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Exxon Valdez oil 'still persists' Rainforests turned into smoldering ruins Firm agrees Ivorian waste payouts Obama to curb vehicle emissions
Jan.18   Alaska

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Dec.6   Sumatra
Sep.20   Ivory Coast
May.19   Washington

Deal struck at UN climate talks Map of Bangkok Thailand  Experts at a climate change conference in Bangkok have reached a deal on the ways to combat global warming Billions face climate change risk Climate change blackout Climate bill set to be unveiled Warming 'very likely' human-made

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Exxon Valdez oil 'still persists'  Large quantities of oil spilled during the 1989 disaster still persists beneath gravel beaches in the region, a study has found Rainforests turned into smoldering ruins  Already 85 percent of Sumatra's forests are gone, transformed into a lifeless plain, soon to be replanted with monocultures 25 years since Bhopal devastation World Bank loans India $1bn for Ganges Firm agrees Ivorian waste payouts  Trafigura, an oil trading firm, has agreed to pay $46m compensation to people in Ivory Coast who say they were made ill by dumped waste Settlement eyed in toxic waste Lead poisons at least 615 children Mekong dolphins at risk of extinction US CO2 goals 'to be compromised'   Obama to curb vehicle emissions  President is to announce limits on pollution that will set national standards on car and lorry emissions in the US for the first time Ice sheet melt threat reassessed Key coral reefs 'could disappear' Chinese 'find' radioactive ball Carbon-neutral goal for Maldives Australia declares oil spill disaster   The Pacific Adventurer sustained damage when Cyclone Hamish struck the waters. The ship lost 30 of its 50 containers of ammonium nitrate U.S. sub leaked radioactive water U.N.: Glaciers shrinking at record rate EU set to agree emission cut plan China leads cuts protests  Developing countries squabbled with the West over mandatory emission cuts at the climate change conference Tons of oil spill into Yellow Sea  Thousands of tons of oil spilled off the western coast of South Korea after an oil tanker collided with a barge carrying a crane Death toll rises in oil disaster Russian oil tanker breaks in two   A tanker split in two during a fierce storm, spilling some 560,000 gallons of fuel into a strait leading to the Black Sea Argentines in pulp mill protest Chinese-made toys recalled in US  Toymaker Fisher Price is to recall almost 1,000,000 Chinese-made toys over fears that their paint contains too much lead G8 leaders 'agree climate deal'
Jan.18   Alaska

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Dec.6   Sumatra
Dec.2   India
  New Delhi
Sep.20   Ivory Coast
Sep.18   Ivory Coast
Aug.14   Western China
Jun.18   Thailand
May.21   Washington
May.19   Washington
May.14   Antarctica
May.12   Southeast Asia
Mar.27   China
Mar.15   Maldives
Mar.13   Australia
Feb.12  Global  Fish migrating to cooler waters
Jan.31  China  Sharp rise in birth defects
Jan.28  European Union  EU calls for global carbon market

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Dec.1  Amazon  70% deforestation cuts
Oct.9  European Union  Nature loss 'dwarfs bank crisis'
Sep.29  Brazil  Brazil government 'worst logger'
Aug.1   Oceania
Jul.31  Beijing  Emergency Olympics smog plan announced
Jul.28  Beijing  Lingering pollution worries China
Jul.10  Global  'Alarming' plight of coral reefs
Jul.8  Northern Japan  Environmentalists dismiss G8 target
Jun.6  Hamburg  Hamburg bans waste from Italy
May.22  Japan  54 ill as new toxic fume suicide hits
Apr.19  London  Stinky manure smell engulfs London
Apr.18  Canada  Canada acts against BPA chemical
Apr.14  China  China 'now top carbon polluter'
Mar.28  Italy  Italy to withdraw tainted cheese
Mar.15   UN
Mar.13   European Union

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Dec.8   Bali
Dec.7   South Korea
Nov.12   Russia
Nov.11   Russia
Nov.10   Argentina
Aug.1   USA
Jun.7   Germany
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel: Leaders of the G8 nations have agreed to a compromise deal on tackling climate change
May.3   Thailand
Apr.6   Global
Mar.31   Sydney
Mar.12   London
Feb.1   Paris
  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Climatic changes seen around the world are very likely to have a human cause
 Eiffel Tower darkened to call attention to climate change. The report slightly reduced projections on rising temperatures and sea levels by the year 2100

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Dec.29   Arctic
Dec.11   Germany
Nov.2   Washington
Oct.30   London
  A top economist: Climate change could devastate the global economy on a scale of the 2 world wars
Jun.22   Washington Study: Earth 'likely' hottest in 2,000 years  The National Academy of Sciences: recent warmth is potentially the last several millennia Jun.12   Sydney Warming 'threat to Asian security'

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Dec.6   Beijing Beijing vows to punish polluters Nov.27   Northeast China Harbin water supply resumes Nov.26   Northeast China Harbin ready to restore water supply Nov.25  China  Oil firm apologizes for toxic slick Nov.24   Northeast China Toxic leak was 100 tonnes  A blast at a plant 12 days ago sent the equivalent of 10 tanker-loads of toxic chemicals into the Songhua river  Beijing  China warns Russia of toxic slick Nov.23   Northeast China Toxic slick flows into Harbin  A slick of river-borne toxins from a chemical plant explosion began entering the city of 3.8 million people Nov.22   Northeast China Harbin water supplies cut off
  Emergency measures are in force amid fears the city's drinking water could be contaminated after an explosion
Feb.16   Japan Kyoto Protocol comes into force
  The Protocol, which aims to slow global warming, has come into force 7 years after being agreed

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Sep.29   Moscow Russia 'to ratify climate treaty'  The government is expected to announce that the country will ratify the Kyoto Protocol Aug.9   Japan Deaths at nuclear plant Apr.17   Southern China Mass evacuation in Chongqing

year 2003 Top ^

Dec.25   China 233 died in gas disaster  Thousands flee the disaster. A gas well burst in the Chuan Dongbei gas field, releasing natural gas and sulfurated hydrogen

year 2002 Top ^

Nov.19   Spain Tanker sank spilling oil  17,000 tonnes of fuel oil was leaking Sep.13   South Africa Oil spill threatens wildlife park Aug.17  Germany  Floods spark chemical spill fear Aug.15  Czech Republic  Flood damage releases poison gas Jun.5  Ecuador  Galapagos spill decimates iguanas

year 2001 Top ^

Sep.22  Southern France  Anger at Toulouse blast location Jan.22   Ecuador Emergency over Galapagos oil-spill