Indonesia deports Greenpeace activists
AP - Sat Nov 14, 6:55 am ETIndonesian authorities say they are deporting 11 foreign Greenpeace activists for joining a protest against forest destruction.
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Obama must be more engaged on climate change: Greenpeace
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 13, 12:15 pm ETGreenpeace, the global environmental group, called Friday on US President Barack Obama to become more engaged on climate change at home and abroad, just two days ahead of his visit to China.
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U.S. Forest Service blames steep terrain for Station fire's spread
Los Angeles Times - Fri Nov 13, 8:51 pm ETBut the inquiry into the blaze fails to address key questions about the agency's actions on Day 2. A U.S. Forest Service review of its response to the Station fire has concluded that the blaze raged out of control because it spread into terrain too steep for firefighters to safely confront the flames, but the inquiry failed to address key questions about the agency's actions on the critical ...
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US Forest Service: Spread of deadly Los Angeles wildfire unpreventable due to steep...
San Diego Union-Tribune - Fri Nov 13, 1:25 pm ETUS Forest Service: Spread of deadly Los Angeles wildfire unpreventable due to steep terrain.
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Report: Terrain, brush to blame in huge wildfire
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 13, 8:28 pm ETThe largest wildfire in Los Angeles County history raged out of control because it jumped into inaccessible terrain, not because the U.S. Forest Service scaled back firefighters and aircraft attacking the flames, a federal review found Friday.
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A movie about the founding of Greenpeace?
Orlando Sentinel - Fri Nov 13, 12:36 pm ETJ on Turtletaub wants to make a movie about the origins of Greenpeace, the activist arm of the modern environmental movement. The director of the National Treasure movies seems like an odd choice to do a movie about the origins and early triumphs of the group that made "Save the Whales" a rallying cry for a people out to save a planet in peril.
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Ethiopia's ONLF rebels say captured seven towns
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 49 minutes agoEthiopian rebels fighting for independence for a region with potentially significant oil and gas reserves said on Saturday they had captured seven towns near the border with neighboring Somalia.
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APEC retreats from C02 target, Brazil pledges cut
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 50 minutes agoAsia Pacific leaders backed away on Saturday from supporting a global halving of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, even as Brazil pledged deep cuts of its own over the next decade.
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FACT CHECK: Palin's book goes rogue on some facts
AP via Yahoo! News - 50 minutes agoSarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over time.
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At 75, Charles Manson still has power to influence others
CNN - 55 minutes agoAt 75, Charles Manson has spent more than half his life in prison for masterminding the notorious Helter Skelter killing spree that left actress Sharon Tate and six others dead in Los Angeles during the summer of 1969.
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APEC leaders back off on emissions cut target: draft
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 55 minutes agoAsia Pacific leaders are backing away from a target of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, pledging instead to "substantially" slash them by that date, the latest draft of their summit statement says.
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Muralitharan looking to sign off in style in India
Reuters via Yahoo! Sports - 57 minutes agoMaster spinner Muttiah Muralitharan seeks to scale twin peaks in the series against India -- win Sri Lanka's first test on Indian soil and put his country top of the world test rankings for the first time.
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France, Brazil agree policy for climate conference
AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 6 minutes agoFrance and Brazil have adopted a common policy for next week's global warming summit in Copenhagen, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Saturday.
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Dutch drivers to pay tax on road time, not on car
AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 8 minutes agoThe Dutch government plans to bring the polluter-pays principle into the home garage.
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Valley ranch may become nursery for cottonwoods
The Record-Courier - Sat Nov 14, 6:29 am ETValley ranch may become nursery for cottonwoods Staff Reports Members of The Nature Conservancy, Mariah Power and the Audubon Society planted cottonwood trees at the River Fork Ranch near Genoa on Oct. 23. The volunteer day, sponsored in part by Toyota's Together Green program, was open to the community to join volunteers from Mariah Power. "We are excited to spend a day planting trees with the ...
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In Asia, Obama Makes Promises of Change
Time Magazine - 1 hour 20 minutes agoPresident Obama's popular and rhetorical success on the global stage has not yet been matched by resolution of the United States' foreign policy challenges.
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Brazil to offer carbon cut of 36% at UN climate meet
AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 37 minutes agoBrazil said Friday it would offer a "voluntary" cut of at least 36 percent in greenhouse gas emissions at the UN conference on climate change in Copenhagen next month.
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Population of historic Venice totters near 60,000
AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 45 minutes agoHistoric Venice is approaching the dread status of living museum, with a population now below 60,000 — a largely symbolic threshold considered by some to signal the end of the city's viability.
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Navy’s Vieques Training May Be Tied to Health Risks
New York Times - 2 hours 42 minutes agoA federal agency reversed its conclusion that contamination posed no risks to residents in Puerto Rico.
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Obama Says U.S. Seeking Broader Engagement With Asia
Bloomberg via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 14, 7:16 am ETNov. 14 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama promised broader engagement with Asia, staking a U.S. claim in shaping the future development of a region that is leading the world out of recession.
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Peru, Chile in major spying row
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 14, 7:02 am ETPeru and Chile were embroiled Saturday in a worsening serious diplomatic row, after two Chilean military officials were allegedly found to be spying in Peru.
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