AFP – The first-ever online streaming of a US presidential debate provided a platform for…
Month: September 2008
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Fear of power blackouts dismissed
The National Grid says forecasts of blackouts around Britain this winter are unrealistic.
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Japan’s online social scene isn’t so social (AP)
AP – Like a lot of 20-year-olds, Kae Takahashi has a page on U.S.-based MySpace,…
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Gore Warns of Sub-Prime Carbon Catastrophe
Environment News Service: “I believe we’ve reached the stage where it is time for civil…
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Rich nations pledge 6 billion dollars to fight climate change
Deutsche Presse-Agentur: Ten of the world’s richest countries have pledged 6.1 billion dollars to help…
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Canada: Rally calls for investment in “green-collar” jobs
Canadian Press: Alberta activists held a rally in Edmonton to call for an investment in…
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United States: More federal wildfire money approved
LA Daily News: An additional $910 million in emergency federal funding for fighting wildfires has…
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In praise of … toads
Guardian: As moths are to butterflies, so toads are to frogs – close biological cousins…
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Govt wants aviation excluded from renewables target
Politics.co.uk: Environmentalists have reacted with outrage after it emerged the government wants aviation to be…
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Lebanon: Climate change, fuel prices cutting into Lebanon forests
IRIN: Devastating fires caused by climate change are threatening forests in Lebanon, in turn accelerating…