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» 31 Jul 2008

• As one door closes, another door opens to a healthier planet
• World Bank Struggles to Prioritize Sustainability
• Birds Fly North in Climate Change Vanguard - Study
• Congo Launches Review of Logging Contracts
• United Kingdom: Environment: Climate activists occupy proposed site for coal-fired power station
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» 30 Jul 2008

• 3 West Coast governors oppose new offshore oil drilling
• Big Coal's Campaign of Lies
• Biofuels Major Driver of Food Price Rise - World Bank
• California considers ban on plastic bags to protect marine life
• Climate fear as giant ice sheets break off Arctic shelf
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» 29 Jul 2008

• Alaska forests hit with more wildfires, infestations as climate changes
• Japan adopts action plan against global warming
• Oil: Campaigners seek an end to production of CO2-intensive 'unconventional fuels'
• Australia: A heated grab for climate control
• Australia's shaky hold on greenhouse infamy
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» 28 Jul 2008

• Australia's shaky hold on greenhouse infamy
• Australia: Don't wait for world on climate: poll
• Congress deadlocked over offshore drilling
• Subsidies help Germany stay top of world's solar power league
• Why we never need to build another polluting power plant
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» 27 Jul 2008

• United States: Change in the land of frozen ground, fish and hardy trees
• Few homes using renewable energy
• Ice Free
• Industry Gushed Money After Reversal on Drilling
• Market meltdown? Carbon trading is just warming up
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» 26 Jul 2008

• United States: As wildfires get wilder, the costs of fighting them are untamed
• Gore, Pickens now have common goal
• Ninety billion barrels of oil revealed in fragile Arctic
• United States: State bid to limit emissions hits court snag
• Australians Willing to Act to Curb Climate Change
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» 25 Jul 2008

• Democrats: White House must publish 'chilling' climate change document
• Doctors' advice to Britons: have fewer children and help save the planet
• Riches in the Arctic: the new oil race
• France: 'It feels like a sci-fi film' - accidents tarnish nuclear dream
• California dealt setback in greenhouse-gas fight with EPA
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» 24 Jul 2008

• Invasion of the jellyfish: Mediterranean on alert as hundreds suffer from stings
• Living Without a Car: My New American Responsibility
• Pedaling the Local Food Movement
• Re-cycling effort
• Australian economy under threat as climate change bites
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» 23 Jul 2008

• £37bn plan to power EU with the Saharan sun
• Ex-EPA Official Says White House Pulled Rank
• Immigration must be cut to tackle climate change, says study
• Lack of funds limits potential of carbon capture
• Population time bomb ticking on
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» 22 Jul 2008

• Brazil: Amazon River Powers Tropical Ocean's Carbon Sink
• United Kingdom: Britain Must Set Deadline to Close Dirty Power Plants
• Energy: Coal-fired power stations will lock UK into a high-emissions future, say MPs
• Full speed ahead on new energy
• Population bomb 'ticks louder than climate'
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» 21 Jul 2008

• Full speed ahead on new energy
• '100 months to save the planet'
• Climate report calls for leaders with vision
• Destruction of wetlands will release massive greenhouse gases
• United Kingdom: Global warming is a brutal truth
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» 20 Jul 2008

• Australia: Big tick for emissions cuts
• Australia: Rudd sails through greenhouse test despite lack of green flagellation
• A Disappointing Truth
• Australia: Climate won't wait, Mr Rudd
• Drought threatens drinking water for a million Australians
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» 19 Jul 2008

• Climate won't wait, Mr Rudd
• Australia: 10000 for vigil over dying river
• Australia: Earth Hour wins top environmental award
• Channel 4 censured for programme that said climate change was a fraud
• United Kingdom: Channel 4 to be censured over controversial climate film
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» 18 Jul 2008

• Britain admits it will miss 2010 CO2 target
• California raises standards for green buildings
• EPA issues dire new warning on effects of climate change
• Gore Calls for Carbon-Free Electric Power
• Gore Urges Fast Energy Makeover
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» 17 Jul 2008

• Brazil exec lowers Amazon deforestation forecast
• California Moves To Speed Solar, Wind Power Grid Connections
• German expert predicts US solar energy boom
• Gore sets 'moon shot' goal on climate change
• Gulf of Mexico "Dead Zone" to Hit Record Size - NOAA
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» 16 Jul 2008

• Acidifying Oceans Pose Severe Danger to Coral Reefs
• Bush Urges Congress to Open New Areas to Oil Drilling
• Draft EPA Study Links Global Warming to More Smog
• US Court Rejects EPA Rule on Power Plant Pollution
• 'Lights will go out' by 2015 if Lords rejects Planning Bill
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» 15 Jul 2008

• Acidifying Oceans Pose Severe Danger to Coral Reefs
• Bush Urges Congress to Open New Areas to Oil Drilling
• Draft EPA Study Links Global Warming to More Smog
• US Court Rejects EPA Rule on Power Plant Pollution
• 'Lights will go out' by 2015 if Lords rejects Planning Bill
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» 14 Jul 2008

• Acidifying Oceans Pose Severe Danger to Coral Reefs
• Bush Urges Congress to Open New Areas to Oil Drilling
• Draft EPA Study Links Global Warming to More Smog
• US Court Rejects EPA Rule on Power Plant Pollution
• 'Lights will go out' by 2015 if Lords rejects Planning Bill
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» 13 Jul 2008

• Australia: Green no coal protest shuts Newcastle mine rail link, 37 arrested
• Australia: Protest halts coal train for six hours
• Antarctic ice shelf collapse 'imminent'
• Bush climate action now? "Bogus": Schwarzenegger
• Despite 800 billion barrel potential, oil shale a hard sell
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» 12 Jul 2008

• 2 Decisions Shut Door on Bush Clean-Air Steps
• Australian Climate Activists Climb Chimney in Protest
• Brazilian president says speculators, not biofuels, to blame for soaring food prices
• Indonesia, Brazil say to cooperate on biofuel
• Scientists surprised by midwinter collapse of massive ice shelf
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» 11 Jul 2008

• Oil sands: Canada's dirty secret
• Australia Food-Bowl Drought Worsens, Rains Spare Wheat
• Corals join frogs and toads as world's most endangered
• Australia: Grim forecasts as Murray-Darling Basin hits new low
• Enhance Plans Alberta Carbon Dioxide Pipeline
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» 10 Jul 2008

• Australia: Grim forecasts as Murray-Darling Basin hits new low
• Malaysia: 19 NGOs Protest Against Proposed Logging In Hulu Muda Forest Reserve
• America's Best Places For Alternative Energy
• As planet swelters, are algae unlikely saviour?
• Biofuels And Biodiversity Don't Mix, Ecologists Warn
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» 08 Jul 2008

• Australia: Rudd push for new climate goals
• Australia: Proposed carbon tax fails to make the connection
• Australia: Roll up, roll up, the Garnaut roadshow is coming to town
• Cheney reportedly wanted cuts in climate testimony
• United States: Clean technology investment soars, report says
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» 07 Jul 2008

• Australia: People starve because they cannot afford food
• Australia's Plan for "Diabolical" Climate Change
• Carbon Market Looks Past G8 to US Election
• Brazil: More than 20% of Amazon deforestation takes place in preservation areas
• Australia: Potential red faces in Tasmania deal
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» 06 Jul 2008

• Australia: Carbon dioxide burial reaches a milestone
• Crop failure shows scale of food crisis
• Australia: Dried river basin sends warning, says PM
• Rudd faces climate revolt
• Australia: Welcome to a drought-stricken future
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» 05 Jul 2008

• United States: Offering a Carbon-Free Way to Get Around
• Australia's harsh reality: adapt or perish
• Australian economy would be reshaped by carbon trading scheme
• Biofuels send food costs soaring: report
• Indonesia: Study: Orangutans could face extinction in wild
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» 04 Jul 2008

• Australia's harsh reality: adapt or perish
• Australia: We must act now on climate change: Ross Garnaut
• Australia: Govt under pressure over carbon trading time frame
• Australia: No credit as oceans turn sour
• Australia: Sparks will fly over emission problems
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» 03 Jul 2008

• Acidifying Oceans Add Urgency To Carbon Dioxide Cuts
• Biofuels are prime cause of food crisis, says leaked report
• G8 'acting too slowly' on climate change
• Argentina: Penguin Population Plunge Points to Climate Havoc
• Some 1.5 Bln People May Starve Due to Land Erosion - FAO
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» 02 Jul 2008

• 'UK should call for freeze on the 75 new coal -fired power stations planned for Europe'
• Clean tech: Green energy is the modern gold rush
• Climate change threatens global food and water supply
• Australia: Current targets unlikely to avoid 'dangerous climate change'
• Gas guzzlers and 'ghostburbs'
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» 01 Jul 2008

• Australia Govt Warned Not to Weaken Emissions Trade
• Australia Vows to Resist Pressure for "Carbon Lite"
• Bangladesh Wants SAARC Fund for Climate Change
• China: Beijing Takes 300,000 High-Emission Cars Off Roads
• EU Deal on CO2 Car Plan Still Distant - Verheugen
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