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AFP - A key week in the chronicle of climate change has delivered a powerful kick for tackling the environmental crisis, even if many fundamental problems and deep-rooted skepticism remain.
by Mongabay.com news
On September 26th, scientists from World Wildlife Fund announced the discovery of eleven new species: one snake, two butterflies, five orchids, and three other plants in Vietnam's biologically rich Green Corridor. The discoveries were made between 2005 and 2006.
by Mongabay.com news
The Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary is located in India's Western Ghats mountain range. The sanctuary contains some of India's most celebrated and endangered wildlife, including the Bengal Tiger and Asian Elephant. Other mammals include the Guar, Sambar, Slender Loris, Chital, and Leopard. The sanctuary is also rich in bird species (nearly 300 have been recorded) and butterflies. As well, the Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary is one of twenty-seven reserves that are apart of Project Tiger: a program to save's India's last tigers and their habitats. In addition to containing some of India's richest biodiversity (recently India has applied for the Western Ghats to gain World Heritage status), the sanctuary was at one time home to thirteen villages that increasingly affected, and were affected by, their protected surroundings. In 2002 eleven of these thirteen villages were relocated to two towns outside of the sanctuary.
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AP - President Bush's call on Friday for a new fund to reduce global warming fell flat with Europeans and environmentalists who say U.N.-mandated cuts in greenhouse gases are what's needed.
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Emissions of nitrogen oxides
(NOx) from power plants, cars and other industry are significantly lower
in the eastern United States -- making for less ozone and therefore less
smog and healthier air, government officials reported Thursday.
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AFP - President George W. Bush went on the offensive on climate change Friday, proposing a summit among major emitters of greenhouse gases that would set a long-term global goal for curbing this dangerous pollution.
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AFP - US President George W. Bush has authorized 25 million dollars in energy aid to North Korea in response to Pyongyang's progress in complying with its denuclearization agreement.
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Reuters - Some of the world's biggest
greenhouse polluters took aim at President George W. Bush on
Friday, calling him "isolated" and questioning his leadership
on the problem of global warming.
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AFP - The International Civil Aviation Organization on Friday adopted a broad program to counter the effects of global warming in the aviation industry, but rejected EU proposals to cut carbon emissions.
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Reuters - British Columbia
will become the first Canadian province to put hard caps on
greenhouse gas emissions as part of a regional credit trading
system to be unveiled next year, Premier Gordon Campbell said
on Friday.
