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Northern Japan |
Environmentalists dismiss G8 target| A call from the world's most powerful nations is to establish the goal of halving greenhouse gas emissions worldwide by 2050 | |
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| Jun.6 |
Hamburg |
Hamburg bans waste from Italy
Workers have been told to stop processing Italian hospital waste after finding high levels of radioactivity in it
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| May.22 |
Japan |
54 ill as new toxic fume suicide hits
Toxic fumes appears at a hospital in southern Japan when a man vomited after drinking pesticide to commit suicide
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| Apr.19 |
London |
Stinky manure smell engulfs London
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| Apr.18 |
Canada |
Canada acts against BPA chemical
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| Apr.14 |
China |
China 'now top carbon polluter'
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| Mar.28 |
Italy |
Italy to withdraw tainted cheese
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| Mar.15 |
UN |
U.N.: Glaciers shrinking at record rate U.N. Environment Program: Glaciers are shrinking at record rates and many could disappear within decades
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| Mar.13 |
European Union |
EU set to agree emission cut plan EU leaders meeting for their spring summit are poised to agree on a timetable for cutting greenhouse gas emissions further
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Kenya |
Kenyans ill in 'toxic waste' leak
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| Mar.12 |
Washington |
US toughens standards for ozone
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| Feb.28 |
China |
China to log its worst polluters
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| Feb.26 |
Alaska |
Eskimo village sues over global warming
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B-2 stealth bomber crashed
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| Dec.26 |
New York |
NY to reduce greenhouse emissions
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| Dec.10 |
Ecuador |
Threat to drill jungle oil
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| Dec.9 |
South Korea |
South Korea faces 'sea of oil'
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| Dec.8 |
Bali |
China leads cuts protests Developing countries squabbled with the West over mandatory emission cuts at the climate change conference
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| Dec.7 |
Amazon |
Deforestation slows again
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South Korea |
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
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| Nov.15 |
Moscow |
Oil spill may take months to clear
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| Nov.14 |
Australia |
Australians named worst emitters
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| Nov.12 |
Russia |
Death toll rises in oil disaster
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| Nov.11 |
Russia |
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
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| Nov.10 |
Argentina |
Argentines in pulp mill protest
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Antarctica |
U.N. chief sees Antarctic meltdown |
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Floods strand 300,000; more rain ahead
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| Oct.27 |
Southern California |
Pollution warning over fires |
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| Oct.25 |
Beijing |
Pollution casts shadow over Games |
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| Oct.12 |
China |
Millions forced out by dam |
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| Sep.26 |
China |
Eco warning over giant dam |
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| Sep.23 |
UN |
World leaders at climate summit |
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| Sep.21 |
Beijing |
Drivers ignore No Car Day |
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| Aug.13 |
Amazon |
Brazil Amazon destruction slows |
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| Aug.8 |
Beijing |
Pollution risk for Olympic events |
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| Aug.7 |
China |
Rare river dolphin 'now extinct' |
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| Aug.1 |
USA |
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
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Bridge collapses into Mississippi
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| Jun.7 |
Germany |
G8 leaders 'agree climate deal'| German Chancellor Angela Merkel: Leaders of the G8 nations have agreed to a compromise deal on tackling climate change | |
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| May.3 |
Thailand |
Deal struck at UN climate talks
Experts at a climate change conference in Bangkok have reached a deal on the ways to combat global warming
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| Apr.6 |
Global |
Billions face climate change risk
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| Mar.31 |
Sydney |
Climate change blackout
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| Mar.12 |
London |
Climate bill set to be unveiled
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| Feb.1 |
Paris |
Warming 'very likely' human-made 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 |
Ice shelf snaps, breaks free from Arctic The size of 11,000 football fields of ice broke clear 16 months ago from the coast of Ellesmere Island
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| Dec.11 |
Germany |
Car of ex-spy contact contaminated
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| Nov.2 |
Washington |
Report: Seafood faces collapse by 2048
Journal Science: Clambakes, crabcakes, swordfish steaks could be little more than a fond memory
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| Oct.30 |
London |
Warming 'may cause economic chaos' A top economist: Climate change could devastate the global economy on a scale of the 2 world wars
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'Croc Hunter' died in stingray attack
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| Jun.22 |
Washington |
Study: Earth 'likely' hottest in 2,000 years The National Academy of Sciences: recent warmth is potentially the last several millennia
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| Jun.12 |
Sydney |
Warming 'threat to Asian security'
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| Dec.6 |
Beijing |
Beijing vows to punish polluters
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| Nov.27 |
Northern China |
Harbin water supply resumes
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| Nov.26 |
Northern China |
Harbin ready to restore water supply |
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| Nov.25 |
China |
Oil firm apologizes for toxic slick |
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| Nov.24 |
Northern 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
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Beijing |
China warns Russia of toxic slick |
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| Nov.23 |
Northern 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
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| Nov.22 |
Northern China |
Harbin water supplies cut off| Emergency measures are in force amid fears the city's drinking water could be contaminated after an explosion | |
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Major quake kills thousands
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| 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
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| Aug.9 |
Japan |
Deaths at nuclear plant
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| Apr.17 |
China |
Mass evacuation in Chongqing
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| Dec.25 |
Northern 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
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| Nov.19 |
Spain |
Tanker sank spilling oil 17,000 tonnes of fuel oil was leaking
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| Sep.13 |
South Africa |
Oil spill threatens wildlife park
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| Aug.17 |
Germany |
Floods spark chemical spill fear |
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| Aug.15 |
Czech Republic |
Flood damage releases poison gas |
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| Jun.5 |
Ecuador |
Galapagos spill decimates iguanas |
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Terror attacks hit U.S.
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| Jan.22 |
Ecuador |
Emergency over Galapagos oil-spill