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Agriculture: Time to go against the grain	5.11.2008	Guardian: Environment
Oil-dependent production of cereal crops could be replaced by a traditional method of farming that is cheaper, greener and safer, says Graham Harvey
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Is water the new oil? Juliette Jowit investigates	2.11.2008	Guardian: Environment
It's hard to imagine why humans would have chosen the achingly arid stone desert of Wadi Faynan for their first settlement. But water would have been one important reason, says archaeologist Steven Mithen. When Neolithic men and women arrived 11,500 years ago, things were very different: the climate was cooler and wetter; the landscape was covered in vegetation including wild figs, legumes and cereals, and there would have been wild goats and ibex for meat. Initially WF16, as it's now called, would have been a seasonal camp. But Mithen, professor of early prehistory at the University of Reading, and his fellow archaeologist Bill Finlayson believe that, gradually, people stayed longer. Sifting evidence from so long ago, the archaeologists can't ...
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Drought land 'will be abandoned'	2.11.2008	The Guardian -- World Latest
Parts of the world may have to be abandoned because severe water shortages will leave them uninhabitable, the United Nations environment chief has warned. Achim Steiner, executive director of the UN Environment Programme, said water shortages caused by over-use of rivers and aquifers were already leading to serious problems, even in rich nations. With climate change expected to reduce rainfall in some places and cause droughts in others, some regions could become 'economic deserts', unviable for people or agriculture, he said. Steiner argued that only urgent action to combat global warming and poverty could prevent the creation of thousands of 'environmental refugees'. Previous UN agreements to reduce global warming emissions and the ...
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Seattle Mayor Nickels encourages residents to adopt a neighborhood drain	30.10.2008	Seattle Times: Local
To prevent flooding in Seattle, Mayor Greg Nickels is encouraging residents to clear storm drains of fallen leaves through Seattle Public Utilities' Adopt-a-Drain program.
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Sea-Level Rise Threatens Sydney Coast	30.10.2008	Truthout.com
Sydney's iconic beaches, coastal houses, commercial property and roads will be threatened by rising sea levels by 2050, while the city's temperature is expected to rise by at least 2 degrees, a new scientific study, launched by the Premier, Nathan Rees, reveals. "Today, the science is in for Sydney," Mr Rees said yesterday as he proclaimed the influence of the climate sceptic and former treasurer Michael Costa at an end in NSW. "The Costa era of ambiguity around this issue is over. read more
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China Sets Climate Policy	30.10.2008	Wall St. Journal: World
A new report from China acknowledged the country's own growing contribution to the climate-change problem, but argued that rich nations should pay poorer countries for the giant costs of cleaning up.
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Q : Roger A. Pielke Sr.	29.10.2008	Mother Jones
Interview with Roger A. Pielke, The controversial climatologist
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Q : Paul Ehrlich	29.10.2008	Mother Jones
Interview with Paul Ehrlich, professor of population studies at Stanford University
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China warns on emissions control	29.10.2008	BBC News: AsiaPacific
China admits its greenhouse gas emissions are equal to America's and that there is little prospect of an early improvement.
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Rory Carroll: Could climate change and economic collapse consign us to the same fate as the Mayans?	28.10.2008	The Guardian -- World Latest
The ruins lie silent and abandoned in the heart of the jungle; blocks of stone surrendered to the vines, which twist and writhe over temples, plazas and pyramids. Weeds and forest creatures have colonised the inner sanctums; mahogany and cedar trees swallow what once were roads, blotting out the sun. This is Tikal, the ancient Mayan city of northern Guatemala. There was a time when tens of thousands of people lived here. The architecture and urban planning - there are epic monuments, boastful inscriptions and even courts for playing ball games - embody boundless human confidence. Today the only voices are of murmuring tourists, interlopers into a domain of spider monkeys and jaguars. "The imagination reels. There are reliefs, pyramids, temples in ...
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Amphibians in US park 'in decline'	28.10.2008	BBC: Science
Amphibian populations at Yellowstone - the world's oldest national park - are in steep decline, a major study shows.
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Economic miracle, environmental disaster	27.10.2008	CNN: Top Stories
Decades of extraordinary growth have catapulted China to the top of the world's economic charts, earning the admiration of much of the rest of the world.
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Guidebook publishes list of world's 500 endangered sites (Cached)	27.10.2008	New Kerala: World News

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Australia's Stern review warns of runaway global warming	27.10.2008	The Guardian -- World Latest
Carbon pollution levels are rising so fast that the world has no realistic chance of hitting ambitious climate targets set by Britain and the G8, an influential report to the Australian government has warned. The , says existing carbon goals, such as those in , are based on out-of-date emissions figures, and are so ambitious that they could wreck attempts to agree a new global deal on global warming. Garnaut says that nations must accept a greater amount of warming is inevitable, or risk a failure to agree that "would haunt humanity until the end of time." The report, billed as the Australian Stern review, uses recent estimates of booming carbon emissions that were not included in last year's report of the (IPCC), or the 2006 report from on ...
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500 places to see before they die	26.10.2008	Guardian: Environment
The first guidebook of 'last chance saloon' holidays will be published tomorrow for travellers who want to visit the most endangered tourist destinations across the world. Frommer's 500 Places To See Before They Disappear provides a list of sites where it is still possible to see rare and vulnerable animal species, special landscapes and unique cultural sights in their unspoilt glory. Co-author Holly Hughes, a former executive editor of Fodor's Travel Publications, said: 'The devastation wrought by climate change and direct man-made interference is familiar to all of us. But this book is a carefully chosen list of last-chance destinations that eco-conscious travellers can enjoy - if they move sharpish - for possibly the last time.' According ...
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Groups appeal Lake Roosevelt drawdown	25.10.2008	Seattle Times: Local
Two environmental groups have filed an appeal with the state Pollution Control Hearings Board to prevent a drawdown of Lake Roosevelt, the reservoir behind Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River.
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Climate Alarmism's Flimsy Foundation	24.10.2008	American Spectator
Forget pretty much any news reporting you see that attributes disastrous phenomena to global warming, because it's all designed to create a fog surrounding the core issue: is climate change human-caused or not? A most recent example is from Monday's Washington Post , in which alarmist reporter (who has a of such journalism, in addition to work she does for leftist publications such as and the , on topics including  " ") about how waterborne diseases are expected to multiply due to future climate devastation: Now, scientists say, it is a near-certainty that global warming will drive significant increases in waterborne diseases around the world. Rainfalls will be heavier, triggering sewage overflows, contaminating drinking water and ...
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Fish farms catching on in Malawi	22.10.2008	BBC: Science
Aquaculture is bringing food security to hundreds of families in drought prone areas of Malawi.
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Macadamia tree can reduce more greenhouse gases (Cached)	22.10.2008	New Kerala: World News

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Risk of Disease Rises With Water Temperatures	21.10.2008	Truthout.com
When a 1991 cholera outbreak that killed thousands in Peru was traced to plankton blooms fueled by warmer-than-usual coastal waters, linking disease outbreaks to epidemics was a new idea. Now, scientists say, it is a near-certainty that global warming will drive significant increases in waterborne diseases around the world. Rainfalls will be heavier, triggering sewage overflows, contaminating drinking water and endangering beachgoers. read more
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