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Paul McCartney has a beef with world climate talksBrussels (AFP) Dec 3, 2009 Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney has a beef with world leaders' efforts to battle global warming, but the vegetarian's solution -- eat less meat -- was not to everyone's taste as he joined a debate at the European Parliament on Thursday. Ahead of global talks on climate change starting in Copenhagen on Monday, the 67-year-old took his international campaign for 'Meatless Mondays' to Brussels -- hoar ... read more |
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Hanoi (AFP) Dec 2, 2009Vietnam, the world's second-biggest rice exporter, said Wednesday it needs help to safeguard the world's food supply from the consequences of global warming. "The rice bowl of Vietnam will be severely affected" without action, Nguyen Khac Hieu, deputy director general of the government's climate change agency, told reporters before key global climate talks next week in Copenhagen. ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 2, 2009The World Bank said Wednesday it would give India at least one billion dollars in assistance for cleaning up the heavily polluted Ganges, Hinduism's most sacred river. The clean-up involves building modern sewage treatment, revamping drains and other measures to improve the quality of the river, which has been badly polluted by industrial chemicals, farm pesticides and other sewage. ... more 
Qastal, Jordan (AFP) Dec 2, 2009Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Wednesday urged his country's businessmen to invest in Jordan's water sector as he opened offices for a huge Turkish-managed scheme to supply Amman with water. "Turkish businessmen should increase their investments and cooperation with Jordan in the water field," Gul said as he inaugurated the headquarters for the Disi water plan, which is being carried out ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Nov 27, 2009High-tech forensic methods show that some shark fins on sale in Hong Kong markets come from endangered shark populations, proving the need for stronger trade regulations, a new study said Tuesday. US scientists using a type of DNA testing said they were able to trace the geographic origin of shark fins on sale in Hong Kong and show that endangered species are being targeted by the trade. ... more 
Bhopal, India (UPI) Nov 23, 2009 A report issued in connection with the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal, India, chemical disaster says the area's drinking water remains toxic. The report, released Tuesday by the Bhopal Medical Appeal, says there are still high levels of toxic chemicals in the drinking water supply of 15 communities near the old Union Carbide pesticide plant where the catastrophe occurred. ... more 
Paris (AFP) Dec 1, 2009On Ecorazzi.com, self-proclaimed provider of green gossip, Paul McCartney and other green celebs offer meat-free Christmas recipes while Cate Blanchett muses on the Copenhagen climate summit. Ever since Al Gore's 2006 Oscar-winning movie "An Inconvenient Truth" put climate warming at the centre of pop-culture, celebs have scrambled aboard the green campaign by the score. ... more |
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