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Sout Australia moves to protect coastlineAustralia - The South Australian Government has announced details of its plan to conserve the state's coastline. |
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Appeals court approves increased Trinity River flowsSan Francisco, California - A federal appeals court has approved a congressional plan to increase water flows into the Trinity River. |
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Russians adopt European buffaloes in conservation programDaniki, Russia - In a cash-strapped reserve not far from Moscow, European buffaloes roam in wait for rich Russian families willing to shoulder their feeding and veterinary costs. |
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Japan’s Largest Methane Fermentation Plant to Recycle Food WasteTokyo, Japan - The Bioenergy Co. of Japan will construct a power plant in Tokyo Bay to recycle food waste as part of its methane fermentation power generation project, which is part of the "Super Eco-Town Project" promulgated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The plant will come on stream in fiscal 2005. |
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In New Jersey, Radioactive Cleanup Nears EndNew Jersey - A New Jersey county is in the last phases of an intensive U.S. Environmental Protection Agency project to remove the radium-contaminated soil upon which homes in several communities were built. |
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Australian scientists find world’s smallest fishCanberra, Australia - Australian scientists claimed to have found the world's smallest and the lightest fish, which measures eight millimeters at its maximum length. |
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China Pledges to Use More Alternatives to Oil and CoalBonn, Germany - China, which has rattled energy markets with its ravenous appetite for oil, declared on Friday that it would generate 10 percent of its power through renewable sources by 2010. |
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PEI sees energy self-sufficiency blowin’ in the windNorth Cape, Prince Edward Island - After centuries of cursing the wild winds off the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Prince Edward Islanders are vowing to harness the gales to power the tiny province. |
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France Launches Radical Green Tax On Bigger CarsParis, France - French drivers who favour large, gas-guzzling cars will have to pay up to €3,500 (£2,300) more for a new model from next January under a radical green road tax scheme unveiled by the environment ministry. |
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Kyoto Protocol: EU plan for carbon trading clears key hurdleEurope - European Union ambitions to start trading in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions next year to help meet targets under the UN's global warming pact cleared an important hurdle in Brussels on Wednesday, the European Commission said. |
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