Politics

Celebrities out in force for shark fin ban

The creation of shark fin soup, a traditional Chinese delicacy, involves capturing a shark and removing its pectoral or dorsal fin. The creatures are often then returned to the sea...

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First 'green Nobel' winner, Wangari Maathai dies

First "green Nobel" winner, Wangari Maathai dies The environmental campaigner, political conscience and winner of the first "green Nobel", Wangari Maathai, has died. She was 71 and was suffering from...

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TRAIN Wreck Bill Passes in the House

A train wreck of a bill, the Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation act, might better be named the Freedom to Pollute act. The bill, passed by...

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Desertification on the march UN meeting hears

Climate change and failures in land management are putting the two billion people who live on the world's driest land at risk a United Nations meeting will hear today. The...

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Talking water at the United Nations

The International Water Forum at the United Nations is being held this Friday, September 16 at UN Headquarters in New York. Jointly organized by the Energy and Water Institute of...

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Global effort needed to stop deep sea 'pirate' fishing

As marine ecologists, fisheries biologists, economists and international policy experts all call for an end to deep sea fishing, more pressure is also being put on world governments to come...

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Irene causes water woes

Hurricane Irene swept up the eastern seaboard of the US last weekend, leaving 40 dead and billions in damages. Millions were without power, and, though it's difficult to accurately quantify,...

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US Climate Wars stoked up as presidential race kicks off

As the American political machine gathers itself for the grueling 18-month long slug-out, that the US presidential race has become, the 'hot-potato' status of climate change has been reignited, by...

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