Blowout preventer raised to surface
09-04-2010
BP's failed 300-ton blowout preventer is a key piece of evidence in the investigation into the Gulf spill.
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Scientists Fault Lack of Studies Over Gulf Oil Spill
08-30-2010
Tensions between the Obama administration and the scientific community over the gulf oil spill are escalating.
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Diverse water sources seen key to food security
LONDON (Reuters) - Increasingly erratic rainfall patterns related to climate change pose a major threat to food security and economic growth, water experts said on Monday, arguing for greater investment in water storage.
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New detailed map shows carbon in Peru's Amazon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new, highly detailed map of part of Peru's Amazon shows how much climate-warming carbon is stored there, and where cutting down vegetation has sent this greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, scientists said on Monday.
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Merkel confident on nuclear plan despite opposition
FRANKFURT/MUNICH (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was confident a law extending the lives of nuclear power reactors could be passed without backing from the upper house of parliament, setting up a clash with opposition parties.
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Hermine lashes south Texas, 3 other storms possible
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Hermine barely maintained such status on Tuesday as 40 mile per hour winds continued to lash south Texas and the storm moved further inland, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
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Indonesia could cut CO2 by 70 pct by 2030: report
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia could cut its projected greenhouse gas emissions by 70 percent by 2030 at a relatively low cost, but would still need help from developed countries, a government report said on Monday.
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Guatemala resumes rescue work after landslide
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Emergency services in Guatemala on Monday resumed their search for victims of landslides that killed and buried dozens of people, as further rain was predicted for the Central American country.
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Greenpeace members convicted on Japan whale meat theft
TOKYO (Reuters) - Two Greenpeace activists were given suspended jail sentences in Japan Monday for stealing whale meat they said was going to be consumed illegally.
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Paris metro body heat to help warm building
PARIS (Reuters) - The warmth generated by human bodies in the Parisian metro will help heat a public housing project in the city center, the capital's largest owner of social housing said on Friday.
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Earl fizzles as it sweeps through Maritime Canada
HALIFAX, Canada (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl made landfall in Canada on Saturday and fizzled after a series of scares along the U.S. East Coast, flooding roads, felling trees and cutting power to tens of thousands in the Atlantic province of Nova Scotia.
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U.S. reiterates commitment to 2020 climate goal
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States reiterated on Friday that it was committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 even though the Senate has failed to pass legislation.
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