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Kenya is no stranger to adaptation when it comes to food production. Kenya's cultural and political underpinnings are reliant upon adaptation to current climatic conditions. ...more |
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Over the last decade, US kids and teenagers have started getting slightly more exercise and reduced their television watching, a new study suggests. ...more |
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![Greenpeace protests Arctic drilling as polar bears flourish Greenpeace protests Arctic drilling as polar bears flourish](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_77fa9efd-87ee-4c8d-8764-60536a7aa430_.jpg) |
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As many as 3,000 protesters took to the streets of London and marched alongside a double-decker-bus sized polar bear puppet, calling for bans on oil and natural gas drilling in the Arctic. ...more |
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![France to increase tax on high-emission cars: paper France to increase tax on high-emission cars: paper](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_4a5ad148-88c9-4ef7-a99a-f1452fe1e422_.jpg) |
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France is to raise the maximum levy on purchases of cars with high emissions to 8,000 euros from 6,000, a measure that could bring in 100 million euros ($133.53 million) in tax receipts next year, newspaper Les Echos reported. ...more |
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The Environment Society of Oman (ESO) on Sunday announced its second Inter-College Environmental Public Speaking Competition at a press conference at Petroleum Development Oman’s EcOman Centre. ...more |
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![Scottish government to ban petrol and diesel cars from city centres Scottish government to ban petrol and diesel cars from city centres](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_8ae74ce2-0689-456c-8a8c-c3b2fa4e75f4_.jpg) |
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While many sceptics and supporters of the electric vehicle industry have been discussing aspects of a petrol and diesel car ban from city centres, few had expected this to emerge in the news in the short to medium term. ...more |
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![Brazil cools on nuclear power plans; favors wind Brazil cools on nuclear power plans; favors wind](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_ed171b3a-56e6-4e49-9c35-4c0421df6dc0_.jpg) |
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Brazil will probably scale down its plans for new nuclear plants due to safety concerns following the 2011 radiation leak in Japan and pick up some of the slack with a "revolution" in wind power, the head of the government's energy planning agency said. ...more |
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![Enel Green Power to take part in U.S. army renewable energy tenders Enel Green Power to take part in U.S. army renewable energy tenders](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_6ec3374a-146d-4135-b5d2-4ee065732a76_.jpg) |
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Italy's biggest renewable energy group Enel Green Power said on Friday it was one of 22 companies that had won the right to take part in tenders to supply the U.S. army with wind and solar power. ...more |
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![Japan deep sea drilling boat casts off to find quakes Japan deep sea drilling boat casts off to find quakes](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_e73b26bc-006d-41f3-b423-6eba024c3ac6_.jpg) |
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A Japan-led team of seismologists set off on Friday on a mission to drill deep beneath the seabed in a search for the origin of earthquakes. ...more |
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Heavy smoke and the acrid smell of chemicals still lingers over Dammam's industrial city from a huge fire that broke out Sunday at an ARASCO factory containing 23,000 tons of animal fodder. ...more |
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