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Protection for trees from pests and disease held back by skills gap
caterpillars that strip oaks of leaves are being hampered by a "skills gap", a government-appointed taskforce has warned.The taskforce, set up in the wake of a fungus that kills ash trees being found across England last year, also called for plant health to be put on a par with animal health, and for the creation of a chief plant health officer akin to the government's chief ...
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Strong storms leave Kansas City with power outages downed trees damaged roofs
The feared tornadoes didnt come Sunday evening. But the heavy winds, which split trees and downed power lines on both sides of the state line, sure did. West of Kansas City, a tornado touched down in rural Lyon County, Kan., causing structural damage to homes ...
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Dog-meat mafia fuels Thai canine trade
Thai authorities are struggling to stop dogs from being stolen and smuggled to northern Vietnam, where a million dogs are eaten each year. This video report ...
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Chelsea flower show a guide to edible flowers
Visitors to this year's show can pop down to a nearby restaurant and try a flower-based lunch menu. Is it just a novelty - or something worth taking ...
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Ethiopian sacred forests sold to Indian tea producer
Despite opposition from Ethiopia's President and environmental authorities, a rainforest area providing livelihood to an indigenous people has been leased out to make tea ...
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Study to question popularity of environmental investing
GLG Partners will work with Mercer’s investment consulting business to determine whether environmental investing has become the norm. Issues surrounding climate change and other major environmental issues will be examined, and their effect, if any, on the approach and focus for mainstream investment. ';We believe that environmental liabilities are already changing the ...
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Environmental Groups Court Strikes Down Bush Administration Pollution Monitoring Loophole Upholds Publics Right to Know
Throws out EPA rule that waived pollution monitoring requirements for thousands of factories and power plants WASHINGTON - August 19 - A federal appeals court ...
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Environmental Groups Judge Dismisses Inyo County Lawsuit to Open Roads in Remote Death Valley Wilderness
threw out a lawsuit by Inyo County, Calif., to open highways through remote roadless areas of Death Valley National Park. Inyo County officials had hoped to take control of three ...
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Environmental Defense Fund Co-sponsor of Global Warming Solutions Act to Provide Testimony at San Jose Public Workshop on Draft Scoping Plan to Implement Law
Media Advisory for Friday, August 8, 9:30am-4pm WASHINGTON - August 7 - WHAT: A co-sponsor of ...
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Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy New Global Contract Needed to Re-Assert Basic Rights Protect Environment
WTO Doha Collapse Requires a New Direction in Multilateralism MINNEAPOLIS - August 6 - Global institutions enforcing trade and finance rules have overridden fundamental human rights, stalled international development and harmed the environment, finds three new papers released today by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. A new system is badly ...
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Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Climate Staff Urge EPA to Come Clean Before Congress
"Professional Staff at EPA Has Nothing to Hide" Says Joint Letter to Johnson WASHINGTON - August 5 - The professional staff charged with developing greenhouse gas regulations at the Environmental Protection Agency want Administrator Stephen Johnson to come clean on how decisions were reached on key climate change issues, according to a joint letter released today by Public Employees ...
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Greenpeace Documents Chemical Contamination In Ghana
Research Confirms Microsoft and Dell Electronic Waste in Africa INTERNATIONAL - August 5 - A Greenpeace science team visiting two scrap yards in the capital city Accra and the city of Korforidua, Ghana, has confirmed that soil and sediment taken from two electronic waste (e-waste) scrap yards are severely contaminated with hazardous chemicals. This information was released today in a report ...
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Discovery Channels North America – in pictures
North America's diverse climate, geography and wildlife are the subject of an impressive new series on the Discovery Channel. It is narrated by Chiwetel Ejiofor and spans the continent from the Canadian Rockies to the jungles of ...
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We can let fission fizzle out in a renewable world
Why would anyone choose to reinvest in a form of power that seems not to have been harnessed properly? At Chernobyl and Fukushima the world had two very close shaves. Not a very impressive safety record for a technology that has been pampered with billions of dollars of investment over 60 ...
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China to continue improvement of investment environment official
China will continue to facilitate foreign investment and enhance the protection of intellectual property rights in efforts to improve the investment environment, a senior official said Wednesday. "Improving investment environment and protecting the legal rights of foreign investors are not only the government's promises but also what the government is doing," Yu Jianhua, assistant ...
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New construction in tourism industry – signs of recovery or misplaced optimism?
The whole of Central America has been affected by the global downturn. One of the industries effected most has been tourism, and while many construction and expansion projects were planned during the heady days of 2007 and early 2008, the region may now be facing a huge oversupply problem in terms of hotel accommodation, although there are signs of light on the horizon.
In 2006, the Tourism Ministers of various countries in the region came together at San Ramon for a conference and told Central American news providers that the tourism industry for the region as whole had grown by an average of 11%, which account for, on average, 5% of the region’s GDP for that year, in addition, there was astounding growth in the number of European tourists travelling to Central America, a 147% increase in fact. Read more
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