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Environment
Canada Preserves Arctic Wilderness for Whales, Bears, Birds
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, September 4, 2008 (ENS) - The Canadian government has announced that it will protect more than 450,000 hectares (1,737 square miles) of Arctic wilderness in the Nunavut Territory, including a globally significant Important Bird Area, by establishing three new National Wildlife Areas.
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Environmental trek to Burning Man; the law on loud cars
Beyond the love-fest, drug-fest, art-fest that is Burning Man, the giant party in the Nevada desert is also a study in sustainable and eco-friendly transportation -- at least that's what some devotees tell me. Who knew running around half-naked in 102-degree heat could be part of something good for the environment?
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Ivory Coast's forgotten acrid waste
A red triangle with a skull and cross bones symbol gives the first indication that this area on the outskirts of Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan is no rural idyll.
Women may use their heads to carry wood back home while men snooze in the shade of the trees, but a slight odour hangs in the air.
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Bloomberg Offers Windmill Power Plan
In a plan that would drastically remake New York City’s skyline and shores, Mayor Michael R.
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What lies beneath Natural-gas drilling in the northeastern U.S. threatens water quality.
The exploitation of massive Marcellus Shale natural-gas deposits in the Appalachian region of the northeastern U.S. sounds like a dream.
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