Tuesday July 04th 2006, 8:00 pm
Singapore and Brunei are exploring cooperation in five areas of environment and water management.
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Brunei, Singapore to cooperate on environment, water.
Smithtown eyes natural gas.
Tuesday July 04th 2006, 8:00 pm
The Town of Smithtown will be the first municipality in the state of New York to require all contracted garbage carters to use only vehicles that run on compressed natural gas.
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An ocean of calamine lotion.
Tuesday July 04th 2006, 8:00 pm
Greenhouse gas could spawn itchier Poison Ivy vine, study suggests.
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EU Parliament backs CO2 cap on air traffic.
Tuesday July 04th 2006, 8:00 pm
The European Commission suggested including aviation in the EU's emissions trading scheme for capping CO2 emissions and ending tax exemptions on kerosene.
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Breaking the OPEC hammerlock.
Tuesday July 04th 2006, 8:00 pm
Sen. Carl Levin wants the United States to get over its century-old dependence on fossil fuels for environmental, economic and political reasons.
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Leeds study is ‘piece in diabetes jigsaw’.
Tuesday July 04th 2006, 8:00 pm
A theory that infection can trigger diabetes in children and young people has gained momentum.
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Air pollution, cramped living in Athens breeding ’super mosquitoes’ (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday July 04th 2006, 12:33 pm
Cramped housing conditions and air pollution in Athens have given rise to a "super breed" of mosquito that is larger, faster and more adept at locating human prey, a Greek daily has reported.
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Cramped living creates ’super mosquitoes’ in Athens (Mail and Guardian)
Tuesday July 04th 2006, 12:31 pm
Cramped housing conditions and air pollution in Athens have given rise to a "super breed" of mosquito that is larger, faster and more adept at locating human prey, a Greek daily reported on Tuesday.
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Consider possibilities for breaking our oil addiction.
Tuesday July 04th 2006, 12:00 pm
Our dependence on it costs us in many ways other than at the pump.
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Court’s take on warming matters.
Tuesday July 04th 2006, 12:00 pm
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a controversial case this fall that could dramatically alter the national discourse on climate change.
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July 4th pollutes skies in Valley.
Tuesday July 04th 2006, 12:00 pm
Officials Monday warned San Joaquin Valley residents about possibly dangerous showers of microscopic pollution in the smoke from Fourth of July fireworks.
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