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State aims to cut greenhouse gasesBoston, MA - Governor Mitt Romney plans to unveil a comprehensive agenda on climate change today, which officials said would make Massachusetts the first state to consider the impact on greenhouse gases when state regulators evaluate highway projects and other public construction plans. |
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Monsanto gives up on bid for genetically engineered wheatToronto, Canada - Biotechnology giant Monsanto said Monday it shelved a bid to introduce genetically modified wheat, sparking jubilation among Canadian environmentalists. |
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Kenya to join African countries switching to unleaded gasKenya - Over half of all petrol sold in sub-Saharan Africa is now unleaded and a "lead-free" continent is now in sight, with Kenya set to announce that it will switch to fully unleaded petrol by 2006, the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) said today. |
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Recovery plan approved for ‘rarest trout in America’Sacramento, California - The U.S. Forest Service approved a plan Tuesday to restore what wildlife officials call "the rarest trout in America" to 11 miles of a Sierra Nevada creek after first removing nonnative fish from the waterway. |
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Sakhalin Energy puts off pipeline construction to preserve whalesVladivostok, Russia - The Sakhalin Energy international group will put off construction of a pipeline to Russian Sakhalin island's coast for fear of further hazard to rare gray whales frequenting the area, the consortium said Wednesday. |
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Mozambique OKs greenhouse gas resolutionMaputo, Mozambique - Parliament unanimously approved a resolution ratifying the Kyoto protocol on limiting greenhouse gas emissions, saying Mozambique must play its part in seeking to avert global warming. |
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U.S., Colombia Reach Debt-for-Nature AgreementBogota, Colombia - Colombia unveiled today a debt-for-nature swap with the United States that will allow it to invest at least $10 million over the next 12 years to protect nearly 11 million acres of its tropical forests. Under the agreement, the U.S. Department of the Treasury will contribute $7 million to the deal, while Conservation International's (CI) Global Conservation Fund, The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) will contribute an additional $1.4 million. |
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Sellafield to cut discharges by 90%Ireland - Discharges of radioactive technetium-99 (Tc-99) into the Irish Sea from Sellafield nuclear plant are to be cut by 90%, following the implementation of a new waste treatment technique. |
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State to protect 260,000 Adirondack acresAlbany, New York - Nearly 260,000 acres of Adirondack wilderness owned by a major paper manufacturer will be permanently protected from development - and much of it will be opened to recreation - under a deal announced Thursday with the state. |
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Russia may be ready to ratify Kyoto treaty on climate changeMoscow, Russia - Russia may be about to perform a dramatic policy U-turn in ratifying the Kyoto climate change protocol despite months of saying that it would cause irreparable damage to its booming economy. |
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