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Atlanticville - Wed Nov 25, 9:22 pm ET
The Monmouth County Audubon Society will meet 8 p.m. Dec. 9 at Trinity Episcopal Church, White Street, Red Bank. Naturalists and writers Clay and Pat Sutton will present "Birds and Birding at Cape May," based on the Sutton's book. The couple will share the rich history of Cape May birding, from the early days through the discoveries of today.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 12:17 pm ET
When people think about pesticides and health, cancer and birth defects probably come to mind. But new research shows pesticide exposure may contribute to a much more common affliction: itchy, runny, stuffy noses.
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New York Times - Thu Nov 26, 12:05 pm ET
Much of corporate America has already been thinking about how to comply with sharp cuts when they came, and that day seems to have moved closer.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 11:59 am ET
Poachers "wiped out" the entire elephant herd in Sierra Leone's only wildlife park, wildlife managers said Thursday after police said they had arrested a gang of 10 poachers.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 6:17 am ET
China announced its first targets for limiting carbon emissions on Thursday, joining the United States in revealing the stance it will take at next month's high-stakes climate summit.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 6:04 am ET
China has unveiled its first firm target to curb greenhouse gas emissions, laying out a carbon intensity goal on Thursday that Premier Wen Jiabao will take to looming climate talks as his government's central commitment.
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CNN - Thu Nov 26, 11:17 am ET
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will attend a major U.N. climate-change summit next month in Denmark, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Thursday.
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Washington Post - Thu Nov 26, 10:58 am ET
China announced Thursday that it will cut its economy's carbon intensity by up to 45 percent by 2020, the state news agency Xinhua said, and that Premier Wen Jiabao will participate in international climate negotiations in Copenhagen next month.
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Forbes - Wed Nov 25, 6:15 pm ET
Phil Radford, the new executive director of Greenpeace USA, pushes corporations to higher levels of environmental consciousness.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 10:50 am ET
The global gas industry, battered by the economic downturn, is likely to suffer a 4.8 percent slide in production in 2009, its worst performance in 40 years, an industry association warned on Thursday.
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Yahoo! Sports via Yahoo! Sports - Thu Nov 26, 10:10 am ET
Jerry Wainwright and DePaul are off to an unexpected strong start, building positive momentum.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 10:08 am ET
China announced plans Thursday to cut its carbon emissions by up to 45 percent as measured against its economic output — a commitment from the world's largest polluter that builds momentum ahead of a widely anticipated climate conference in Copenhagen next month.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 9:37 am ET
US and Chinese proposals for tackling greenhouse gases were hailed Thursday while confirmation their leaders will attend next month's climate summit boosted hopes for a global-warming accord.
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New York Times - Thu Nov 26, 9:01 am ET
President Obama and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will attend the Copenhagen climate talks next month and have pledged new targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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MSNBC - Thu Nov 26, 2:30 pm ET
Carbon sequestration sounds like a perfect solution to America's energy woes: capture CO2 emitted by power plants in the atmosphere and store it in the ground. But as the technology to perfect carbon sequestration advances, it continues to face an unlikely source of opposition: environmentalists. Environment - United States - Carbon dioxide - Carbon Cycle - Carbon sequestration
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AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 4:00 pm ET
The Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday postponed a planned roundup of thousands of wild horses in Nevada because of a lawsuit and to allow time for appeals of its decision.
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USA Today - Thu Nov 26, 8:16 am ET
Australian authorities plan to corral about 6,000 wild camels with helicopters and gun them down after they overran a small Outback town in search of water, trampling fences, smashing tanks and contaminating supplies.
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BusinessWeek via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 8:08 am ET
If you are a pundit, or get paid to watch trends, then this message doesn't apply to you. It's your job to go out and find the next shiny object that could influence how we live and do business.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 7:57 am ET
Somali pirates said Thursday they had released a Greek cargo vessel and its Ukrainian crew after a payment of 3.7 million dollars more than six months after it was captured in the Indian Ocean.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 7:49 am ET
Thanksgiving Day for soldiers in this valley ringed by towering snowy peaks began with a 6-mile (10-kilometer) slog to aid village schools without desks and windows, and ended with five, once scrawny local turkeys soldiers have been fattening up for the past month.