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Wave of bomb blasts rock Iraqi capital, killing 22

2013-10-07 18:42:17| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

The focus of a trial over BP's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has shifted to the multibillion-dollar question of how much crude gushed from BP's blown-out well.

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Drought is killing the worlds forests

2013-10-07 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

University World News: Every forested continent on Earth has suffered widespread droughts over the past 30 years that have killed tens of thousands of trees. Their scale, duration and almost coordinated nature across different continents is causing extreme alarm in ecological circles. Derek Eamus, a lecturer at the University of Technology in Sydney, says Australia faced a seven-year eastern seaboard drought in the first decade of the 21st century while most of Western Europe was in drought in 2003. There the human...

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Scientists Call Out Greenpeace For Killing and Blinding Kids

2013-10-01 00:33:02| Biotech - Topix.net

Golden Rice has been genetically enhanced to produce vitamin A as way to prevent millions of deaths and cases of blindness annually in poor countries where the grain is the chief food staple.

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Watch: How Climate Change Became the Killing Fields of Australian Politics

2013-09-06 16:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

James West: For years, the question of what to do about climate change has toppled Aussie leaders and divided the country. Will Saturday`s election bring peace? As you watched last year`s US election, did you find yourself aggrieved by the lack of big climate change talk from your leaders? Well, I have an election you`re going to want to watch. This weekend, a nation gripped to the point of near-hysteria over carbon abatement policies (yes, there is such a country) will finally put to rest an epic struggle...

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