Peruvian city to be moved due to mining damage
Lima - Extreme environmental damage caused by mining has prompted the residents in the Peruvian city of Carro Pasco to move the entire town. The move was approved in a meeting of residents, national media reported Wednesday. The city is the provincia...
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Iceland commission says polar bears to be shot
Reykjavik - Polar bears that drift ashore on Iceland should be shot and not offered a safe haven, a commission recommended Tuesday. The commission was appointed this summer after two polar bears landed on the northern coast of Iceland apparently afte...
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2008-12-02 ] Category : [
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Tag team show whale rescues worth the effort
Sydney - When whales become stranded on beaches in Australia, television pictures flash across the globe of volunteers with towels and buckets keeping the hapless creatures wet and trying to coax them back out to sea. Sometimes, even before the tears...
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2008-12-01 ] Category : [
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150 whales die in Australian stranding
Sydney - One hundred and fifty whales have died in a mass stranding in Australia - almost double the original tally, authorities said Sunday. Of the long-finned pilot whales that came ashore on Tasmania's west coast, 30 were shepherded out to sea by ...
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2008-11-30 ] Category : [
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Destruction continues in Brazil's rain forest
Sao Paulo - The destruction of Brazil's rain forests is continuing unabated, according to a government report released Saturday, just days before a UN climate conference in Poland. The Brazilian government had pushed for the data's release ahead of t...
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2008-11-29 ] Category : [
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Floods, landslides kill 97 in southern Brazil
Rio de Janeiro -At least 97 people have died in flooding and landslides in a southern Brazilian state since the weekend in one of the worst weather-related catastrophes to hit the South American country in decades, authorities said late Wednesday. Th...
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2008-11-27 ] Category : [
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