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Canada to phase out older coal-fired power plants

Jun 25, 2010

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada will phase out older coal-fired power plants to cut the country's greenhouse gas emissions, Environment Minister Jim Prentice said on Wednesday, as it moves to make natural-gas fired plants the new clean-power standard.

Greenland wins back right to kill humpback whales

Jun 25, 2010

AGADIR, Morocco (Reuters) - Greenland has won back the right to hunt humpback whales for the first time in a quarter-century after it threatened to leave the world's top whaling body if other nations reject its ancestral traditions.

Gloves off in California over greenhouse gas law

Jun 25, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California environmentalists opened fire on Wednesday on a measure approved for the state's November ballot that would roll back a landmark law regulating greenhouse gas emissions.

Oil exploration stokes fears for endangered whale

Jun 25, 2010

AGADIR, Morocco (Reuters) - A whale population once thought extinct faces a fresh challenge to its survival as oil companies step up exploration efforts in its main feeding ground off Siberia, delegates to the world's top whaling body said.

Tropical depression likely in Caribbean

Jun 25, 2010

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A tropical disturbance over the western Caribbean Sea strengthened further on Friday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, giving it a high 80 percent chance of developing into a tropical depression later in the day or Saturday.

Rowan Cos gets force majeure notice from Apache Corp

Jun 25, 2010

(Reuters) - Contract driller Rowan Cos said Apache Corp declared a force majeure for one of its rigs in the troubled Gulf of Mexico zone, citing delays in drilling permit due to new offshore drilling regulations.

Canada to phase out older coal-fired power plants

Jun 25, 2010

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada will phase out older coal-fired power plants to cut the country's greenhouse gas emissions, Environment Minister Jim Prentice said on Wednesday, as it moves to make natural-gas fired plants the new clean-power standard.

Greenland wins back right to kill humpback whales

Jun 25, 2010

AGADIR, Morocco (Reuters) - Greenland has won back the right to hunt humpback whales for the first time in a quarter-century after it threatened to leave the world's top whaling body if other nations reject its ancestral traditions.

Gloves off in California over greenhouse gas law

Jun 25, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California environmentalists opened fire on Wednesday on a measure approved for the state's November ballot that would roll back a landmark law regulating greenhouse gas emissions.

Oil exploration stokes fears for endangered whale

Jun 25, 2010

AGADIR, Morocco (Reuters) - A whale population once thought extinct faces a fresh challenge to its survival as oil companies step up exploration efforts in its main feeding ground off Siberia, delegates to the world's top whaling body said.

Tropical depression likely in Caribbean

Jun 25, 2010

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A tropical disturbance over the western Caribbean Sea strengthened further on Friday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, giving it a high 80 percent chance of developing into a tropical depression later in the day or Saturday.

Rowan Cos gets force majeure notice from Apache Corp

Jun 25, 2010

(Reuters) - Contract driller Rowan Cos said Apache Corp declared a force majeure for one of its rigs in the troubled Gulf of Mexico zone, citing delays in drilling permit due to new offshore drilling regulations.

Canada to phase out older coal-fired power plants

Jun 25, 2010

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada will phase out older coal-fired power plants to cut the country's greenhouse gas emissions, Environment Minister Jim Prentice said on Wednesday, as it moves to make natural-gas fired plants the new clean-power standard.

Greenland wins back right to kill humpback whales

Jun 25, 2010

AGADIR, Morocco (Reuters) - Greenland has won back the right to hunt humpback whales for the first time in a quarter-century after it threatened to leave the world's top whaling body if other nations reject its ancestral traditions.

BP reinstalls cap on Gulf of Mexico oil leak

Jun 24, 2010

HOUSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BP Plc said on Wednesday it had reinstalled an oil-siphoning cap on its blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico and resumed collecting crude while the Obama administration appealed a court ruling that blocked its six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling.

New Australian PM backs price on carbon

Jun 24, 2010

SYDNEY (Reuters) - New Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said on Thursday she believed in climate change and would push for a national price on carbon but much more consultation with industry and voters was crucial.

Gloves off in California over greenhouse gas law

Jun 24, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California environmentalists opened fire on Wednesday on a measure approved for the state's November ballot that would roll back a landmark law regulating greenhouse gas emissions.

Whales face new threats deadlier than whaling

Jun 24, 2010

AGADIR, Morocco (Reuters) - More whales are being killed by chemical and noise pollution, entanglement in nets, climate change or collisions with ships than by whaling itself, delegates to the world's main whaling body said this week.

Green economy lags, G20 can be new spur: UNEP

Jun 24, 2010

ATHENS (Reuters) - World investments in a greener economy are lagging despite some success even in poor nations and the G20 summit this weekend is a chance to catch up, the head of the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP) said.

Whales face new threats deadlier than whaling

Jun 24, 2010

AGADIR, Morocco (Reuters) - More whales are being killed by chemical and noise pollution, entanglement in nets, climate change or collisions with ships than by whaling itself, delegates to the world's main whaling body said this week.

Whales face new threats deadlier than whaling

Jun 24, 2010

AGADIR, Morocco (Reuters) - More whales are being killed by chemical and noise pollution, entanglement in nets, climate change or collisions with ships than by whaling itself, delegates to the world's main whaling body said this week.

Whales face new threats deadlier than whaling

Jun 24, 2010

AGADIR, Morocco (Reuters) - More whales are being killed by chemical and noise pollution, entanglement in nets, climate change or collisions with ships than by whaling itself, delegates to the world's main whaling body said this week.

Whales face new threats deadlier than whaling

Jun 24, 2010

AGADIR, Morocco (Reuters) - More whales are being killed by chemical and noise pollution, entanglement in nets, climate change or collisions with ships than by whaling itself, delegates to the world's main whaling body said this week.

WSI ups 2010 hurricane forecast to 20 named storms

Jun 23, 2010

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private forecaster Weather Services International (WSI) said on Tuesday its latest forecast called for a more active 2010 Atlantic hurricane season.

Experts demand European action on plastics chemical

Jun 23, 2010

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists and international health organizations from around the world called on Europe's food safety watchdog on Wednesday to regulate against exposure to a potentially harmful chemical found in plastic containers.

Hurricane Celia weakens far out in Mexican Pacific

Jun 23, 2010

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane Celia, the first hurricane of the 2010 eastern Pacific season, weakened on Tuesday as it continued on a westward path out to sea and away from Mexico, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Obama administration to issue new drilling moratorium

Jun 23, 2010

NEW ORLEANS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Obama administration scrambled on Tuesday to resurrect a ban on deepwater oil drilling after a U.S. judge declared that its six-month moratorium was too broad and arbitrary, despite the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Climate determines the pecking order of birds: study

Jun 23, 2010

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Birds use their bills to regulate body heat, meaning climate plays a role in the size of their beaks, scientists say.

Whaling moratorium talks hit impasse: delegates

Jun 23, 2010

AGADIR, Morocco (Reuters) - Talks on replacing a moratorium on whaling with a controlled cull have reached an impasse, delegates at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission said on Wednesday.

Obama postpones energy meeting with senators

Jun 23, 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration said on Tuesday it postponed a meeting with senators set for Wednesday to discuss the process for passing comprehensive energy and climate legislation this year.

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