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World Bank to buy carbon credit from Congo project

admin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:43:12 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Bank said on Tuesday it will buy 500,000 tons of carbon credits from a forest project replanting about 4,120 hectares destroyed by deforestation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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U.S. consumers spared big costs in climate bill

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:07:56 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A new U.S.

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U.S. consumers spared big costs in climate bill

U.S. climate bill costs low for households: EIA

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:43:02 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The climate change bill passed by the U.S.

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Kenya reaps the wind

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:04:42 +0000

This article first appeared in www.globalpost.com. For the full article click http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/kenya/090730/kenya-reaps-the-wind?page=0,1

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Carbon offsets not perfect but can slash costs: CBO

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:09:59 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Carbon offsets could help slash costs in a U.S. market designed to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, but questions linger about whether all of the mechanisms fully cut such pollution, a Congressional Budget Office report said.

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South Korea unveils CO2 target plan

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:00:27 +0000

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea pledged for the first time on Tuesday to set a 2020 emissions reduction target, as the OECD’s fastest-growing carbon polluter voluntarily joined richer nations in setting hard goals to roll back climate change.

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Endangered Kashmir deer in comeback as violence dips

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:48:42 +0000

DACHIGAM, India (Reuters) – An endangered species of red deer found only in Kashmir has made a rapid comeback in the past year due to a decline in violence and conservation efforts, wildlife officials said on Tuesday.

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Scientists study huge plastic patch in Pacific

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:42:13 +0000

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Marine scientists from California are venturing this week to the middle of the North Pacific for a study of plastic debris accumulating across hundreds of miles (km) of open sea dubbed the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.”

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Forests fall to beetle outbreak

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:46:01 +0000

MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST, Wyoming (Reuters) – From the vantage point of an 80-foot (25 meter) tower rising above the trees, the Wyoming vista seems idyllic: snow-capped peaks in the distance give way to shimmering green spruce.

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Families face eviction as Kenya tries to save forest

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:38:13 +0000

MAU FOREST, Kenya (Reuters) – Ogiek elder Kipkurui Paul Terer faces imminent eviction from the forest area where his people have hunted and gathered for centuries.