundreds
- 2 strong earthquakes hit Iran, injuring hundreds
- 2 strong earthquakes hit Iran, injuring hundreds
- 5.8 quake shakes Iran, no word on casualties
A view of the city from Mount Abidar. As in most other parts of Iran, carpet weaving is one of the most significant handicrafts of the region, especially in Bijar and Sanandaj. Shaw, kilim and jajim weaving.
Iran quake injures 274; new tremor further south
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