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Ontario to require 5% ethanol in gas by 2007Toronto, Ontario - Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty says gas sold in the province will have to contain an average of five per cent ethanol within three years. |
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13 Countries Join U.S. to Launch Methane-to-Markets PartnershipWashington DC - U.S. EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt has joined representatives from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom in signing a Terms of Reference formally creating the Methane-to-Markets Partnership. |
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Statoil plans hydrogen stationNorway - Norway's oil and gas group Statoil will open the nation's first hydrogen filling point for cars at a petrol station in 2006, the company said on Thursday. |
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Thousands of marine species discoveredWashington DC - An international coalition of scientists has detected 13,000 new marine species in the last year. |
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Catalina Foxes Back After Near ExtinctionAvalon, California - A unique subspecies of fox that is about the size of a house cat is back from the brink of extinction on Santa Catalina Island and can survive on its own thanks to a captive breeding program, the head of a nonprofit group that manages most of the island said Tuesday. |
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Dolphins save swimmers from sharkNew Zealand - It emerged yesterday that four swimmers were saved from a great white shark by a pod of altruistic dolphins, who swam in circles around them until the humans could escape. |
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Kraft to Double Ethical Coffee Purchases in 2005London, England - Kraft Foods Inc said it plans to more than double its purchase of ethical coffee to 6,000 tonnes in 2005 as the maker of the Kenco and Maxwell House coffee ranges mulls the launch of a mainstream ethical brand. |
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Disabled dolphin gets artificial finOkinawa, Japan - Fuji, a female dolphin that lost 75% of her tail due to a mysterious disease, is jumping once again with the help of what is believed to be the world's first artificial fin, developed by Bridgestone Corp. |
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Scientists See Hope Amid Coral Doom and GloomBangkok, Thailand - Even though nearly two thirds of coral reefs are now officially endangered, some are bouncing back despite warmer oceans and pollution, giving hope the marine marvels are not completely doomed, scientists said on Friday. |
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Start date set for Kyoto treatyMoscow, Russia - The Kyoto Protocol on fighting climate change is to become a legally binding treaty on 16 February, the UN has said. |
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