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Vattenfall Opens 'emissions-free' Power Plant Pilot In Germany - Forbes
schwarze pumpe, germany (thomson financial) - sweden's vattenfall inaugurated a prototype coal-fired power station on tuesday which it says is almost emissions-free, but environmentalists were unimpressed. located at the site of the massive 'schwarze ...
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Thousands Of Australia's Koalas Felled By Land-clearing: wwf
australian koalas are dying by the thousands as a result of land clearing in the country's northeast, while millions of birds and reptiles are also perishing, conservation group wwf said sunday.
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Australia: Power Firms Not Preparing For Low Carbon Future - wwf
environmental campaign group wwf has said that too many power firms in australia are failing to plan for a lower carbon future.
www.mallenbaker.net

Thousands Of Australia's Koalas Felled By Land-clearing: wwf - Tehran Times
sydney (afp) - australian koalas are dying by the thousands as a result of land clearing in the country's northeast, while millions of birds and reptiles are also perishing, conservation group wwf said. the environmental body warned that unless ...
www.tehrantimes.com

Rourke's Never Been Better Than At His Ugly Best - Globe And Mail
atomic-dropped beyond recognition, 51-year-old actor mickey rourke - virtually artistically dormant since he returned to boxing in 1991 - is back with a raved-about lead performance in darren aronovsky's the wrestler . the film just won the golden ...
www.theglobeandmail.com

Development Threatening Endangered Cockatoo
the world wildlife fund (wwf) says better town planning is needed to maintain the habitat of the carnaby's black cockatoo so that it does not become extinct.
au.news.yahoo.com

wwf To Wrestle For More Women Candidates In Mizo Polls
aizawl, sep 8 : although mizo women have commanded dominance at the workplace, their presence in the state legislature is still almost a nil during the past twenty years.
www.newkerala.com

Tree Clearing Wiping Out 'millions' Of Animals - News.com.au
the world wildlife fund (wwf) said forest clearing in queensland is wiping out tens of millions of animals and driving threatened wildlife to the brink of extinction. wwf said the annual statewide landcover and trees study (slats) reveals 375,000 ...
www.news.com.au

Linda Mckee: How The Floods Stirred Up A Silent Killer From The Depths - Belfast Telegraph
local anglers examine the shocking toll of dead fish taken from the river quoile in co down. some unexpected side-effects of the recent flooding are only emerging weeks later. environment correspondent linda mckee looks at the aftermath of the deluge ...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

wwf Again Targetting Qld Farmers In New Land Clearing Battle
the world wildlife fund says land clearing in queensland is still out of control despite the government's ban on broadscale clearing methods.
nqr.farmonline.com.au

Pra Rejects wwf's Land Clearing Claims
property rights australia says it will take legal action to prevent any attempt by the world wildlife fund to bring further land clearing restrictions on rural property holders.
nqr.farmonline.com.au

Vladimir Putin The Hero 'saves Tv Crew From Tiger Attack' - Daily Telegraph
vladimir putin has reportedly shot a tiger with a tranquilizer gun to save a tv crew from its jaws. ; http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1488655367/bctid1766607906 http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=1139053637 the russian prime ...
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Arctic Shipping Set To Explode, Experts Warn - Windsor Star
reykjavik - as the arctic ice cap melts away, shipping in the environmentally fragile region is expected to balloon, but there is virtually no legal framework to regulate the new activity, experts cautioned monday. "the problem is that the ice is ...
www.canada.com

'emissions-free' Power Plant Pilot Fires Up In Germany
one of europe's biggest power firms inaugurated a prototype coal-fired power station on tuesday it says is almost emissions-free but environmentalists were less than impressed.
news.yahoo.com

Links
environmental group wwf complained to the uk advertising standards authority (asa) over an advertisement for shell in the financial times newspaper earlier this year, questioning the energy giant's assertion that an oil sands project in canada was 'sustainable'.
www.euractiv.com

Robert De Niro's Restaurant Chain Sells Endangered Tuna - Daily Telegraph
a michelin-starred restaurant chain part-owned by the actor robert de niro is serving endangered bluefin tuna at its london outlets without telling customers, dna tests have shown. undercover investigators targeted the nobu chain, which has 21 ...
www.telegraph.co.uk

Un May Have To Set New Rules On Arctic - Independent Online
a new set of united nations (un) laws may be needed to regulate new arctic industries such as shipping and oil exploration, as climate change melts the ice around the north pole, legal experts said. they said existing laws governing everything from ...
www.iol.co.za

Tree-clearing 'kills Millions Of Animals'
the world wildlife fund (wwf) said forest clearing in queensland is wiping out tens of millions of animals and driving threatened wildlife to the brink of extinction.
www.news.com.au

Poor Ratings Fire Up Operators
environment group wwf has launched an attack on australia's power generators, accusing leading energy companies of being dinosaurs and horribly unprepared for a future in which greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced.
merredin.yourguide.com.au

Power Authority To Argue Best Way To Meet Future Needs For Electricity - Toronto Star
ontario's power authority began laying out a detailed case yesterday before the ontario energy board for how the province should spend $60 billion over the next 20 years to expand and upgrade the electricity system. the hearing is expected to last 28 ...
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