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Environmental Health News
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Links to articles in today's press about environmental health. Many more links available today at www.EnvironmentalHealthNews.org
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Government reversal on coal mines.
A pledge by the government to halt environmentally-damaging opencast mining is being broken, the BBC's Panorama programme reveals.
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UN climate summit seeks clarity.
This year's round of UN climate talks are opening in Poland with nations attempting to set the terms of a new deal on all aspects of climate change.
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River 'killed' by pollution feeds city water supply.
A section of the Coxs River in the Blue Mountains that supplies drinking water to Sydney is so polluted by industrial run-off that it is effectively dead, independent water quality tests show.
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In with the new.
The wide range of groups coming forward to share their ideas for science-and-technology-related policies that they believe will be on the new agenda shows just how much excitement there is around the U.S. for the new Administration?an Administration that holds the promise of better days for science.
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Arctic treasure hunt puts chill on diplomacy.
As polar ice melts north of the Russian and Norwegian coastlines, the competition to exploit the sea's hidden resources heats up.
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From the high street to high winds: Zara boss bids to power the world.
The self-effacing billionaire boss of Spain's Intidex textile empire, Amancio Ortega, who founded the Zara fashion chain, is taking a dramatic change of direction by creating a global alternative energy network.
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Carbon capture and electric energy at centre of climate plans.
Important decisions about the future of coal power in Britain are likely to be made today when the government's climate change committee sets out plans to de-carbonise the economy.
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Vineland electric utility gears up for 'green' transition.
The New Jersey city-owned electric utility hopes to overcome 35 years of infrastructure decay, as three possible installations attempt to overhaul the utility's aging generators from a coal-burning past to cleaner, greener fuels.
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India green spending could reach $150b by 2017.
Biofuels, wind and clean coal are among the top climate change investment themes for India, global bank HSBC says in a report, highlighting sectors expected to attract spending of $150 billion between 2008 and 2017.
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'Now is the time for a Green New Deal.'
With the world gathered in Poznan, Poland to work out a successor deal to the Kyoto Protocol, UN Environment Program Director Achim Steiner spoke about sustainable transportation and the failures of the auto industry.
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Oaklander's global warming quilt for Obama.
Ulla Nilsen is waiting for a phone call from Barack Obama.
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Heat we emit could warm the Earth.
Even if we turn to clean energy to reduce carbon emissions, the planet might carry on warming anyway due to the heat released into the environment by our ever-increasing consumption of energy.
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UN climate boss warns of "cheap, dirty" energy fix.
The world must avoid a "cheap and dirty" fix for the economy that could undermine the fight against global warming, the U.N.'s top climate official said on Sunday.
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Climate change targets could push up household bills to Ł500 a year.
Household bills could rise by a quarter if Britain is to meet its greenhouse gas reduction target, the Government?s top global warming adviser warned today.
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UN conference warned: Don't derail green projects.
The global financial crisis will pass but global warming will be permanent unless nations can unite to contain emissions of climate-changing gases, political leaders and top scientists warned Monday at a U.N. conference.
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U.N. climate talks to open, praise for ambitious Obama.
U.N. climate talks open in Poland on Monday overshadowed by a global economic slowdown but with U.N. praise for "ambitious" goals by U.S. President-elect Barack Obama for fighting global warming.
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Major parties' stances on fighting global warming.
Major parties, namely the European Union, the United States, Africa, and China, still hold different positions on the issue of climate change.
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Greens call on government not to drag chain in climate talks.
The United Nations climate change talks mark the halfway point of a two-year push to agree a new climate treaty in Copenhagen at the end of 2009 to succeed the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012
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Criticism of coal, ?big oil? helped Obama in swing states, environmentalists say.
Voters who have a stake in the coal industry did not vote against Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), the president elect, because they are receptive to technological changes and alterative forms of energy, say environmental activists.
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Analysis - Vietnam bullish on carbon plans, faces obstacles.
Vietnam has approved dozens of projects aiming to earn UN-backed carbon offsets but several face hurdles in securing approval from the UN regulator for clean energy investments.
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