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Some 6,000 feral camels are running wild in a remote Australian outback community in search of water, smashing infrastructure and invading the airstrip, officials said Wednesday. As long-running drought grips parts of the country, residents of at least one central Australian town are scared to leave their homes because of the rampaging dromedaries, the Northern Territory government said. ... read more 
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Nov 25, 2009Flooding killed at least 11 people in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea port city of Jeddah on Wednesday after a heavy downpour, with more deaths feared, a civil defence official said. The 11 victims were believed to have drowned, the official said, requesting anonymity. The storm struck the western Saudi city in the morning, flooding streets. In one part of Jeddah, a bus could be seen submerged ... more
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Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano 
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Brussels (AFP) Nov 25, 2009Global warming could cost the European Union as a whole up to 65 billion euros per year, but paradoxically northern nations could end up in profit, according to a study released Wednesday. The report, published by the EU's Joint Research Centre, says that if the projected 2080 climate existed today, an average rise of more than 2.5 degrees Celsius, the bloc would face an annual bill of ... more 
Rome, Italy (SPX) Nov 19, 2009Alarmed by a substantial oversight in the global climate talks leading up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen next month, more than 60 of the world's most prominent agricultural scientists and leaders underscored how the almost total absence of agriculture in the agreement could lead to widespread famine and food shortages in the years ahead. Signatories of a stat ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 19, 2009The truth about accelerating improvements in the way America produces both ethanol and the feedstocks from which it is made proved to be inconvenient for the narrative of former Vice President Al Gore in his description of grain-based ethanol in his new book. Writing in Our Choice, Vice President Gore expresses his "disappointment" over the progress of ethanol in the past 30 years. Yet, the fact ... more |
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Berlin (AFP) Nov 23, 2009 With the crunch climate change summit in Copenhagen fast approaching, even McDonalds has decided to go green -- at least with its logo, a senior executive said on Monday. At German branches of the US fast-food chain, the famous golden arches will be emblazoned on a green background, rather than its usual red, McDonalds Germany vice-president Holger Beeck said. The change will be made on ... more 
London (AFP) Nov 22, 2009Clean-up efforts were underway Sunday in flood-hit towns following the heaviest downpours ever recorded in England, as fears mounted for a woman thought swept into a swollen river in Wales. Some 314 millimetres (more than one foot) of rain fell in 24 hours -- the highest level since records began -- over Cumbria as torrential rains swept across Britain and Ireland. The Environment Agency ... more 
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 20, 2009India, a stronghold of vegetarianism where the cow is a sacred animal for the majority Hindu population, has urged the rest of the world to give up eating beef to help reduce global warming. "The single most important cause of (carbon) emissions is eating beef," Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said during a speech on Thursday, his office told AFP. "My formula is stop eating beef. This ... more |
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