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Breaking News Fri, 30 Jul 2010
Air pollution in Pune is on the alarming level- India
India   Photos   Pollution   Pune  
 The Times Of India 
Pune's task on hand is to clear the air
PUNE: Air pollution in Pune, one of the three problems which the city has to deal with urgently, is rising due to an increase in vehicles on the road. | The Environment Status Report (ESR), a report c... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
In this photo taken on Wednesday, July 28, 2010, a man carries his belonging on a flooded path in Changchun in northeast China's Jilin province.
China   Disaster   Floods   Photos   Wikipedia: People's Republic of China  
 Gulf News 
Floods dump scores of chemical containers into China river
| Beijing: Workers began cleaning up a chemical spill in northeastern China Thursday after more than 3,000 containers of chemicals were washed into a river by the worst floods to hit the country ... (photo: AP)
A worker monitors water in Talmadge Creek in Marshall Township, Mich., near the Kalamazoo River as oil from a ruptured pipeline, owned by Enbridge Inc, is attempted to be trapped by booms Thursday, July 29, 2010.  The New York Times 
Estimate Rises of Oil Spill in Michigan
| BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — More than one million gallons of oil may have spilled from a pipeline into the Kalamazoo River this week, significantly more than the pipeline’s owner initially est... (photo: AP / Paul Sancya)
Environment   Michigan   Oil Spill   Photos   Wikipedia: Great Lakes  
In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, people wait to board trains at the West Railway Station in Beijing, China.  The New York Times 
Population Research Presents a Sobering Prognosis
| With 267 people being born every minute and 108 dying, the world's population will top 7 billion next year, a research group projects. Lower birthrates and longer life spans will also lead to a a pr... (photo: AP)
Economy   Infrastructure   Photos   Population   Wikipedia: Population growth  
Top Stories
A protester holds a sign during a protest against BP PLC organized by Moveon.org outside an Arco gas station in Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 8, 2010. The Star
BP spill cases head to court as Shell counts cost
| LONDON/WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - The tide of lawsuits unleashed by BP'soil spill in the Gulf of Mexico breaks into an Idaho courtroom on Thursday, just as the compan... (photo: AP / Chris Pizzello)
BP   Cost   Court   Photos   Shell  
Coackroach Island, BVI Herald Tribune
Gulf cleanup will change once oil stops for good
| NEW ORLEANS - The government's point man for the Gulf spill plans to meet with coastal parish officials Thursday to talk about what's next now that the oil has stopped ... (photo: Creative Commons / Legis)
BP   Gulf of Mexico   OilSpill   Photos   Wikipedia: Deepwater Horizon oil spill  
Dead Chest Island, BVI The New York Times
Oil Spill Crime? Send In the BP Squad
| Peter J. Henning follows issues involving securities law and white-collar crime for DealBook’s White Collar Watch. | Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.’s criminal ... (photo: Creative Commons / Legis)
Gulf of Mexico   OilSpill   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Deepwater Horizon oil spill  
 KLdy1 - electronics - panasonic - business. (dy1) The Guardian
Panasonic buying Sanyo, other unit for $9.4 bln
* To make Sanyo, Panasonic Elec Works 100 percent-owned units * Move to help Panasonic boost eco-related businesses * To finance w/ treasury stock and up to $5.7 bln new ... (photo: WN / deniseyong)
Electronic   Panasonic   Photos   Technology   Wikipedia:Panasonic Corporation  
Royal Dutch Shell redOrbit
Royal Dutch Shell plc: 2nd Quarter and Half Year 2010 Unaudited Results
- Royal Dutch Shell's second quarter 2010 earnings, on a current cost of supplies (CCS) basis, were $4.5 billion compared to $2.3 billion a year ago. Basic CCS earnings p... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Business   Earnings   Financial   Photos   Wikipedia: Royal Dutch Shell  
Panasonic LCD TV - Electronics Star Tribune
Panasonic plans to buy out subsidiaries Sanyo, Panasonic Electric under $9.4B green initiative
| TOKYO - Panasonic is planning to take 100 percent ownership of its subsidiaries Sanyo Electric and Panasonic Electric Works in a move costing up to $9.4 billion to stre... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Electric   Panasonic   Photos   Subsidiaries   Tokyo  
Sony The News & Observer
Sony rebounds to profit in April-June quarter
| TOKYO -- Sony bounced back to profit last quarter and raised its full-year earnings forecast, fueled by stronger demand for its PlayStation 3 gaming consoles, personal ... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Business   Electronics   Photos   Sony   Technology  
Environmental Issues Climate Change
- Federal judge: US Fish and Wildlife Service's lynx plan
- Irvine Councilwoman Christina Shea Speaks Out on Environment
- Council Moves to Increase Recycling
- Federal judge: US Fish and Wildlife Service's lynx plan
Air pollution in Pune is on the alarming level- India
Pune's task on hand is to clear the air
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- Seasonal Climate Outlook: August – October 2010
- Climate of failure: Hopes are dashed for a bill on greenhous
- EPA rejects climate study petitions
- Giving Up on a Climate Change Bill
In this photo taken on July 18, 2009, a wind turbines are seen at the Da Bancheng Wind Farm, south of Urumqi, in Xinjiang, China.
U.N. ends Kyoto CO2 offset drought ahead of key meet
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Global Warm Pollution
- World has 12 years to go before its ice melts
- Plankton, base of ocean food web, declining sharply
- Climate of failure: Hopes are dashed for a bill on greenhous
- EPA rejects climate study petitions
Mountains covered with  ice -climate change-ice at the highest point on mountain-India
World has 12 years to go before its ice melts
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- Pune's task on hand is to clear the air
- Govt Opens Applications for Forest Carbon Credits
- Cap-and-Trade: Will it kill jobs and raise costs, or create
- Advocates press Congress on renewable energy standard
Air pollution in Pune is on the alarming level- India
Pune's task on hand is to clear the air
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Chemicals Ecology
- Just Buy It: Impulsiveness Tied To Brain Chemical
-  Water supply halted after chemical spill
- Floods dump scores of chemical containers into China river
- Synthetic marijuana, legal in U.S., causing outcry
In this photo taken on Wednesday, July 28, 2010, a man carries his belonging on a flooded path in Changchun in northeast China's Jilin province.
Floods dump scores of chemical containers into China river
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- Wildlife beyond boundaries: The clue lies in corridors
- Sanyo Completes New Factory for Li-ion Batteries for Eco-fri
- G.M.'s Electric Lemon
- Assessment or amusement?
 KLdy1 - electronics - panasonic - business. (dy1)
Panasonic buying Sanyo, other unit for $9.4 bln
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Nature Natural Disasters
- Federal judge: US Fish and Wildlife Service's lynx plan
- Wildlife beyond boundaries: The clue lies in corridors
- Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick wear matching leopard p
- Dead whale found pinned to Alaska cruise liner
Palestinian Bedouins wade through floodwater which destroyed huts and agriculture in the Mughraka area, central Gaza Strip on 20 January 2010. Flooding has forced more than 100 people from their homes and farms in Gaza after heavy rains hit the area. Security services worked through the night to evacuate families from the area of Wadi Gaza, south of Gaza city. At least 12 people were injured in the flooding which destroyed scores of homes and inundated animal pens. (Photo by Ahmed Deeb/ WN)
Rains unleash death, devastation in Pakistan
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- 4.6-magnitude quake rocks Mindoro
-  Study changes picture of earthquake hazards
- UN plan to mitigate earthquake disasters in Indonesia on tra
- Chile earthquake lifted country's coast eight feet
A Cisco Systems sign is shown at Cisco Systems headquarters in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009.
Cisco releases 'Connecting Sichuan' Year Two Report
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