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Tuesday 06 January

US vows 'huge' marine protection
BBC World Service | 06 Jan 2009
The US is to establish "the largest area of protected sea in the world", banning fishing and mining, around its Pacific islands.
 Climate Change
Zimbabwe: Rainfall Pattern Good - ZFU
AllAfrica.com | 06 Jan 2009
RAINS received to date in the 2008/2009 farming season are adequate to ensure a successful season, an official said recently.
 Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts | Climate Change
New reptiles found in Tanzania's forests
MSNBC | 05 Jan 2009
Seventeen previously unknown species of reptiles and amphibians have been found in the threatened rainforests of eastern Tanzania, Italian and Tanzanian scientists reported on Monday.
 Biodiversity
Island's new 'green' school opens
BBC World Service | 05 Jan 2009
Pupils turn up for classes at Anglesey's first specially-designed 'environmentally friendly' school.
 Climate Change
New reptiles found in Tanzania's shrinking forests
Reuters | 05 Jan 2009
LONDON (Reuters) - Seventeen previously unknown species of reptiles and amphibians have been found in the threatened rainforests of eastern Tanzania, Italian and Tanzanian scientists reported on Monday.
 Biodiversity
Bush Designates 3 Areas of Pacific as Marine National Monuments
Washington Post | 05 Jan 2009
President Bush will create three new marine national monuments in the Pacific Ocean Tuesday, according to White House spokeswoman Dana Perino, designated areas that will span 195,280 square miles and protect some of the most ecologically-rich areas of the world's oceans.
 Biodiversity
Soot tops NASA's climate blacklist
Environmental News Network | 05 Jan 2009
Governments could slow global warming dramatically, and buy time to avert disastrous climate change, by slashing emissions of one of humanity's most familiar pollutants soot according to NASA scientists. A study by the space agency shows that cutting down on the pollutant can have an immediate cooling effect and prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths from air pollution at the same time.
 Climate Change | Global Warming
How Green Is The White House?
Environmental News Network | 05 Jan 2009
The election of Barack Obama promises a new era of eco-awareness in the US, says Sarah Wachter These are heady times for environmentalists in America. The initial euphoria of Barack Obamas White House win hasnt worn off yet. They say he is the American president with the most clearly-enunciated environmental platform of any in recent memory. Even though the financial crisis has taken centre ...
 Energy Efficiency | Renewable Energy | Climate Change
Bush to create huge marine sanctuaries
MSNBC | 05 Jan 2009
President George W. Bush on Tuesday will designate three remote Pacific island chains as national monuments that together will make up the largest marine conservation area in history.
 Climate Change
Climate change killing off corals
Times of India | 05 Jan 2009
SYDNEY: Ocean acidification and rising temperatures are gradually killing off the biggest and most robust corals on the Great Barrier Reef since 1990, the "tipping point" year, says a new study.
 Climate Change
Obama predicts quick approval of econ rescue plan
San Francisco Chronicle | 05 Jan 2009
President-elect Barack Obama declared the national economy was "bad and getting worse" Monday as he began crisis talks with congressional leaders on emergency action. He predicted lawmakers would approve hundreds of billions of dollars in new spending and tax...
 Energy Efficiency
Sizzle or soak - nation's weather extremes
News.com.au | 05 Jan 2009
NEW South Wales braces for a 41C scorcher as floods cut off parts of Queensland and the Northern Territory.
 Extreme Weather
Marine park urges more coral bleaching research
ABC (Australia) Online | 05 Jan 2009
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority wants scientists to learn as much they can from coral bleaching in 2009.
 Global Warming
Japan races to build zero emissions car
News.com.au | 05 Jan 2009
"PLEASE erase your image of electric cars being like golf carts," a spokesman for Japan's fourth-biggest car maker said before taking a zero emission vehicle out for a spin.
 Global Warming
Is small the future of nuclear power generation?
Toronto Star | 05 Jan 2009
Distributed energy generation, hailed by most environmentalists as the future of sustainable electricity production, is about powering a country with hundreds, potentially thousands, of renewable and clean energy systems with some help from natural gas.
 Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Renewable Energy
Tough finances expected to dominate session
Boston Globe | 05 Jan 2009
The re-licensing of Vermont Yankee nuclear plant and a looming debate over whether Vermont should legalize gay marriage were expected to be the dominant issues of the Legislature's upoming session.
 Renewable Energy
Soot reduction may help slow global warming
Times of India | 05 Jan 2009
LONDON: Nasa scientists have said that global warming can be slowed dramatically by slashing emissions of one of humanity's most familiar pollutants - soot.
 Global Warming
Air New Zealand Completes Biofuel Test
GreenBiz.com | 05 Jan 2009
AUCKLAND, NZ -- Air New Zealand has completed a test flight partially using jatropha-based fuel, another experiment on the path to cleaning up the emissions and impact of flying.
 Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Sempra solar energy project makes advances in costs
Los Angeles Times | 05 Jan 2009
An analyst says a Sempra Generation project powering California homes beats conventional sources on cost-effectiveness. Generating clean electricity that's as cheap as power from fossil fuels is the Holy Grail of green-energy companies. A new solar project powering California homes appears to be closing in on that prize.
 Renewable Energy
Energy to ease economy woes
The Herald | 05 Jan 2009
A surge in investment in the renewable energy sector is expected to help Scotland through the economic difficulties expected in 2009, according to the Scottish Government.
 Renewable Energy

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