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EU leaders guard economies in climate battle
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders vowed to maintain ambitious targets to battle climate change despite the economic crisis, saying green industries would drive growth, deliver new jobs and protect against oil shocks.
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New Guide on Sewage Sludge Use in Food Production
Minneapolis - Consumers should choose foods produced without sludge and avoid use of sewage sludge-based fertilizer products in home gardens, concludes a new guide by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP).
Sewage sludge can contain disease-causing microbes, synthetic chemicals, and heavy metals that can cause acute and chronic disease, finds the "Smart Guide on Sludge Use in Food Production" by IATP's Marie Kulick. Many of these contaminants can persist in soil for centuries and can enter the food system through crops grown on sludge-treated land, as well as through food animals that graze on sludge-treated land.
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Plight Of The Penguins
Washington, DC, October 10, 2008 — Half to three-quarters of major Antarctic penguin colonies — including the iconic Emperor Penguin, which was made famous by the blockbuster hit March of the Penguins — will likely experience significant decline or disappearance as a result of climate change, according to a new report from World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
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Global Crisis: How Far to Go?
Contemporaries are often poor judges of historical events. People who saw a group of soldiers pushing around a man in rags before he was crucified could be excused for not realizing they were witnessing perhaps the most important event in human history.
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Researchers find new use for biomass
A China—US team has developed a new catalyst to directly convert cellulose, the most common form of biomass, into a useful chemical.
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Environment officials meet in Warsaw to address climate change
Environment ministers and officials from more than 30 countries held an informal meeting in the Polish capital this week to prepare for a major UN climate conference.
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Forest plan may 'fuel corruption'
The UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has launched a plan to save the world's threatened rainforests - but already it is running into opposition.
The review by Swedish businessman Johan Eliasch proposes paying poor nations not to cut down their trees.
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