via WCAX | GNN staff |
Fri September 16, 2005
Global warming poses a threat to the earth, but humans can probably ease the climate threats brought on by rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, global climate specialist Richard Alley told an audience at the University of Vermont.
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Spending to protect the environment, from coral reefs to forests, can bring big returns to aid a worldwide assault on poverty, a U.N.-backed report said Wednesday.
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He had only a ghost of a chance, but after more than a decade of searching, a wildlife researcher has captured proof of a white giraffe.
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A 16,000-pound treadmill specifically built to exercise Maggie the elephant arrived at the Alaska Zoo, but the question remains: Just how do you get a more than 4-ton animal fighting the battle of the bulge to use a treadmill?
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More than 20 nations have signed an agreement aimed at saving the world's great apes from extinction.
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They cannot escape the stench, but residents of tiny Reynolds, Indiana, hope the oceans of hog manure produced nearby will power their homes and businesses some day soon.
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In response to the government's call to conserve energy in light of the recent hurricane, The Home Depot has announced it will implement energy-saving measures in all of its U.S. stores.
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The evacuation of New Orleans is continuing today, but this time the evacuees include some very lucky marine animals that weathered Katrina's fury at the city's Audubon Aquarium of the Americas.
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For energy-hungry Asian governments, the answer could literally be blowing in the wind.
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Volkswagen will start making hybrid cars by 2008 with its main Chinese partner and may kick off large-scale production of the energy-efficient vehicles by 2010, the Chinese company said on Thursday.
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Youngsters at Tarkington elementary started their first day of classes Tuesday at a school where flowering plants grow on the roof.
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In a bid to assess ways to save endangered apes around the world from extinction, governments and environmentalists kick off a week-long discussion Monday in Congo's capital of Kinshasa.
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The European Union agreed on Monday to give China the technology for a coal-fired power station designed to combat global warming as part of a wider accord on energy issues and climate change.
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A new UK organisation hopes to combat climate change through harnessing the political power of the church.
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