Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2736 science Environment News en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:13:18 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2736 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/sc_afp/g8meetclimatewarmingwwf afp/20090703/g8meetclimatewarmingwwf AFP science Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:13:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/sc_afp/g8meetclimatewarmingwwf"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246651977617-1-0.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=vpX7GFVbqO8XjvdXogKqoQ--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="The environmental group WWF, urged the Group of Eight industrialised nations to show global leadership by making a commitment to keep climate change in check at their summit next week. Echoing a call by German Chancellor Angela Merkel a day earlier, the WWF said the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, must commit to keeping the rise in global average temperature "well below" two degrees Celsius.(WWF)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The environmental group WWF on Friday urged the Group of Eight industrialised nations to show global leadership by making a commitment to keep climate change in check at their summit next week.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/sc_afp/g8meetclimatewarmingwwf"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246651977617-1-0.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=vpX7GFVbqO8XjvdXogKqoQ--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="photo" title="The environmental group WWF, urged the Group of Eight industrialised nations to show global leadership by making a commitment to keep climate change in check at their summit next week. Echoing a call by German Chancellor Angela Merkel a day earlier, the WWF said the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, must commit to keeping the rise in global average temperature "well below" two degrees Celsius.(WWF)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/sc_nm/us_australia_dinosaurs nm/20090703/us_australia_dinosaurs Reuters science Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:45:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/sc_nm/us_australia_dinosaurs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246609387228-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=43&q=85&sig=suSrZA5Be68oSp9Ns96ydg--" align="left" height="43" width="130" alt="A handout image released by the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum of Natural History shows 'Banjo' Australovenator wintonensis. Australian scientists hailed the country's most significant dinosaur discovery in decades on Friday after three new species were unearthed in a Queensland billabong.(AFP/Travis Tischler)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Fossils of three new species of dinosaurs have been discovered in Australia, including a meat-eater larger than Velociraptor from the Jurassic Park movies, suggesting Australia may have a more complex prehistoric past.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/sc_nm/us_australia_dinosaurs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246609387228-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=43&q=85&sig=suSrZA5Be68oSp9Ns96ydg--" align="left" height="43" width="130" alt="photo" title="A handout image released by the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum of Natural History shows 'Banjo' Australovenator wintonensis. Australian scientists hailed the country's most significant dinosaur discovery in decades on Friday after three new species were unearthed in a Queensland billabong.(AFP/Travis Tischler)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_sthasia_afp/japanindiaclimatewarmingnkoreanuclear afp/20090703/japanindiaclimatewarmingnkoreanuclear AFP science Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:08:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_sthasia_afp/japanindiaclimatewarmingnkoreanuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246618532984-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=qjKE9fnS80cLtERNDp1wuQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna with Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso in Tokyo on July 3. India's foreign minister on Friday called for an ambitious but fair greenhouse gas reduction target under a new climate treaty, saying any pact should not hinder the economic growth of developing countries.(AFP/Pool/Kim Kyung-Hoon)" border="0" /></a>AFP - India's foreign minister on Friday called for an ambitious but fair greenhouse gas reduction target under a new climate treaty, saying any pact should not hinder the economic growth of developing countries.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_sthasia_afp/japanindiaclimatewarmingnkoreanuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246618532984-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=qjKE9fnS80cLtERNDp1wuQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna with Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso in Tokyo on July 3. India's foreign minister on Friday called for an ambitious but fair greenhouse gas reduction target under a new climate treaty, saying any pact should not hinder the economic growth of developing countries.(AFP/Pool/Kim Kyung-Hoon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/wl_canada_afp/climatecanadapolitics afp/20090702/climatecanadapolitics AFP science Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:40:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/wl_canada_afp/climatecanadapolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246577969795-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=122&q=85&sig=DShlpd2AEY.lp6Xg9Gch3g--" align="left" height="122" width="130" alt="Canada's opposition leader Michael Ignatieff, pictured in 2006. The Liberal Party, Canada's main opposition group, warned the government Thursday against blocking an international deal to combat climate change, due to be negotiated in Copenhagen this December.(AFP/File/David Boily)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The Liberal Party, Canada's main opposition group, warned the government Thursday against blocking an international deal to combat climate change, due to be negotiated in Copenhagen this December.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/wl_canada_afp/climatecanadapolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246577969795-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=122&q=85&sig=DShlpd2AEY.lp6Xg9Gch3g--" align="left" height="122" width="130" alt="photo" title="Canada's opposition leader Michael Ignatieff, pictured in 2006. The Liberal Party, Canada's main opposition group, warned the government Thursday against blocking an international deal to combat climate change, due to be negotiated in Copenhagen this December.(AFP/File/David Boily)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sc_afp/climatewarmingsheep afp/20090702/climatewarmingsheep AFP science Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:10:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sc_afp/climatewarmingsheep"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246561787308-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=9md6RMfZwpJTXcPB7XudFA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Soay sheep are seen in France in 2004. Climate change has caused a flock of wild sheep on a remote northern Scottish island to become smaller, according to an unusual investigation published on Thursday. The wild Soay sheep live on Hirta, in the St. Kilda archipelago in the storm-battered Outer Hebrides, and have been closely studied for nearly a quarter of a century.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Climate change has caused a flock of wild sheep on a remote northern Scottish island to become smaller, according to an unusual investigation published on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sc_afp/climatewarmingsheep"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246561787308-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=9md6RMfZwpJTXcPB7XudFA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Soay sheep are seen in France in 2004. Climate change has caused a flock of wild sheep on a remote northern Scottish island to become smaller, according to an unusual investigation published on Thursday. The wild Soay sheep live on Hirta, in the St. Kilda archipelago in the storm-battered Outer Hebrides, and have been closely studied for nearly a quarter of a century.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sc_afp/spainnuclearenergyenvironmentpolitics afp/20090702/spainnuclearenergyenvironmentpolitics AFP science Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:51:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sc_afp/spainnuclearenergyenvironmentpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246560656643-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=BVDEBKBbUs6OvvGEAlxG1g--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Workers of the Garona nuclear plant demonstrate, holding banners reading "Garona is safe" in front of the Moncloa Palace, residence of Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, in Madrid on June 26, 2009. Spain's government said it would allow the country's oldest nuclear reactor to operate beyond its intended 40-year lifespan, reversing a policy of gradually phasing out nuclear power.(AFP/File/Pedro Armestre)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Spain's government said Thursday it would allow the country's oldest nuclear reactor to operate beyond its intended 40-year lifespan, reversing a policy of gradually phasing out nuclear power.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sc_afp/spainnuclearenergyenvironmentpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246560656643-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=BVDEBKBbUs6OvvGEAlxG1g--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="Workers of the Garona nuclear plant demonstrate, holding banners reading "Garona is safe" in front of the Moncloa Palace, residence of Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, in Madrid on June 26, 2009. Spain's government said it would allow the country's oldest nuclear reactor to operate beyond its intended 40-year lifespan, reversing a policy of gradually phasing out nuclear power.(AFP/File/Pedro Armestre)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sc/us_sci_shrinking_sheep ap/20090702/us_sci_shrinking_sheep AP science Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:14:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sc/us_sci_shrinking_sheep"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246561787308-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=9md6RMfZwpJTXcPB7XudFA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Soay sheep are seen in France in 2004. Climate change has caused a flock of wild sheep on a remote northern Scottish island to become smaller, according to an unusual investigation published on Thursday. The wild Soay sheep live on Hirta, in the St. Kilda archipelago in the storm-battered Outer Hebrides, and have been closely studied for nearly a quarter of a century.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Like the wool sweater that emerges from the dryer a size too small, global warming seems to be shrinking sheep.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sc/us_sci_shrinking_sheep"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246561787308-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=9md6RMfZwpJTXcPB7XudFA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Soay sheep are seen in France in 2004. Climate change has caused a flock of wild sheep on a remote northern Scottish island to become smaller, according to an unusual investigation published on Thursday. The wild Soay sheep live on Hirta, in the St. Kilda archipelago in the storm-battered Outer Hebrides, and have been closely studied for nearly a quarter of a century.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_us/us_tva_coal_ash ap/20090702/us_tva_coal_ash AP science Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:18:20 GMT AP - The nation's largest utility can dump millions of tons of coal ash from a Tennessee spill into an Alabama landfill, federal regulators said Thursday, despite criticism that the plan is unfair to one of Alabama's poorest counties. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sc_afp/indonesiaenvironmentwildlifeanimal afp/20090702/indonesiaenvironmentwildlifeanimal AFP science Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:15:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sc_afp/indonesiaenvironmentwildlifeanimal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246544407516-1-0.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=fqIQfPNJyg.DNhwl5EMVJw--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="A Sumatran elephant (Elephant maximus Sumatranus) with her one day old baby at Taman Safari in Bogor, seen here in 2003. An elephant calf has starved to death in Indonesia, the eighth endangered Sumatran elephant to have died in the wild since May. There are about 2,400 to 2,800 Sumatran elephants in Indonesia, of which 200 to 250 are in Riau, according to WWF.(AFP/File/Adek Berry)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An elephant calf has starved to death in Indonesia, the eighth endangered Sumatran elephant to have died in the wild since May, environmental group WWF said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sc_afp/indonesiaenvironmentwildlifeanimal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246544407516-1-0.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=fqIQfPNJyg.DNhwl5EMVJw--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="A Sumatran elephant (Elephant maximus Sumatranus) with her one day old baby at Taman Safari in Bogor, seen here in 2003. An elephant calf has starved to death in Indonesia, the eighth endangered Sumatran elephant to have died in the wild since May. There are about 2,400 to 2,800 Sumatran elephants in Indonesia, of which 200 to 250 are in Riau, according to WWF.(AFP/File/Adek Berry)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sc_afp/environmentbiodiversityspecies afp/20090702/environmentbiodiversityspecies AFP science Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:15:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sc_afp/environmentbiodiversityspecies"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246551275518-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=OE8Zlz5hzMJpVVbsHzI1VA--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="A soldadinho-do-araripe, a bird from the family of Manakins is seen in Brasilia. The soldadinho-do-araripe is one of the species in critical danger of extinction. The world's paramount authority on species loss has warned that pledges to roll back the threat to biodiversity by 2010 were running into the sand.(AFP/Brazilian Environment Ministry/File/Ciro Albano)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The world's paramount authority on species loss warned on Thursday that pledges to roll back the threat to biodiversity by 2010 were running into the sand.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sc_afp/environmentbiodiversityspecies"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246551275518-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=OE8Zlz5hzMJpVVbsHzI1VA--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="A soldadinho-do-araripe, a bird from the family of Manakins is seen in Brasilia. The soldadinho-do-araripe is one of the species in critical danger of extinction. The world's paramount authority on species loss has warned that pledges to roll back the threat to biodiversity by 2010 were running into the sand.(AFP/Brazilian Environment Ministry/File/Ciro Albano)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_eu/eu_eu_climate_change ap/20090702/eu_eu_climate_change AP science Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:01:01 GMT AP - The chances of concluding a new global climate change pact remain dim unless China, India and Brazil make significant cuts in carbon dioxide emissions as well a senior Swedish climate change official said Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sc_afp/australiasciencecoralenvironment afp/20090702/australiasciencecoralenvironment AFP science Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:15:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sc_afp/australiasciencecoralenvironment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246544042423-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=65&q=85&sig=NGmfMTEDpnFwvAhyOVonHg--" align="left" height="65" width="130" alt="Australia has pledged 52 million dollars ($42 million) to improve water quality on the Great Barrier Reef, which is coming under increasing threat from toxic chemicals and climate change.(James Cook University/Ho)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Australia on Thursday pledged 52 million dollars (42 million US) to improve water quality on the Great Barrier Reef, which is coming under increasing threat from toxic chemicals and climate change.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sc_afp/australiasciencecoralenvironment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246544042423-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=65&q=85&sig=NGmfMTEDpnFwvAhyOVonHg--" align="left" height="65" width="130" alt="photo" title="Australia has pledged 52 million dollars ($42 million) to improve water quality on the Great Barrier Reef, which is coming under increasing threat from toxic chemicals and climate change.(James Cook University/Ho)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_us/us_oil_spill_vandalism ap/20090702/us_oil_spill_vandalism AP science Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:23:52 GMT AP - A northwestern Pennsylvania man was sentenced to two to 10 years in state prison for conspiring with his son to cause an oil spill in the Allegheny National Forest because he was upset with his former employer. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sc_afp/climateusenergypoliticstradechina afp/20090702/climateusenergypoliticstradechina AFP science Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:00:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sc_afp/climateusenergypoliticstradechina"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246532336661-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=Uiv78txQlD8zPhhL2jgI4w--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="Chinese cyclists pass through thick pollution from a factory in Yutian.(AFP/Peter Parks)" border="0" /></a>AFP - China said on Thursday that it was "firmly" opposed to provisions in a new US clean energy bill that will make it easier to impose trade penalties on nations that reject limits to globe-warming pollution.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sc_afp/climateusenergypoliticstradechina"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246532336661-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=Uiv78txQlD8zPhhL2jgI4w--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="Chinese cyclists pass through thick pollution from a factory in Yutian.(AFP/Peter Parks)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_as/as_china_g8 ap/20090702/as_china_g8 AP science Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:55:43 GMT AP - China said Thursday it opposed part of a landmark U.S. bill to cut greenhouse gas emissions, saying tariffs should not be imposed on countries that do not cut emissions. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sc/eu_endangered_species ap/20090702/eu_endangered_species AP science Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:02:36 GMT AP - Governments are failing to stem a rapid decline in biodiversity that is now threatening extinction for almost half the world's coral reef species, a third of amphibians and a quarter of mammals, a leading environmental group warned Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/sc_afp/environmentbrazil afp/20090701/environmentbrazil AFP science Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:51:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/sc_afp/environmentbrazil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246481480785-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=O8YfUS68l4Sgd0dNahpmXg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Handout picture released by the Brazilian Environment Ministry showing a deforested area in the rain forest in southern Para state in 2008. Nearly 2,300 plant species are at risk of disappearing from flora-rich Brazil, according to an academic study released on Wednesday.(AFP/MMA/File/Jefferson Ruddy)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Nearly 2,300 plant species are at risk of disappearing from flora-rich Brazil, many more than once thought, according to an academic study released on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/sc_afp/environmentbrazil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246481480785-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=O8YfUS68l4Sgd0dNahpmXg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Handout picture released by the Brazilian Environment Ministry showing a deforested area in the rain forest in southern Para state in 2008. Nearly 2,300 plant species are at risk of disappearing from flora-rich Brazil, according to an academic study released on Wednesday.(AFP/MMA/File/Jefferson Ruddy)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/sc_afp/kenyaenergyalternative afp/20090701/kenyaenergyalternative AFP science Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:34:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/sc_afp/kenyaenergyalternative"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246466489740-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=AeDDrRieS4QV9yj5ODs2tg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga listens during a session "The State of Africa" at the World Economic Forum in January 2009. Kenya on Wednesday unveiled extensive plans to invest in renewable energy, including free distribution of one million energy-saving light bulbs in exchange for ordinary bulbs.(AFP/File/Pierre Verdy)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Kenya on Wednesday unveiled extensive plans to invest in renewable energy, including free distribution of one million energy-saving light bulbs in exchange for ordinary bulbs.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/sc_afp/kenyaenergyalternative"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246466489740-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=AeDDrRieS4QV9yj5ODs2tg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga listens during a session "The State of Africa" at the World Economic Forum in January 2009. Kenya on Wednesday unveiled extensive plans to invest in renewable energy, including free distribution of one million energy-saving light bulbs in exchange for ordinary bulbs.(AFP/File/Pierre Verdy)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/wl_afp/swedeneupresidency afp/20090701/swedeneupresidency AFP science Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:13:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/wl_afp/swedeneupresidency"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246471883985-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=GXqzIhZKgBfOWh8gCBey0A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden (L) welcomes the President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso in the Royal Palace in Stockholm. Sweden kicked off its six-month European Union presidency Wednesday amid fears the bloc's unresolved institutional woes may overshadow its priorities of tackling climate change and the economic crisis.(AFP/Olivier Morin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Sweden kicked off its six-month European Union presidency Wednesday amid fears the bloc's unresolved institutional woes may overshadow its priorities of tackling climate change and the economic crisis.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/wl_afp/swedeneupresidency"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246471883985-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=GXqzIhZKgBfOWh8gCBey0A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden (L) welcomes the President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso in the Royal Palace in Stockholm. Sweden kicked off its six-month European Union presidency Wednesday amid fears the bloc's unresolved institutional woes may overshadow its priorities of tackling climate change and the economic crisis.(AFP/Olivier Morin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/sc_afp/environmentphilippinestree afp/20090701/environmentphilippinestree AFP science Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:07:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/sc_afp/environmentphilippinestree"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246456838646-1-0.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=37hKwBXCYHEOHjjib16L1w--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Wildlife officials have foiled an apparent attempt to smuggle rare 200-year-old trees out of the Philippines, the government said Wednesday. "Igem-dagat is included in the list of threatened species being protected by the government. Its trading is strictly regulated," Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Joselito Atienza, seen here in 2006, said.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Wildlife officials have foiled an apparent attempt to smuggle rare 200-year-old trees out of the Philippines, the government said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/sc_afp/environmentphilippinestree"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246456838646-1-0.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=37hKwBXCYHEOHjjib16L1w--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="photo" title="Wildlife officials have foiled an apparent attempt to smuggle rare 200-year-old trees out of the Philippines, the government said Wednesday. "Igem-dagat is included in the list of threatened species being protected by the government. Its trading is strictly regulated," Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Joselito Atienza, seen here in 2006, said.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)