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AFP reports here at Yahoo News: WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama on Friday mandated a new national policy on cutting greenhouse gas emissions and increasing fuel efficiency for pollution-spewing trucks. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: NEW YORK – The U.S. Green Building Council gave the Bank of America Tower its highest rating for environmental performance and sustainability on Thursday, meaning New York City’s second-tallest building is also its greenest. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; BBC News reports here: The first oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill has entered an ocean current that could take it to Florida and up the east coast of the US, scientists say. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; BBC News reports here: Environment groups and timber firms agree to protect two-thirds of Canada’s vast forests from unsustainable logging. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; Costa Rica’s Christiana Figueres is the new head of the UN climate convention, BBC News reports here: The Costa Rican diplomat just selected as top UN climate official asks countries to ramp up efforts to curb climate change. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: BEIJING – Public health in Beijing benefited greatly from the Olympics and the city’s experience can act as a lesson for the development of a “health legacy” for future major sporting events, the WHO said on Tuesday. China spent an estimated $40 billion on hosting the Olympics [...] CNN reports here: TV Maldives’ Ayesha Reema looks at mangrove conservation and a big threat to local ecosystems in the Maldives. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; Does Deep Sea Drilling Have a Future? Spiegel Online reports here: The oil catastrophe afflicting the Gulf of Mexico underscores just how dangerous offshore oil exploration can be. Oil companies are seeking to extract the planet’s last remaining barrels by drilling from ever-deeper sites on the ocean floor that wouldn’t even have been [...] BBC News reports here: US senators unveil a long-awaited climate change bill, which includes divisive plans on offshore oil-drilling. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; Spiegel Online reports here: The electricity industry is spending billions on building new, transnational power lines to harness electricity from renewable energy sources. The intelligent grid is designed to make distribution more reliable and efficient, but are consumers playing along? var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; |
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