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Saudi and German representatives from industry and research started yesterday a two-day workshop in Riyadh to discuss future cooperation on concentrated solar power (CSP) between the Kingdom and Germany. ...more |
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![Philippines typhoon crop damage worth $110 million: FAO Philippines typhoon crop damage worth $110 million: FAO](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_a5d4136d-4efa-41ae-98b3-4ba69ef91940_.jpg) |
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The typhoon that hit the Philippines has caused crop losses worth $110 million and inflicted damage to the agriculture sector of more than twice that figure, preliminary estimates from the United Nation's food agency showed on Tuesday. ...more |
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![Russia grants bail to nine foreign Greenpeace activists Russia grants bail to nine foreign Greenpeace activists](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_310918f4-03d8-48f8-964b-82c03fbf4196_.jpg) |
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Russian courts granted bail to nine jailed foreign Greenpeace activists on Tuesday, a turnaround in Russia's treatment of 30 people facing trial over a protest against Arctic oil drilling. ...more |
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![Gabon troops kill poacher, arrest 34 others near elephant park Gabon troops kill poacher, arrest 34 others near elephant park](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_df4cb5bc-4b07-467a-b93b-8fa7635f5eb4_.png) |
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Gabonese soldiers killed a poacher and arrested 34 other illegal hunters near a national park which is home to endangered forest elephants, the government said on Tuesday. ...more |
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![Norway's military wages war on global warming by going vegan Norway's military wages war on global warming by going vegan](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_07485b8d-8234-46fe-849c-b44875213fd8_.JPG) |
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Norway has been a leader in efforts to stem CO2 emissions worldwide and has supported implementation of measures to aid developing countries in achieving U.N. goals of reducing greenhouse gases. To Norwegians, the health of our planet is a serious matter. ...more |
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![Flash floods claim 15 lives Flash floods claim 15 lives](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_8d7dde79-8cfa-4239-8daa-b178324ab0e5_.jpg) |
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At least 15 people have died and eight others are reported missing in flash floods caused by heavy rains in Riyadh and other parts of the Kingdom in the last 24 hours. ...more |
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![Exposed: The myth of the global warming 'pause' Exposed: The myth of the global warming 'pause'](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_073651d3-de10-4daf-b5e0-5e84d1194d7e_.jpg) |
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Scientists can now explain the “pause” in global warming that skeptics have used to bolster their arguments. Skeptics had claimed we have nothing to fear from climate change because it has stopped being a problem. ...more |
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![Brazil declares emergency as hungry caterpillars attack crops Brazil declares emergency as hungry caterpillars attack crops](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_cee7139d-633b-4708-ad5c-b81f40e61fc1_.jpg) |
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Infestations of the Helicoverpa caterpillar in Brazil's grain belt prompted the agriculture ministry on Monday to declare a state of emergency in the leading soy state of Mato Grosso, highlighting the potential risk to large parts of the crop. ...more |
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![Children's congenial heart defects linked to environmental toxins Children's congenial heart defects linked to environmental toxins](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_ef2e87c2-c935-4c53-b102-2a565f199fda_.png) |
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Approximately 8 out of every 1,000 newborns have congenial heart defects — abnormalities in the heart's structure that happen due to incomplete or irregular development of the fetus' heart during the first stages of the mother's pregnancy. ...more |
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![2012 death toll for bats reaches 600,000 due to wind turbines 2012 death toll for bats reaches 600,000 due to wind turbines](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_889049b6-6b2f-4bd4-8d02-051af296f457_.jpg) |
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Efforts to promote and develop new forms of sustainable energy have pushed wind power to the forefront. However, this type of power comes with a cost — as it often interferes with birds' and bats' migration, killing hundreds of thousands of these winged species. ...more |
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