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Arctic seed vault sets record, over 500,000 samples

Mar 11, 2010

OSLO (Reuters) - A "doomsday" vault storing crop seeds in an Arctic deep freeze is surpassing 500,000 samples to become the most diverse collection of food seeds in history, managers said on Thursday.

Japan weakens climate bill after industry pressure

Mar 11, 2010

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan watered down legislation to fight climate change on Thursday after weeks of wrangling within the government over plans for an emissions trading system that has met stiff opposition from industry.

EU to exceed 2020 green energy target: forecasts

Mar 11, 2010

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - New forecasts suggest the European Union will exceed its target of getting 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources in 2020, the European Commission said Thursday.

Sarkozy to press G20 on climate funding

Mar 11, 2010

PARIS (Reuters) - France will push the Group of 20 countries to impose a tax on financial transactions to raise billions of dollars to help developing nations fight climate change, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday.

More Americans say global warming exaggerated: poll

Mar 11, 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A growing number of Americans, nearly half the country, think global warming worries are exaggerated, as more people also doubt that scientific warnings of severe environmental fallout will ever occur, according to a new Gallup poll.

U.S. judge rules for Chevron in Ecuador case

Mar 11, 2010

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chevron Corp may pursue an international arbitration claim over environmental pollution allegations in Ecuador, a judge ruled on Thursday, part of a long-running case that carries a potential $27 billion liability for the second-largest U.S. oil company.

Sushi chef, restaurant charged with serving endangered whale

Mar 11, 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A California sushi chef and the restaurant in which he worked have been charged with illegally serving meat from an endangered Sei whale, the Justice Department said on Thursday.

White House finalizing rules to cut car emissions

Mar 11, 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is finalizing rules on the first U.S. greenhouse gas emission standard for automobiles, which would raise average fuel economy 42 percent by 2016 in a bid to slash oil imports and fight climate change.

Obama pushes climate change in White House meeting

Mar 10, 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, weighing in on the Senate's efforts to pass a climate change bill, gathered Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday to try to jumpstart an overhaul of U.S. energy policy.

China unsure on warming cause, to stick with CO2 cuts

Mar 10, 2010

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top climate negotiator said on Wednesday that the cause of global warming was still not clear but the problems it was creating were so serious that the world must anyway act to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Obama aide urges listing of gas-drilling chemicals

Mar 10, 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's top environmental adviser urged the natural gas industry on Tuesday to disclose the chemicals it uses in drilling, warning that the development of massive U.S. shale gas reserves could be held back otherwise.

UK academy aids study to regain climate data trust

Mar 10, 2010

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's science academy said on Wednesday it would take part in a review of U.N. climate science intended to restore trust after a 2007 report was found to have exaggerated evidence for global warming.

Chavez trusts God and nature in power crisis

Mar 10, 2010

CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez is confident that God and nature will pull Venezuela out of a power crisis battering both the economy and his popularity.

Sun won't stop global warming if dims as in 1600s

Mar 10, 2010

OSLO (Reuters) - A dimming of the sun to match conditions in the "Little Ice Age" of the 17th century would only slightly slow global warming, a study indicated on Wednesday.

Slovenia allows hunters to kill bears, wolves

Mar 10, 2010

LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenia will this year allow hunters to kill 75 brown bears and 12 wolves to limit the damage they do to crops and livestock and prevent numbers growing, the environment ministry said on Wednesday.

EU confirms support for bluefin tuna trade ban

Mar 10, 2010

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union ambassadors agreed to propose protecting bluefin tuna as an endangered species on Wednesday, the EU presidency said, a move that would effectively ban international trade in the species.

Canada Parliament eats seal to defy "ignorant" EU

Mar 10, 2010

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian parliamentarians tucked into a meal of seal meat on Wednesday to defy both animal right activists and the European Union, which has banned imports of seal products.

Time for next stage of sustainable business

Mar 10, 2010

BOSTON (Reuters) - Corporate America needs to track its use of energy and resources as closely as it does its hiring and cash flow if it wants to keep pace with social concern about climate change and other sustainability issues, an activist U.S. investor group argues in a new report.

EU faces court challenge over biofuels reports

Mar 9, 2010

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Four environmental groups have sued the European Union's executive for withholding documents they say will add to a growing dossier of evidence that biofuels harm the environment and push up food prices.

California watchdog sees climate policy job losses

Mar 9, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California is likely to see modest job losses in the near term from its aggressive climate change policy due to higher energy costs and other factors, the state's independent Legislative Analyst's Office said.

Greens hail Supreme Court action on flaring loophole

Mar 9, 2010

HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. environmental groups said a loophole that gave refineries and chemical plants leeway to exceed pollution limits indiscriminately for 16 years was permanenently closed by the Supreme Court's decision Monday to not hear an appeal from a lower court.

India "associates" with Copenhagen Accord: minister

Mar 9, 2010

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has agreed to formally associate itself with the climate accord struck in Copenhagen last year, one of the last major emitters to do so, the environment minister said in a statement to parliament.

German fishing boat flies giant kite to save fuel

Mar 9, 2010

IJMUIDEN, Netherlands (Reuters) - Germany's largest fishing vessel will leave the Netherlands this week, towed by a giant kite harnessing trade winds for South America that will help cut its fuel consumption by up to a third.

Obama to push climate change in White House meeting

Mar 9, 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will corral on Tuesday key Republican and Democratic senators whose support is critical for passing a climate change law, seeking to jump-start stalled efforts to overhaul energy policy.

China and India endorse Copenhagen climate deal

Mar 9, 2010

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - China and India joined almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters Tuesday in signing up to the climate accord struck in Copenhagen, boosting a deal strongly favored by the United States.

EU climate chief wants Europe to "lead by example"

Mar 9, 2010

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's new climate chief sought to reinvigorate international climate talks on Tuesday, laying out a strategy for the EU to lead the world by example.

Egypt's Mediterranean coast protected in reserve

Mar 9, 2010

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt wants visitors to discover its Mediterranean coast at a marine reserve being established near the border with Libya, the government said Tuesday.

Chanel muses on global cooling with iceberg show

Mar 9, 2010

PARIS (Reuters Life!) - An event based around hundreds of fashionistas flying in from all over the world was never going to be a convincing platform for environmental campaigning, but designers in Paris haven't let that stop them.

U.S. "cap and trade" rebranded "pollution reduction"

Mar 9, 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Like a savvy Madison Avenue advertising team, senators pushing climate-control legislation have decided to scrap the name "cap and trade" and rebrand their product as "pollution reduction targets."

Obama wants climate bill passed this year: Senator

Mar 9, 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama still wants Congress to pass a climate bill this year, Republican Senator Susan Collins told reporters on Tuesday after meeting with the president.

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