Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2736 Environment News en-us Mon, 12 May 2008 14:31:27 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2736 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080512/sc_livescience/globalwarmingworrieswealthypollutingnationsleast livescience/20080512/globalwarmingworrieswealthypollutingnationsleast LiveScience.com Mon, 12 May 2008 14:31:27 GMT LiveScience.com - The wealthier a country is and the more greenhouse gases it spews into the atmosphere, the less worried its citizens are about the effects of global warming. Residents of the low-lying Netherlands, ironically, are the least worried of all. The findings are the result of a study that started when Hanno Sandvik, a biology postdoctoral researcher at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, came across on online survey conducted by ACNielsen that polled people in 46 countries asking about their attitudes toward global warming. ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080512/ts_nm/usa_politics_mccain_climate_dc nm/20080512/usa_politics_mccain_climate_dc Reuters Mon, 12 May 2008 13:59:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080512/ts_nm/usa_politics_mccain_climate_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080512/2008_05_12t095839_450x304_us_usa_politics_mccain_climate.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=36x39ZqkDanQDuV1JXxa9Q--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Presidential candidate Senator John McCain listens to questions during a news conference at the Miami's Children Hospital in Miami, Florida April 28, 2008. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Republican John McCain pledged to take the lead in combating global climate change if elected president in a speech that set him apart from the policies of President George W. Bush.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080512/ts_nm/usa_politics_mccain_climate_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080512/2008_05_12t095839_450x304_us_usa_politics_mccain_climate.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=36x39ZqkDanQDuV1JXxa9Q--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Presidential candidate Senator John McCain listens to questions during a news conference at the Miami's Children Hospital in Miami, Florida April 28, 2008. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/sc_afp/japanclimatewarming afp/20080512/japanclimatewarming AFP Mon, 12 May 2008 13:37:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/sc_afp/japanclimatewarming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080512/capt.cps.ndq64.120508153644.photo00.photo.default-512x347.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=ydPRgTdNpcUFzSSawNj2MA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Smoke billows from a power plant. A senior Japanese official has criticised calls to introduce a cap-and-trade plan for greenhouse gas emissions, saying that the country's own "sectoral" approach was gaining support.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A senior Japanese official on Monday criticised calls to introduce a cap-and-trade plan for greenhouse gas emissions, saying that the country's own "sectoral" approach was gaining support.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/sc_afp/japanclimatewarming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080512/capt.cps.ndq64.120508153644.photo00.photo.default-512x347.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=ydPRgTdNpcUFzSSawNj2MA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Smoke billows from a power plant. A senior Japanese official has criticised calls to introduce a cap-and-trade plan for greenhouse gas emissions, saying that the country's own "sectoral" approach was gaining support.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080512/ts_nm/nuclear_un_report_dc nm/20080512/nuclear_un_report_dc Reuters Mon, 12 May 2008 10:45:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080512/ts_nm/nuclear_un_report_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080512/2008_05_12t064524_450x252_us_nuclear_un_report.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=tohJtc7Rsx_Bsj6zRha8Jg--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, 350 km (217 miles) south of Tehran, April 8, 2008. (Presidential official website/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - More than 40 developing countries have recently approached United Nations officials to express interest in starting nuclear power programs, the Washington Post reported on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080512/ts_nm/nuclear_un_report_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080512/2008_05_12t064524_450x252_us_nuclear_un_report.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=tohJtc7Rsx_Bsj6zRha8Jg--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, 350 km (217 miles) south of Tehran, April 8, 2008. (Presidential official website/Handout/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/sc_afp/euclimatewarminggermany afp/20080512/euclimatewarminggermany AFP Mon, 12 May 2008 10:10:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/sc_afp/euclimatewarminggermany"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080512/capt.cps.ndp62.120508120954.photo00.photo.default-512x329.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=9ig8lW05M9N0LyCu2enlQA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Vehicular traffic comes to a standstill. A senior EU official said Sunday that a European Union deadline to cut carbon dioxide emissions from new cars by 2012 was unrealistic, according to an interview with a German newspaper.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A senior EU official has said that a European Union deadline to cut carbon dioxide emissions from new cars by 2012 was unrealistic, according to an interview with a German newspaper.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/sc_afp/euclimatewarminggermany"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080512/capt.cps.ndp62.120508120954.photo00.photo.default-512x329.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=9ig8lW05M9N0LyCu2enlQA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="Vehicular traffic comes to a standstill. A senior EU official said Sunday that a European Union deadline to cut carbon dioxide emissions from new cars by 2012 was unrealistic, according to an interview with a German newspaper.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080511/sc_afp/norwayenergyalternativewind afp/20080511/norwayenergyalternativewind AFP Sun, 11 May 2008 18:07:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080511/sc_afp/norwayenergyalternativewind"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080511/capt.cps.ndl82.110508200433.photo00.photo.default-512x342.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=O5e1LyXcsyCsWAEDZIbRsA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The twenty windmills at Smoela on the nothwestern coast of Norway. As Norway prepares for a future after oil, the gale-force potential of harvesting wind power off its long coastline has become an increasingly attractive proposition.(AFP/File/Bjoern Sigurdsoen)" border="0" /></a>AFP - As Norway prepares for a future after oil, the gale-force potential of harvesting wind power off its long coastline has become an increasingly attractive proposition.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080511/sc_afp/norwayenergyalternativewind"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080511/capt.cps.ndl82.110508200433.photo00.photo.default-512x342.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=O5e1LyXcsyCsWAEDZIbRsA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="The twenty windmills at Smoela on the nothwestern coast of Norway. As Norway prepares for a future after oil, the gale-force potential of harvesting wind power off its long coastline has become an increasingly attractive proposition.(AFP/File/Bjoern Sigurdsoen)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080511/ap_on_bi_ge/japan_g8_labor ap/20080511/japan_g8_labor AP Sun, 11 May 2008 18:03:27 GMT AP - Labor ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized nations met with international trade union and business groups Sunday to discuss the reduction of workplace emissions of "greenhouse" gases blamed for global warming, officials said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080511/sc_afp/g8japanclimateenvironment afp/20080511/g8japanclimateenvironment AFP Sun, 11 May 2008 11:22:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080511/sc_afp/g8japanclimateenvironment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080511/capt.cps.ndk09.110508131816.photo00.photo.default-512x355.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=LZ4cPCurAT2N.ZS9ooQoSA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A Tokyo policeman controls a traffic jam in early February. Japan aims to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by between 60 and 80 percent by 2050(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japan aims to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by between 60 and 80 percent by 2050, news reports said on Sunday, as part of measures setting out the country's long term environmental goals.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080511/sc_afp/g8japanclimateenvironment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080511/capt.cps.ndk09.110508131816.photo00.photo.default-512x355.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=LZ4cPCurAT2N.ZS9ooQoSA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Tokyo policeman controls a traffic jam in early February. Japan aims to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by between 60 and 80 percent by 2050(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20080509/bs_ibd_ibd/20080509managing ibd/20080509/20080509managing Investor's Business Daily Fri, 09 May 2008 21:47:56 GMT Investor's Business Daily - Last year, Greenpeace activists climbed into rafts in the Amazon rain forest for a fact-finding tour about deforestation. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080509/tc_nf/59710 nf/20080509/59710 NewsFactor Fri, 09 May 2008 20:41:26 GMT NewsFactor - The nonprofit Climate Counts organization, funded by organic yogurt maker Stonyfield Farm, has released its second annual scorecard rating companies' efforts to combat climate change. While the organization reports solid gains across industries, one technology company stands out as a green laggard -- Apple Inc. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/wl_uk_afp/britainfranceenergynuclearedfbritishenergy afp/20080509/britainfranceenergynuclearedfbritishenergy AFP Fri, 09 May 2008 19:48:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/wl_uk_afp/britainfranceenergynuclearedfbritishenergy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndc19.090508205825.photo00.photo.default-512x364.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=JRCdqv7G9huNi8uljaUyYA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="State-owned French power company EDF has submitted an offer for nuclear power operator British Energy, the BBC reported Friday on its website.(AFP/File/Bertrand Guay)" border="0" /></a>AFP - State-owned French power company EDF has submitted an offer for nuclear power operator British Energy, the BBC reported Friday on its website.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/wl_uk_afp/britainfranceenergynuclearedfbritishenergy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndc19.090508205825.photo00.photo.default-512x364.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=JRCdqv7G9huNi8uljaUyYA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="State-owned French power company EDF has submitted an offer for nuclear power operator British Energy, the BBC reported Friday on its website.(AFP/File/Bertrand Guay)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/ts_alt_afp/inflationpovertyfoodenergybiofuelsus afp/20080509/inflationpovertyfoodenergybiofuelsus AFP Fri, 09 May 2008 17:03:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/ts_alt_afp/inflationpovertyfoodenergybiofuelsus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndb04.090508190314.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=r904NmI2QgcyQ5JA9k0NRg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A mechanic Mike Ackerman prepares to install a veggetable oil filter at Lovecraft Biofuels conversion workshop in Los Angeles(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A biofuels backlash has erupted in major ethanol producer the United States, as lawmakers and experts debate the merits of converting food to fuel to support America's age-old love affair with the automobile.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/ts_alt_afp/inflationpovertyfoodenergybiofuelsus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndb04.090508190314.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=r904NmI2QgcyQ5JA9k0NRg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A mechanic Mike Ackerman prepares to install a veggetable oil filter at Lovecraft Biofuels conversion workshop in Los Angeles(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_us/rural_pollution ap/20080509/rural_pollution AP Fri, 09 May 2008 00:25:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_us/rural_pollution"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080507/capt.29b622ae74734920aee613d9d2b24fac.rural_pollution_wybm201.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=AHGlHye45KRvlAMOh9vJ4A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Craig Jensen poses outside his home near the unincorporated community of Boulder in southwest Wyoming, March 20, 2008. Jensen and other local residents are concerned about recent high ozone level readings in the area, which they attribute to booming development in nearby oil and gas fields. (AP Photo/Bob Moen)" border="0" /></a>AP - There isn't anything metropolitan about this tiny unincorporated town in southwest Wyoming, where a few single-family homes and a volunteer fire station stand against a skyline of snowcapped mountains.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_us/rural_pollution"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080507/capt.29b622ae74734920aee613d9d2b24fac.rural_pollution_wybm201.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=AHGlHye45KRvlAMOh9vJ4A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="Craig Jensen poses outside his home near the unincorporated community of Boulder in southwest Wyoming, March 20, 2008. Jensen and other local residents are concerned about recent high ozone level readings in the area, which they attribute to booming development in nearby oil and gas fields. (AP Photo/Bob Moen)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080508/wl_canada_nm/canada_carbon_canada_col nm/20080508/canada_carbon_canada_col Reuters Thu, 08 May 2008 22:55:56 GMT Reuters - Just as Canada is set to launch a domestic carbon emissions trading scheme in a bid to curb its rising greenhouse gas emissions, a number of issues have surfaced, casting doubt on the country's plans. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080508/sc_nm/ethanol_homemade_dc nm/20080508/ethanol_homemade_dc Reuters Thu, 08 May 2008 22:00:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080508/sc_nm/ethanol_homemade_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_09t131848_450x313_us_ethanol_homemade.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=zZVUOcK3Jfnigpn_eIurwQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="E-Fuel Corp's 'MicroFueler' in an undated photo courtesy of the company. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A new company hopes drivers will kick the oil habit by brewing ethanol at home that won't spike food prices.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080508/sc_nm/ethanol_homemade_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_09t131848_450x313_us_ethanol_homemade.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=zZVUOcK3Jfnigpn_eIurwQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="E-Fuel Corp's 'MicroFueler' in an undated photo courtesy of the company. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_re_us/wolf_lawsuit ap/20080508/wolf_lawsuit AP Thu, 08 May 2008 21:42:58 GMT AP - A federal judge in Montana has rejected a request by the government to delay a lawsuit seeking to place the gray wolf back on the endangered species list, saying he's "unwilling to risk more deaths." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080508/bs_nm/brazil_energy_dc nm/20080508/brazil_energy_dc Reuters Thu, 08 May 2008 18:41:44 GMT Reuters - Sugar cane and cane-based ethanol became a more important energy source than hydroelectric power plants in Brazil's overall energy complex last year, topped only by petroleum and oil products. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080508/sc_afp/wildlifeclimateenvironmentbirds afp/20080508/wildlifeclimateenvironmentbirds AFP Thu, 08 May 2008 15:55:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080508/sc_afp/wildlifeclimateenvironmentbirds"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080508/capt.cps.nct60.080508175359.photo00.photo.default-512x309.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=XHie9MnnsT6iXcOZddDgJQ--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="A white stork flies over his nest in Bad Freienwalde, eastern Germany. The United Nations Environment Programme on Thursday voiced concern over declining numbers of migratory birds globally, in what it said was an alarming sign of the state of world biodiversity.(DDP/AFP/File/Michael Urban)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United Nations Environment Programme on Thursday voiced concern over declining numbers of migratory birds globally, in what it said was an alarming sign of the state of world biodiversity.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080508/sc_afp/wildlifeclimateenvironmentbirds"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080508/capt.cps.nct60.080508175359.photo00.photo.default-512x309.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=XHie9MnnsT6iXcOZddDgJQ--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="A white stork flies over his nest in Bad Freienwalde, eastern Germany. The United Nations Environment Programme on Thursday voiced concern over declining numbers of migratory birds globally, in what it said was an alarming sign of the state of world biodiversity.(DDP/AFP/File/Michael Urban)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080508/us_nm/worldbank_biofuel_dc nm/20080508/worldbank_biofuel_dc Reuters Thu, 08 May 2008 03:05:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080508/us_nm/worldbank_biofuel_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080508/2008_05_07t230403_450x330_us_worldbank_biofuel.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=JTPQHTgPE3tputuQM1PXBQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="A truckdriver unloads his cargo of corn into a chute at the Lincolnway Energy plant in the town of Nevada, Iowa, December 6, 2007. (Jason Reed/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The United States should consider spiraling food prices that hurt the world's poor when it sets policies that are funneling much of its corn crop into biofuel production, the World Bank said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080508/us_nm/worldbank_biofuel_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080508/2008_05_07t230403_450x330_us_worldbank_biofuel.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=JTPQHTgPE3tputuQM1PXBQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="A truckdriver unloads his cargo of corn into a chute at the Lincolnway Energy plant in the town of Nevada, Iowa, December 6, 2007. (Jason Reed/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080508/lf_nm/iraq_water_dc nm/20080508/iraq_water_dc Reuters Thu, 08 May 2008 00:57:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080508/lf_nm/iraq_water_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080508/2008_05_07t205311_450x290_us_iraq_water.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=mnvcU5sqMtr0zci0g.gYpw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="A U.S. soldier looks through the scope of his weapon as he stands guard at the site of the U.S. military proposed water plant project in New Baghdad district April 30, 2008. (Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Baghdad's crumbling roads, burst sewage pipes and chronic water shortages are casualties of war that get little attention amid the daily litany of gunfights, bombs and bloodletting in Iraq.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080508/lf_nm/iraq_water_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080508/2008_05_07t205311_450x290_us_iraq_water.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=mnvcU5sqMtr0zci0g.gYpw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="A U.S. soldier looks through the scope of his weapon as he stands guard at the site of the U.S. military proposed water plant project in New Baghdad district April 30, 2008. (Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters)