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 Canada Dot Com 
Gasoline-powered vehicle owners switching to greener alternatives
| Greg Murray has always loved his turbo-charged Subaru WRX. But carbon guilt got the better of him. | So now, not only has he stopped driving it, the electric convert's going into business selling ba... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Sacks of Rice
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 San Fransisco Chronicle 
Soaring food prices felt around the globe
| People around the world are experiencing sticker shock at the grocery store, the result of runaway economic forces that show no signs of abating. | Here in the United States, the price of eggs jumpe... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
 The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh addressing the International Rice Congress-2006, in New Delhi. tp1  The Times Of India 
Let's make haste while the sun shines
| 20 Jul 2008, 0318 hrs IST, Shashi Tharoor             In all the brouhaha about the Indo-US nuclear deal, not enough attention has been paid to Prime Minister Manmohan ... (photo: PIB)
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Climate won't wait, Mr Rudd
| THE first of Nelson Mandela's eight lessons of leadership is that "Courage is not the absence of fear - it's inspiring others to move beyond it". If ever our planet needed inspiring leadership it is... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo )
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Flying into a smoke storm
| QANTAS executives may face torture charges under the Geneva Convention after announcing the reintroduction of the sale of duty-free cigarettes on flights. | As if thing... (photo: Creative Commons / Challiyan)
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San Joaquin River San Fransisco Chronicle
Delta diversion threat to salmon, judge rules
| A federal judge in Fresno affirmed Friday that water diversions in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta have jeopardized the existence of California's beleaguered sal... (photo: Creative Commons / jcookfisher)
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 Live Earth founder Kevin Wall, left, stands by as former Vice President Al Gore speaks at a news conference Thursday June 28, 2007 in New York announcing a series of commitments that Live Earth will be asking people across the globe to make to combat the The Boston Globe
Al Gore: A sound pick for the environment
| IT IS unlikely that a Nobel laureate, Oscar winner and former vice president of the United States would return to the nuts and bolts of the federal bureaucracy, but it ... (photo: AP/Tina Fineberg)
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The Star
For a better tomorrow
| Some might think that going green is all about tree hugging. Dionysius of WWF begs to differ. | IF you expect Datuk Dr Dionysius Sharma, executive director/CEO of WWF-M... (photo: WN / Denise Yong)
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How the Dutch are coping with climate change
| MANILA, Philippines—Climate change is caused by global warming and is alarming many nations. Dire predictions by many experts say that sea levels will rise by as much a... (photo: WN / Denise Yong)
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Iraqis hope solar-powered lights will make Baghdad safer
TOOLS | BAGHDAD - In a city with constant electricity shortages but no lack of sunshine, the new buzz is solar energy. | Teams of engineers have appeared along major Bagh... (photo: Creative Commons / afloresm)
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Dead penguins wash up in Brazil
| RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Hundreds of baby penguins swept from the icy shores of Antarctica and Patagonia are washing up dead on Rio de Janeiro's tropical beaches, resc... (photo: creative commons / )
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- Brazil, Colombia boost trade ties
- Brazil, Colombia boost trade ties
- Brazil, Colombia boost trade ties
- Hundreds of baby penguins found dead in Brazil
- Hundreds of baby penguins found dead in Brazil
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Hundreds of baby penguins found dead in Brazil
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- Olympic traffic crackdown begins in Beijing
- Olympic traffic crackdown in Beijing
 An old lorry spouts smoke on a motor wat in South Africa. -- Luftverschmutzung durch Fahrzeuge, hier LKW auf einer sdafrikanischen Autobahn air pollution climate change global warming cg1
Olympics: Beijing begins massive Olympic shutdown to clean capital’s filthy air
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- 'Save our wetlands'
- Soaring food prices felt around the globe
- Sierra Club's deal with Clorox feels dirty to members
- Civilians and oil firms flee Niger Delta as guerrilla attack
- Vote USA 2008 issues: Foreign policy
- Ending Malaria Deaths in Africa (extended version)
Sacks of Rice
Soaring food prices felt around the globe
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