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Breaking News Thu, 29 Jul 2010
Air pollution in Pune is on the alarming level- India
India   Photos   Pollution   Pune  
 The Times Of India 
Pune's task on hand is to clear the air
PUNE: Air pollution in Pune, one of the three problems which the city has to deal with urgently, is rising due to an increase in vehicles on the road. | The Environment Status Report (ESR), a report c... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
In this photo taken on Wednesday, July 28, 2010, a man carries his belonging on a flooded path in Changchun in northeast China's Jilin province.
China   Disaster   Floods   Photos   Wikipedia: People's Republic of China  
 Gulf News 
Floods dump scores of chemical containers into China river
| Beijing: Workers began cleaning up a chemical spill in northeastern China Thursday after more than 3,000 containers of chemicals were washed into a river by the worst floods to hit the country ... (photo: AP)
A worker monitors water in Talmadge Creek in Marshall Township, Mich., near the Kalamazoo River as oil from a ruptured pipeline, owned by Enbridge Inc, is attempted to be trapped by booms Thursday, July 29, 2010.  The New York Times 
Estimate Rises of Oil Spill in Michigan
| BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — More than one million gallons of oil may have spilled from a pipeline into the Kalamazoo River this week, significantly more than the pipeline’s owner initially est... (photo: AP / Paul Sancya)
Environment   Michigan   Oil Spill   Photos   Wikipedia: Great Lakes  
In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, people wait to board trains at the West Railway Station in Beijing, China.  The New York Times 
Population Research Presents a Sobering Prognosis
| With 267 people being born every minute and 108 dying, the world's population will top 7 billion next year, a research group projects. Lower birthrates and longer life spans will also lead to a a pr... (photo: AP)
Economy   Infrastructure   Photos   Population   Wikipedia: Population growth  
Top Stories
Cheetah Kruger BBC News
Cheetah will run again in India
The cheetah, eradicated in India by hunting nearly a century ago, will run again in the country, as three sites are earmarked for its reintroduction. | The government has... (photo: Creative Commons / Mukul2u)
India   Nature   Photos   Wikipedia: Cheetah   Wildlife  
MUSHROOM Mumbai Mirror
New packing material made from mushrooms
| ANI | Posted On Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 08:50:11 AM | Washington: A new packing foam, engineered from mushrooms and agricultural waste, is now entering stores across... (photo: Creative Commons / Strobilomyces)
Mushroom   Photos   Washington   Wikipedia: Mushroom   World  
In this photo taken on Wednesday, July 28, 2010, sand bags are used to block the flood water outside women's house in Changchun in northeast China's Jilin province. Al Jazeera
China flood death toll nears 1,000
| China's worst flooding in more than a decade has killed nearly 1,000 people across the country and stranded tens of thousands in the northeast without power. ... (photo: AP)
China   Environment   Flood   Photos   Wikipedia: People's Republic of China  
People carry an injured victim away from a damaged building after an explosion at a plastic plant in Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu province, Wednesday July 28, 2010. Wall Street Journal
Accidents Plague China's Workplaces
By JAMES T. AREDDY | Xinhua/ZUMA Press | The site of Wednesday's explosion at a plastics factory in Nanjing, China. The blast killed at least 12. Factories in China are o... (photo: AP)
Accident   China   Industry   Photos   Safety  
Traces of an oil sheen float on the Gulf of Mexico five and a half miles south of the Louisiana coast Thursday, April 29, 2010. Irish Times
Vast oil slicks all but disappear in Gulf of Mexico
| LARA MARLOWE in Washington | THE FIERY explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that killed 11 men on April 20th was followed by images of stricken wildlife, acrimoni... (photo: AP / Patrick Semansky)
Environment   Oil Spill   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Deepwater Horizon oil spill  
Phytoplankton bloom in the Baltic Proper, July 3, 2001. The Independent
The dead sea: Global warming blamed for 40 per cent decline in the ocean's phytoplankton
| The microscopic plants that support all life in the oceans are dying off at a dramatic rate, according to a study that has documented for the first time a disturbing an... (photo: Creative Commons)
Conservation   Global Warming   Photos   Wikipedia: Phytoplankton   Wildlife  
Climate Change Disasters
- Giving Up on a Climate Change Bill
- Jerry Brown calls state's global warming law the key dif
- Letters: Perspectives on global warming
- Global warming law key difference between himself and Whitma
Phytoplankton bloom in the Baltic Proper, July 3, 2001.
The dead sea: Global warming blamed for 40 per cent decline in the ocean's phytoplankton
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- Drugs, disasters and disorientation
- Malaysia finally end medal drought in world youth meet
- Lingering drought causes fire in Russia
- Rains unleash death, devastation in Pakistan
Palestinian Bedouins wade through floodwater which destroyed huts and agriculture in the Mughraka area, central Gaza Strip on 20 January 2010. Flooding has forced more than 100 people from their homes and farms in Gaza after heavy rains hit the area. Security services worked through the night to evacuate families from the area of Wadi Gaza, south of Gaza city. At least 12 people were injured in the flooding which destroyed scores of homes and inundated animal pens. (Photo by Ahmed Deeb/ WN)
Rains unleash death, devastation in Pakistan
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Ecology Forests
- Galapagos dropped from UNESCO endangered list
- Super-rare 'elkhorn' coral found in Pacific
- Most panda habitat is outside nature reserves: research
- Scientists uncover global distribution of marine biodiversit
Lt. Michael Fisher, assigned to Forward Deployable Preventative Medicine Unit-North, sprays for mosquitoes in Camp Buehring Kuwait.
Aquatic Predators Could Help Keep Us Mosquito-free
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- Govt Opens Applications for Forest Carbon Credits
- Assault on farmer: Foresters say land claim documents yet to
- Foresters hold march in support of Bardekar
- Russians flee raging forest fires
A local resident runs near a peat fire in a forest near the town of Lubertsi, southeast of Moscow in Shatura, late Thursday, July 29, 2010.
Heat Wave Batters Russia
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Animals Wildlife
- Galapagos Islands off danger list at gallop
- Iconic Australian animals follow evolution trail back to Sou
- The purpose of Guide Dogs - Mississippi Assistance Animals/G
- Upcoming animal shelter events and adoption drives in Denver
Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata). Several waved albatrosses Punta Suarez, Espanola, Galapagos Islands. Fernandina (Narborough) Island: The name was given in honor of King Ferdinand II of Aragon, who sponsored the voyage of Columbus
Galapagos Islands off danger list at gallop
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- Federal judge: US Fish and Wildlife Service's lynx plan
- Wildlife beyond boundaries: The clue lies in corridors
- Harm done by wildlife conservation projects
- Cheetah to return to India as part of wildlife sanctuary pla
Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata). Several waved albatrosses Punta Suarez, Espanola, Galapagos Islands. Fernandina (Narborough) Island: The name was given in honor of King Ferdinand II of Aragon, who sponsored the voyage of Columbus
Galapagos Islands off danger list at gallop
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Pollution Recycling
- Pune's task on hand is to clear the air
- Hire good lawyer to fight MPT pollution case: Parrikar
- Gulf of Mexico Has Long Been a Sink of Pollution
- Audit Notes: Obama, Labor Buster; BP Board's Blame; Goog
Air pollution in Pune is on the alarming level- India
Pune's task on hand is to clear the air
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- NYC years away from recycling takeout containers
- Tipping the scales to swindle Mankato recycling company
- Proposed JoCo rules would require more waste recycling servi
- York homes get boxes for recycling
Empty plastic bottles recycled and made into a boat
Boat of plastic bottles ends 4-month Pacific sail
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