The London 2012 Olympic Games were embroiled in further controversy last night as Meredith Alexander, a Sustainability Commissioner and Ethics Adviser for the games,...
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Mexico's dry Laguna region is facing an arsenic problem in drinking water as a result of overexploitation of aquifers and lack of rainfall. BUENOS AIRES,...
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It took years, but opponents of fracking, the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing for the extraction of natural gas, are finally getting their point across....
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In his State of the Union speech, President Obama lauded natural gas from shale as a key part of his clean energy plan. Fracking shale for natural gas is an intensive...
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Emergency Management Queensland (EMQ) says torrential rain that has caused chaos around the state's south-east on Tuesday is only going to get heavier....
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President of American Gas Association, 1981: “In fact, gas energy — currently America’s largest domestically produced fuel — could prove to...
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Congressional Republicans are now openly acting as advocates for foreign oil interests, colluding with TransCanada lobbyists to push their tar sands agenda. House and...
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23 January 2012 Last updated at 05:05 ET Plans for sea energy device Searaser The electricity-from-seawater generator could be sited at 200 points around the UK...
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UK scientists have detected a huge dome of freshwater that is developing in the western Arctic Ocean. The bulge is some 8,000 cubic km in size and has risen by...
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Back at the height of the massive Gulf oil spill in 2010, there was quite a bit of controversy about just how much crude was blasting out of the well. According to...
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Man-made carbon emissions have acidified the world's oceans far beyond their natural levels, new research suggests. In some regions, acidity levels rose...
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In a Congressionally mandated report on the reasons for rejecting the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, the Department of State concludes that the Keystone XL tar sands...
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Bowing to public pressure, Bulgaria's government says U.S. oil company Chevron cannot explore for shale gas in the country using the extraction technique known...
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Before the series of protests in front of the White House last summer and fall, most insiders in Washington assumed the Keystone XL pipeline would be approved. But...
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CNN... . At least 20 dolphins found dead in Cape Cod area By Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley, CNN updated 1:26 AM EST, Tue January 17, 2012 . Between 40...
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Britain faces hosepipe bans this summer amid warnings that many areas are experiencing alarmingly dry conditions. After many weeks with little rain, southern and...
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(As a species, we may deserve our fate... but it is a shame that we have to destroy so much of the planet and other life forms in the process. Greed kills.) The...
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In the past, the bright surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet reflected well over half of the sunlight that fell on it. This reflectiveness helped keep the ice sheet...
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Next time you pour a glass of water from the tap try not to think about this - you might be about to drink what you once flushed away. Rising numbers of Americans...
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