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Beijing says "sauna" haze will not last over Games

  
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing authorities said sauna-like weather trapping hazy pollution in the Olympic host city will not last throughout the Games, state media reported on Tuesday, as organizers consider more pollution controls.
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Giant chunks break off Canadian ice shelf

  
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Giant sheets of ice totaling almost eight square miles broke off an ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic last week and more could follow later this year, scientists said on Tuesday.
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Truckers sue LA ports over anti-pollution program

  
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The American Trucking Associations filed a federal lawsuit in a California court on Monday morning against the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to stop plans intended to reduce diesel fuel pollution.
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Senate Democrats call for EPA chief to resign

  
A trio of Senate Democrats is pressing EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson to resign, saying he has repeatedly succumbed to political pressure on decisions vital to protecting health and the environment.
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South Korea to up alternative energy spending

  
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea plans to raise its investment in alternative energy development by 60 percent this year to $193 million, the government said on Monday, as the resource-hungry nation seeks to diversify its energy sources.
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East Europeans fear climate policy pinch

  
GORNO OSENOVO, Bulgaria (Reuters) - Many pensioners in the Bulgarian village of Gorno Osenovo, who go to bed with the sunset and wake up at sunrise, have never heard of carbon dioxide. They don't get electricity either.
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U.S. Army works to cut its carbon "bootprint"

  
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - What if cutting greenhouse emissions could also save the lives of soldiers in Iraq, where fuel-laden convoys make them targets? The U.S. Army says it is happening now in a push to reduce its carbon "bootprint."
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News of the 07/25/2008
    

Top EU court backs citizen rights in air pollution

  
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A German environmental activist has won backing from the European Union's top court to force local authorities in the home city of BMW to tackle car pollution.
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Oil spills onto ice, climate among Arctic risks

  
OSLO (Reuters) - Companies seeking oil in the Arctic will need better technology to clean up spills onto ice and could new face hazards such as rougher seas caused by climate change, experts said on Friday.
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News of the 07/24/2008
    

U.S.-Canada carbon trading group eyes 2012 start

  
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - A coalition of U.S. states and Canadian provinces that have banded together to cut greenhouse gases will launch their carbon cap and trade system in 2012, according to a draft plan released on Wednesday.
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Faroe whales show new pollutant spreads worldwide

  
OSLO (Reuters) - People who eat whale meat in the remote Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic have high levels of an industrial toxin in their blood in a worrying sign that the pollutant has spread worldwide, scientists said on Thursday.
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News of the 07/23/2008
    

California ports' pollution plan a big haul

  
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A short drive from the sandy beaches of Malibu rise two sprawling ports, where goods from around the world enter the United States before fanning out by road and rail to stores from coast to coast.
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News of the 07/22/2008
    

Drafty British companies waste $5 billion: survey

  
LONDON (Reuters) - British businesses are wasting 2.5 billion pounds ($4.99 billion) a year in energy bills swollen by inefficiencies such as drafty windows or leaving lights and computers on, the Carbon Trust said on Tuesday.
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About 20 percent of EU timber illegal or suspect: report

  
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Nearly a fifth of wood imported into the European Union has been harvested illegally or comes from suspect sources, mostly in Russia, Indonesia and China, according to a report by environmental group WWF.
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News of the 07/21/2008
    

Gubernatorial candidates gather for first debate

  
Gov. Jim Douglas, under fire from his two major-party gubernatorial campaign opponents during a debate Sunday, said he had worked to protect the state's environment, but that he wanted to limit the role of government on food, energy and other issues.
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Climate report calls for green "New Deal"

  
LONDON (Reuters) - The world needs leaders with the vision to forge New Deal-type policies to tackle the potentially disastrous combination of climate change, high inflation and economic slowdown, a British think-tank said on Monday.
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Explorer aims to educate youth on the environment

  
After traveling around the Arctic Circle alone, walking across South America, venturing through African war zones and hiking deep into the Amazon , Borneo and Sumatra jungles, Mike Horn is ready to embark on his most ambitious project yet.
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Soil database to help map CO2 storage, food output

  
MILAN (Reuters) - New database of the world's soils will help better map agricultural output and storage and sequestration of heat trapping carbon dioxide (CO2), one of its creators, the United Nations' food agency FAO, said on Monday.
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