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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/3486 science Environment News en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:56:54 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/3486 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/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_eu/climate_hacked_e_mails ap/20091122/climate_hacked_e_mails AP science Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:56:54 GMT AP - A leading climate change scientist says the leak of documents stolen from a British research institute may be aimed at undermining talks at next month's Copenhagen global climate summit. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_sc/sci_climate_09_post_kyoto ap/20091122/sci_climate_09_post_kyoto AP science Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:52:58 GMT AP - Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated &mdash; beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_bi_ge/us_three_mile_island_radiation ap/20091122/us_three_mile_island_radiation AP science Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:08:19 GMT AP - A small amount of radiation has been detected in a reactor building at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in central Pennsylvania. Officials say there is no public health risk. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091122/ts_nm/us_climate_leaders nm/20091122/us_climate_leaders Reuters science Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:38:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091122/ts_nm/us_climate_leaders"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091122/i/r3853728847.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=evAC.36WkL5yu_qAZDStFQ--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="Greenpeace activists hang banners at the Sagrada Familia Temple, designed by Antoni Gaudi, in Barcelona November 2, 2009. REUTERS/Albert Gea" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sixty-five world leaders have confirmed they will attend next month's U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen which Danish officials hope will bring strong political commitment for a new treaty to combat global warming.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091122/ts_nm/us_climate_leaders"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091122/i/r3853728847.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=evAC.36WkL5yu_qAZDStFQ--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="photo" title="Greenpeace activists hang banners at the Sagrada Familia Temple, designed by Antoni Gaudi, in Barcelona November 2, 2009. REUTERS/Albert Gea" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091122/sc_afp/unclimatewarmingchinaenergywind afp/20091122/unclimatewarmingchinaenergywind AFP science Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:25:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091122/sc_afp/unclimatewarmingchinaenergywind"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091122/capt.photo_1258874254441-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=sNuAD6oge_XTqs9aIzzh5w--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Cars and people are seen passing near wind power turbines in Dali, in the China's southwestern Yunnan province. In energy-hungry Yunnan, power is being produced at wind farms, dams and garbage dumps as the Asian giant adopts more "green" technology thanks to carbon trading.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - In the mountains above the southwestern Chinese town of Dali, dozens of new wind turbines dot the landscape -- a symbol of the country's sky-high ambitions for clean, green energy.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091122/sc_afp/unclimatewarmingchinaenergywind"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091122/capt.photo_1258874254441-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=sNuAD6oge_XTqs9aIzzh5w--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Cars and people are seen passing near wind power turbines in Dali, in the China's southwestern Yunnan province. In energy-hungry Yunnan, power is being produced at wind farms, dams and garbage dumps as the Asian giant adopts more "green" technology thanks to carbon trading.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_bi_ge/us_uranium_mystery ap/20091121/us_uranium_mystery AP science Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:31:10 GMT AP - Peggy Pauly lives in a robin-egg blue, two-story house not far from acres of onion fields that make the northern Nevada air smell sweet at harvest time. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/sc_afp/climateenvironmentcentamwarming afp/20091121/climateenvironmentcentamwarming AFP science Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:41:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/sc_afp/climateenvironmentcentamwarming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258832404623-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=Kq.ZnDRhjenWgD8fdXoIyg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="View of a damaged national road in the outskirts of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in 2008. Central American nations will demand 105 billion dollars from industrialized countries for damages caused by global warming, the region's representatives said on Friday.(AFP/File/Orlando Sierra)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Central American nations will demand 105 billion dollars from industrialized countries for damages caused by global warming, the region's representatives said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/sc_afp/climateenvironmentcentamwarming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258832404623-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=Kq.ZnDRhjenWgD8fdXoIyg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="View of a damaged national road in the outskirts of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in 2008. Central American nations will demand 105 billion dollars from industrialized countries for damages caused by global warming, the region's representatives said on Friday.(AFP/File/Orlando Sierra)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_sc/eu_climate_hacked_e_mails ap/20091121/eu_climate_hacked_e_mails AP science Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:34:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_sc/eu_climate_hacked_e_mails"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258558115361-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=xKO1Nl3f8OiDtu7fEhnpCw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Smoke billows from factories in Moscow. Braking the rise in Earth's population would be a major help in the fight against global warming, according to an unprecedented UN report that draws a link between demographic pressure and climate change.(AFP/File/Denis Sinyakov)" border="0" /></a>AP - Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online &mdash; stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_sc/eu_climate_hacked_e_mails"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258558115361-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=xKO1Nl3f8OiDtu7fEhnpCw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Smoke billows from factories in Moscow. Braking the rise in Earth's population would be a major help in the fight against global warming, according to an unprecedented UN report that draws a link between demographic pressure and climate change.(AFP/File/Denis Sinyakov)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/sc_afp/indonesiaenvironmentforestsprotest afp/20091121/indonesiaenvironmentforestsprotest AFP science Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:29:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/sc_afp/indonesiaenvironmentforestsprotest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258831705768-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=aUoxgL_vlVf1xIaUXDfrrQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Greenpeace activists rally against deforestation in Jakarta. Hundreds of Greenpeace activists rallied in support of a commitment by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by deforestation.(AFP/Adek Berry)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Hundreds of Greenpeace activists rallied Saturday in support of a commitment by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by deforestation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/sc_afp/indonesiaenvironmentforestsprotest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258831705768-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=aUoxgL_vlVf1xIaUXDfrrQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Greenpeace activists rally against deforestation in Jakarta. Hundreds of Greenpeace activists rallied in support of a commitment by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by deforestation.(AFP/Adek Berry)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/sc_afp/environmentmexicocanadainsectnature afp/20091121/environmentmexicocanadainsectnature AFP science Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:47:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/sc_afp/environmentmexicocanadainsectnature"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258822019895-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=umWwnpp6wwmWGtYv.BuV8w--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Monarch butterflies in the Mexican state of Michoacan. The mysterious Monarch butterfly, which migrates en masse annually between Canada and Mexico, is now facing a new peril: another insect thriving in Western Mexican forests.(AFP/File/Mario Vazquez)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The mysterious Monarch butterfly, which migrates en masse annually between Canada and Mexico, is now facing a new peril: another insect thriving in Western Mexican forests.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/sc_afp/environmentmexicocanadainsectnature"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258822019895-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=umWwnpp6wwmWGtYv.BuV8w--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Monarch butterflies in the Mexican state of Michoacan. The mysterious Monarch butterfly, which migrates en masse annually between Canada and Mexico, is now facing a new peril: another insect thriving in Western Mexican forests.(AFP/File/Mario Vazquez)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/wl_africa_afp/icoastenvironmentpollutionbritain afp/20091121/icoastenvironmentpollutionbritain AFP science Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:35:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/wl_africa_afp/icoastenvironmentpollutionbritain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258821036828-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=TwB.kBybazOJmniey7DQ.g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A civil protection member of Ivory Coast points at a site polluted with toxic waste at the Akouedo district in Abidjan, 2006. Thousands of victims of toxic waste dumped in Ivory Coast are still waiting for compensation two months after a settlement was agreed because of a dispute over who should distribute the money.(AFP/File/Issouf Sanogo)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Thousands of victims of toxic waste dumped in Ivory Coast are still waiting for compensation two months after a settlement was agreed because of a dispute over who should distribute the money.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/wl_africa_afp/icoastenvironmentpollutionbritain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258821036828-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=TwB.kBybazOJmniey7DQ.g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A civil protection member of Ivory Coast points at a site polluted with toxic waste at the Akouedo district in Abidjan, 2006. Thousands of victims of toxic waste dumped in Ivory Coast are still waiting for compensation two months after a settlement was agreed because of a dispute over who should distribute the money.(AFP/File/Issouf Sanogo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/bs_afp/turkeyenergynuclear afp/20091121/turkeyenergynuclear AFP science Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:47:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/bs_afp/turkeyenergynuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258811235644-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=G.ZzH9KTH3zxahKDBOFn9g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz, seen here in May 2009, said that the country is determined to build a nuclear power plant and will launch a new project to replace a failed tender.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Turkey is determined to build a nuclear power plant and will launch a new project to replace a failed tender, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz was quoted as saying Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/bs_afp/turkeyenergynuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258811235644-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=G.ZzH9KTH3zxahKDBOFn9g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz, seen here in May 2009, said that the country is determined to build a nuclear power plant and will launch a new project to replace a failed tender.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20091120/bs_ibd_ibd/20091120issues01 ibd/20091120/20091120issues01 Investor's Business Daily science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:40:01 GMT Investor's Business Daily - Climate Change: As scientists confirm the earth has not warmed at all in the past decade, others wonder how this could be and what it means for Copenhagen. Maybe Al Gore can Photoshop something before December. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_bi_ge/us_ethanol_plant_fire ap/20091120/us_ethanol_plant_fire AP business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:51:35 GMT AP - The owners of a Lexington ethanol plant and their insurer are suing a subsidiary of a Houston-based natural gas provider they say is responsible for an explosion and fire that shut down the plant for weeks. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_bi_ge/us_asian_carp ap/20091120/us_asian_carp AP science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:13:48 GMT AP - Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, officials said Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_bi_ge/us_colorado_lobbyists ap/20091120/us_colorado_lobbyists AP science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:12:44 GMT AP - At a time of budget cuts, Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter's administration last year paid employees and outside contractors $1.1 million to lobby Colorado lawmakers on legislation ranging from renewable energy tax credits to increasing motor vehicle license fees. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_bi_ge/us_fuel_efficiency ap/20091120/us_fuel_efficiency AP science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:58:11 GMT AP - The fleet of new cars and trucks sold to U.S. consumers averaged 21 miles per gallon in the 2008 model year, a modest increase over the previous year, the Environmental Protection Agency reported Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_bi_ge/us_goodyear_toyota_tire ap/20091120/us_goodyear_toyota_tire AP science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:19:29 GMT AP - Goodyear said Friday the 2010 Toyota Prius now includes its fuel-efficient tire, Assurance Fuel Max, as standard equipment. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/sc_afp/russiaclimatewarmingoilgasenergy afp/20091120/russiaclimatewarmingoilgasenergy AFP science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:03:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/sc_afp/russiaclimatewarmingoilgasenergy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258743755456-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2J4ULf1Ea5XtPwJdZ6U8fA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A gas pipeline is seen at the Russian gas compressor station in Sudzha near the Russian-Ukrainian border in January 2009. Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia's territory, Greenpeace warned in a new study Friday.(AFP/File/Sergei Supinsky)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia's territory, Greenpeace warned in a new study Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/sc_afp/russiaclimatewarmingoilgasenergy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258743755456-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2J4ULf1Ea5XtPwJdZ6U8fA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A gas pipeline is seen at the Russian gas compressor station in Sudzha near the Russian-Ukrainian border in January 2009. Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia's territory, Greenpeace warned in a new study Friday.(AFP/File/Sergei Supinsky)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/bs_afp/turkeyrussiaenergynuclear afp/20091120/turkeyrussiaenergynuclear AFP science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:07:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/bs_afp/turkeyrussiaenergynuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258740437591-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=xQfN5FGbIRyR_lVOyA4a5g--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Greenpeace activists lay in front of the Energy Ministry in Ankara in 2008. Turkey on Friday scrapped a 2008 tender won by a Russian-led consortium to build the country's first nuclear power plant -- a process that had been under threat of being invalidated by a court decision.(AFP/File/Adem Altan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Turkey on Friday scrapped a 2008 tender won by a Russian-led consortium to build the country's first nuclear power plant -- a process that had been under threat of being invalidated by a court decision.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/environment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/bs_afp/turkeyrussiaenergynuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258740437591-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=xQfN5FGbIRyR_lVOyA4a5g--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Greenpeace activists lay in front of the Energy Ministry in Ankara in 2008. Turkey on Friday scrapped a 2008 tender won by a Russian-led consortium to build the country's first nuclear power plant -- a process that had been under threat of being invalidated by a court decision.(AFP/File/Adem Altan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)