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Meteorologists have warned that the current drought in Uganda is likely to worsen in the coming months and called on the government to formulate a strategy to cushion the country against its
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Waiting for rain
from Virginia to Massachusetts, extending even as far west as Ohio, exceptionally dry weather conditions threaten eastern United States with drought. The National Weather Service has blamed the
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Mobile disruption
There is evidence that people using cellular telephones may develop strange diseases linked to memory loss
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Dams: under scrutiny
Dams in the <font class='UCASE'>us </font> are being dismantled to restore riverine ecosystems
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FLOOD HIT
Floods have inundated more than 10 villages and marooned thousands of people in eastern Bangladesh. The army has been called in to help out in the relief operations. Government officials fear that
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Deep in trouble
The ecology of Scotland may undergo a major transformation due to climatic changes, says a report
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Free from fluorides
A Jaipur based doctor claims to have developed a technique to clean fluoride contaminated water <br>
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DEPLETING GAS RESERVES
Pakistan natural gas reserves will be depleted by year 2010-2015 before new discoveries are made, petroleum minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan informed the National Assembly. "If consumption of
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Government tackles vehicle emissions
Excessively smoky vehicles are to be targeted as part of a package of New Zealand Government's initiatives to tackle vehicle exhaust emissions. The initiatives are detailed in a new report by the
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Malaysia fears haze may return
Worried over the late monsoon and rising forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia, Malaysian authorities have tightened checks for "hot spots" and are looking at new techniques to seed clouds for rain,
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Canada tests CO emissions trading scheme
Two pilot projects in greenhouse gas emissions trading have provided Canada with real experience in a trading system that the government hopes will assist it in meeting targets to reduce CO
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Green groups blame big oil for carbon pollution
Three environmental groups on Thursday blasted the world's major energy companies for contributing more to global warming than many developing nations, issuing a critical report on their carbon
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Global warming freshens oceans
Vast areas of the Earth's oceans are losing their salinity as global warming increases rainfall over the Southern Ocean and South Pacific. Australian oceanographers have conducted the
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World carbon emissions fall while economy expands
For the first time since 1993, global emissions of carbon from the combustion of fossil fuels declined last year, falling 0.5 percent to 6.32 billion tons, according to new estimates by the
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Southern Ocean warming increases rainfall
Ocean warming has caused an eight per cent increase in rainfall over the Southern Ocean and South Pacific over the past 20 years, say Australian scientists in a new report published in Nature this
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British farmers slam proposed energy tax
An energy tax would hit farmers and growers but fail to help the environment, Britain's National Farmers Union (NFU) said in a report yesterday. The British government propose to start a so called
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Study says UK climate tax could cost 156,000 jobs
A report sponsored by some of Britain's biggest energy users said late last week a climate change levy proposed by the British government beginning 2001 would cost
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Delhi metro will save Rs 5 crores every day
The first phase of the Delhi metro project will reduce the daily consumption of petrol by about Rs 5.23 lakh litres and diesel by Rs. 2.58 lakh litres, resulting in a saving of more than Rs 5 crores
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Global warming to lead to more boys
Global warming could mean more boys being born in the future, a German medical researcher has found. Alexander Lerchl, 39, of Muenster University, compared the birthdates of boys and girls born in