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More evacuations ordered as powerful winds fuel massive Colorado wildfire

Associated Press: Authorities ordered more evacuations as fire crews struggled against powerful winds fueling a wildfire that has charred more […]

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United States: Built on sinking ground, Norfolk tries to hold back tide amid sea-level rise

Washington Post: At her cozy house by the river, Julie Faella spoke as though a monster lurks nearby. It rises […]

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Shenzhou docks with space lab

China’s Shenzhou-9 capsule, carrying the nation’s first female astronaut, links up with the Tiangong-1 space lab.

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Alaska’s Tongass forest sparks battle over logging

Reuters: Environmental advocates readied for battle in Congress this week over what they maintain is an erosion of protections for […]

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Big Oil doesn’t want to share with renewables, Iowa governor says

Des Moines Register: Gov. Terry Branstad took another shot at the oil industry and what he and biofuels supporters see […]

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Australia: Carbon millions squandered

Sydney Morning Herald: THE Australian-funded $300 million Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute set up by former prime minister Kevin […]

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Rio weakens on energy and water

Governments are set to weaken pledges on boosting access to water and energy after a new draft negotiating text was […]

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Earth summit revisited: Is the movement doomed to be an endless talkfest?

Sydney Morning Herald: AS 100 world leaders jetted away from the first Rio de Janeiro ”Earth Summit” in 1992, the […]

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Fracking’s risk of causing quake small, panel says

San Francisco Chronicle: Workers drill for oil in the Gypsum Hills near Medicine Lodge, Kan., using the fracking technique. The […]

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Fracking can cause earthquakes, but risk is low: Study

Agence France-Presse: Certain oil and gas operations that involve injecting wastewater underground can cause earthquakes, but the risk from hydraulic […]

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Village that defied Heathrow is slowly dying as BAA buys up homes

Guardian: It was the village whose perseverance and determination stopped the relentless growth of Heathrow airport and persuaded the government […]

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China launches woman into space

China sends its first woman into space as 33-year-old fighter pilot Liu Yang is one of three astronauts travelling to […]

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Inolife Technologies Appoints Marketing Specialists

(1888PressRelease) Infolife Technologies, a dynamic North Carolina tech company, has appointed new marketing specialists.

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XiloCore Awarded Cloud Backup Market Maker in 2012 Asigra Hybrid Partner Cloud Backup Award Program

(1888PressRelease) XiloCore, a channel only, affordable and true Business Continuity solution, today announced that it won the 2012 Cloud Backup Market […]

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This Is Your Ocean on Acid, and It’s Not Pretty

Climate Central: On most days, Bill Dewey can be found wearing waist-high waders and inspecting Manila clams — the West […]

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Wildfires rage in Colorado and New Mexico as US bolsters firefighting fleet

Associated Press: The government is bolstering the nation’s rundown aerial firefighting fleet by taking steps to add seven large tanker […]

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Uncertainty hampers Rio+20 talks

Disagreements, including a row over financial aid, and confusion have hampered preparatory talks at the UN conference in Rio de […]

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London Sash Window Company Prepares For Large Scale Door To Door Leaflet Campaign Across The UK

(1888PressRelease) The Wooden Window Workshop offer a large scale advertising campaign on sash window insulation throughout the United Kingdom. Information on […]

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Rio+20 must spur action on sustainable development – UNDP head

AlertNet: The most important goal of the U.N. conference on sustainable development in Rio de Janeiro next week is to […]

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Particles point way for Voyager

Scientists working on Voyager 1 are receiving further data suggesting the probe is close to crossing into interstellar space.

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Red dot becomes ‘oldest cave art’

New tests on Spanish cave motifs show them to be thousands of years older than previously thought.

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CommVault Named a Leader in 2012 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Backup/ Recovery Software

(1888PressRelease) CommVault Recognized for Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision.

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Australia plans marine reserve the size of India

Independent: Australia has announced an ambitious plan to create the world’s largest network of marine reserves, with fishing to be […]

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The green movement at 50: Can the world be saved?

Independent: Many of the issues the Environment Movement has faced over the last 50 years have been difficult, but none […]

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‘Little progress’ on ocean life

Only “pitiful” progress has been seen on pledges made at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to protect ocean habitats and […]

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UK government waters down EU energy efficiency deal

Guardian: The UK government has succeeded in watering down a key EU-wide agreement on energy efficiency, to the dismay of […]

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United States: Exxon reports leak from Baton Rouge line

Reuters: Exxon Mobil Corp reported a leak in a pipeline at its Baton Rouge, Louisiana, chemical plant on Wednesday which […]

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Doctors charged in Armstrong case

Three doctors are charged in the Lance Armstrong doping case.

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IT spend in BFSI vertical is expected to reach USD 3.5 billion by FY 2014: Study by Zinnov

(1888PressRelease) The study provides a detailed analysis of the different opportunities, challenges and scope related to IT spending and technology adoption […]

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RentSocial and RentPayment Announce Partnership

(1888PressRelease) RentSocial, a social renting site, today announced its partnership with RentPayment for online rent payments.

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