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| World Bank: Nations with Intact Forest Deserve Carbon Credits Too |
22, August 2007 |
 A study recently released by the World Bank’s Global Environment Facility points out a big loophole in the Kyoto Protocol. Countries that have cut their forests and are now engaging in reforestation efforts are rewarded with so-called “carbon credits” for |
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| Protecting our World for the Next Generation |
20, August 2007 |
 On April 17, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, unveiled a strategic masterplan designed to promote sustained economic growth and social development across the seven emirate |
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| Biodiversity good for mental health, scientists find |
29, July 2007 |
 Biodiversity, an area’s richness in different species, is good for more than just the environment, researchers have found: it benefits us psychologically, at least in city parks and green spaces.
For the world’s burgeoning city po |
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| Genetically Engineered Trees |
16, May 2007 |
 First it was genetically engineered food crops, now it's tree plantations. ArborGen has requested approval from the US Department of Agriculture to plant 355 genetically engineered hybrid eucalyptus trees in Alabama. |
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| Previewing a U.N. Climate Report: Species Are Going To Be Lost |
31, March 2007 |
| From the micro to the macro, from plankton in the oceans to polar bears in the far north and seals in the far south, global warming has begun changing life on Earth, international scientists will report next Friday.
"Changes in climate are now affecti |
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| COMMENTARY: Mercury Missteps |
28, February 2007 |
 The uncertainty surrounding a recent mercury spill on a Los Angeles subway platform was widely reported by the Los Angeles Times, CNN and Fox News, among others. On the evening of December 22, a man spilled about five ounces of mercury from a vial onto th |
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| Australia to ban incandescent bulbs |
23, February 2007 |
 SYDNEY, Australia - Australia will be the world’s first country to ban incandescent lightbulbs in a bid to curb greenhouse gas emissions, with the government saying on Tuesday they would be phased out within three years and replaced by compact fluorescent |
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