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Jobs, economics complicate Brazil's Amazon fight
AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 5 minutes agoDrawing his .40-caliber pistol, Severiano Pontes dashes across the steaming, muddy jungle floor, a hunch telling him what he would find around a bend.
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In Greenland, warming fuels dream of hidden wealth
AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 41 minutes agoGert Ignatiussen returns to this fjord-front Inuit town with the spoils of his hunting trip. Six seals, all killed with a single shot to the head.
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U.S. Forest Service to sell vehicles, equipment during on-line auction
Red Bluff Daily News - Thu Nov 26, 2:04 pm ETThe U.S. Forest Service will be selling surplus vehicles and equipment by public Internet auction Nov. 30- Dec. 7. The Shasta-Trinity and Mendocino National Forests will be selling 130 items, including cars, trucks, heavy equipment and miscellaneous equipment to the highest Internet bidders.
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Texas gov leads GOP fight against climate bill
AP via Yahoo! Finance - 1 hour 35 minutes agoWhile the U.S. Senate considers a climate bill aiming to dramatically slash air pollution linked to global warming, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and other Republican leaders in the state that leads the nation in greenhouse gas production are watching closely -- and objecting loudly.
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Global Warming: Once Stable East Antarctica Losing Ice
Time Magazine - Fri Nov 27, 5:05 am ETA new study suggests that the East Antarctic ice sheet, which holds about five times as much ice as West Antarctica and Greenland combined, is in decline
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Indonesian police stop Greenpeace forest protest
WTOL 11 Toledo - Thu Nov 26, 4:00 am ETPolice broke up a protest by the environmental group Greenpeace against deforestation on the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Thursday, arresting 12 foreign and six Indonesian demonstrators, an activist said.
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China says it will cut its carbon emissions by up to 45 percent by 2020
Washington Post - Fri Nov 27, 12:00 am ETChina announced Thursday that it will lower its carbon emissions relative to the size of its economy by as much as 45 percent by 2020, the official New China News Agency reported, and that Premier Wen Jiabao will participate in international climate negotiations in Copenhagen next month.
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Almunia, Barnier, Rehn Given Top EU Economy Positions (Update1)
Bloomberg - 23 minutes agoBarroso, president of the European Commission, also chose Olli Rehn of Finland as economy commissioner and Karel De Gucht of Belgium as the EU’s top trade negotiator.
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China, U.S. Greenhouse Gas Pledges May Drive UN Deal (Update1)
Bloomberg - Fri Nov 27, 5:01 am ETNov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Pledges by China and the U.S. to set numerical targets for their greenhouse-gas emissions through 2020 may improve chances for a global climate agreement at negotiations next month in Copenhagen.
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'Cash for Clunkers,' household edition
Washington Post - Thu Nov 26, 11:21 pm ETIn U.S. history, there may have been no better time to own a junk car, a rattling old fridge and a leaking dishwasher.
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Hopi hotel showcases Arizona tribe's culture
AP via Yahoo! Finance - 1 hour 8 minutes agoTourists traveling the vast expanse of tribal lands in northern Arizona soon will have a venue to learn about the culture of one of the oldest indigenous tribes in America.
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NM researcher develops trees for dry, rural areas
AP via Yahoo! Finance - 1 hour 14 minutes agoA New Mexico State University researcher is using tree planting to help arid, impoverished regions in the Four Corners region and Africa.
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Guenther Oettinger Is Named EU Energy Commissioner (Update1)
Bloomberg - 1 hour 38 minutes agoNov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Guenther Oettinger was named European Union energy commissioner, responsible for guarding the bloc’s oil and gas supply security and promoting the use of cleaner technologies to protect the climate.
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ND company proposes diesel plant near Williston
AP via Yahoo! Finance - 1 hour 40 minutes agoA Fargo company is seeking investors for a plant in northwestern North Dakota that would make diesel fuel to help run drilling rigs in the state's oil patch, but one oil industry official said it might be a risky business.
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Climate debate heats up Caribbean summit
AP via Yahoo! Finance - 1 hour 50 minutes agoAn approaching global climate summit has raised the temperature at what is usually low-key meeting of leaders from Britain's former colonial empire.
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Ahead of the Bell: Lower demand, dollar hurt Deere
AP via Yahoo! Finance - 1 hour 58 minutes agoAn improved 2010 revenue forecast prompted an analyst to slightly increase his profit estimate for Deere & Co. Friday, although he warned that the farm equipment manufacturer could be hurt by reduced demand and the weak dollar.
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China vows to cut greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2020
Los Angeles Times - Fri Nov 27, 3:13 am ETThe promise, along with a target announced by Obama the day before, raises expectations for the Copenhagen climate summit next month. China vowed Thursday to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by nearly half over the next decade, a move that environmentalists and the Obama administration hailed as a major, and perhaps decisive, development toward agreement on a comprehensive climate treaty.
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China pledges effort to limit its 'greenhouse' gases
Los Angeles Times - Fri Nov 27, 3:09 am ETThe vow comes a day after Obama promised a cut by the U.S., and leaders of both countries now say they'll attend a climate summit next month. China pledged today to increase its efforts to limit "greenhouse" gases, and said that Premier Wen Jiabao would attend the Copenhagen climate summit next month.
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Almunia, Barnier, Rehn Given Top EU Economy Positions (Update1)
Bloomberg - 2 hours 30 minutes agoBarroso, president of the European Commission, also chose Olli Rehn of Finland as economy commissioner and Karel De Gucht of Belgium as the EU’s top trade negotiator.
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China, U.S. Greenhouse Gas Pledges May Drive UN Deal (Update1)
Bloomberg - Fri Nov 27, 2:51 am ETNov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Pledges by China and the U.S. to set numerical targets for their greenhouse-gas emissions through 2020 may improve chances for a global climate agreement at negotiations next month in Copenhagen.
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British school roof wins nature reserve status
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Ivorians await compensation for ecological disaster
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U.S. and China to Go to Talks With Emissions Targets
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