Floods

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• A LOOK ON WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

  
  WERI CHANNEL — Authority: 112
  When the environment becomes less valuable or damaged, environmental degradation is said to occur. There are many forms of environmental degradation.   When habitats are destroyed, biodiversity is lost, or natural resources are depleted, the environment is hurt.     A habitat is a more permanent ecosystem ...
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• Countries can’t solve climate change problem, says Pachauri

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  By Joydeep GuptaCopenhagen, Dec 14 (IANS) Grassroots action, especially by the youth, will have to solve the climate change problem as the “nation state does not seem capable” of doing it, Rajendra Pachauri said here Monday, as the Dec 7-18 climate summit got bogged down in yet another round of bickering between ...
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• Natural disasters at decade low in 2009-UN report

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 716
  Source: Reuters * Extreme weather continues to dominate * Ocean acidity seen rising dramatically-UN By Richard Cowan COPENHAGEN, Dec 14 (Reuters) - The world this year suffered the fewest number of natural ...
  10 hours ago

• Coke says green strategy will win business

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 135
  Having an integrated clean technology strategy will be a big part of winning business in the 21st century, a Coca-Cola executive told Reuters.com on Monday, and its investments in refrigeration will likely have the biggest impact on that strategy long-term. The worlds biggest soft drinks maker has hooked up with ...
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• Bad news, you are about to get soaked

  
  YesBut's Images — Authority: 143
  sorry I could have warned you, but I wanted to take the picture Click on thumbnail to view B&W Gallery Posted in Architecture, Art, B&W photography, Copyright © All text and images by YesBut, Digital art, Digital photography, foto, fotos, humour, Life, London, Nature, Nikon D40, people, ...
  11 hours ago

• Nine out of 10 disasters this year due to weather

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  By Joydeep GuptaCopenhagen, Dec 14 (IANS) Of the 245 natural disasters in the first 11 months of 2009, 224 or 91.4 percent were due to weather, a UN study has found, underscoring the need for a strong deal at the ongoing climate summit to reduce and handle these disasters.Of the 58 million people affected, 55 [...]
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• Parliamentary panel asks govt to talk dams with Nepal

  
  Jai Bihar — Authority: 146
  NEW DELHI — The Parliamentary panel on water resources has noted that floods in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar were primarily due to overflowing rivers from Nepal and asked the government to convince Kathmandu through diplomatic channels for construction of dams in that country. Noting that floods in these two states ...
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• Calif. rains ending, residents can return to homes (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 178
  AP - Residents forced to flee the Los Angeles area foothills amid fears that heavy rains would cause mudslides can return to their homes.
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• Solar power mounts in Canada

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 135
  Solar power is heating up in the northern reaches of Canada, a country not exactly known for its sunny rays and warm weather. The industry has seen a heap of news from the region this week. US. solar heavyweight First Solar and Canadian pipeline company Enbridge announced that they are quadrupling the size of a ...
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• CM floods Kosi with infra projects

  
  Jai Bihar — Authority: 146
  SAHARSA — After having suffered the worst onslaught of the Kosi river which flooded large swathes of land mass of the Kosi region after breaching its embankment at Kusaha in 2008, the people of the Kosi region are now being flooded with development projects. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday initiated ...
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• Flash floods kill at least three in Greece

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 716
  Source: Reuters ATHENS, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Flash floods killed three people in central Greece following heavy rainfall, which also disrupted traffic on sea and land across wide parts of the country, authorities said ...
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• Science Podcast, 11 December 2009

  
  Science Signaling — Authority: 451
  A newly discovered complete skeleton of a dinosaur; the hurdles remaining for solar thermochemical fuels; strategies for mitigating flooding -- the most damaging natural disaster; and more.
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• The answer could be blowing in the wind

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 135
  Well into the first week of the U.N. Conference on Climate Change, the haves and have nots of the world are still divided over who should pay for the cleanup of the planet. Poor countries want rich countries to cough up more ambitious goals for emissions cuts and developing technologies. From emerging wind and ...
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• JohnsonDiversey exec sees CO2 reductions good for businesses

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 135
  Some businesses in the United States will have to reinvent themselves as the Obama administration moves to lower greenhouse gas emissions, but theyll be better off in the long run, Pedro Chidichimo, president of JohnsonDiversey EMA, told Reuters.com on Thursday. Despite the inevitable short-term pain, Chidichimo said ...
  4 days ago

• Hurricanes 2010: Harsh Forecast

  
  Discovery News - Technology — Authority: 154
  The next hurricane season could be a harsh one, according to Colorado State University hurricane forecasting team. They predicts the United States will fall prey to between three and five major hurricanes in 2010, well above the 2.3 average. Why? ...
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• Portakabin works around the clock to help the flood-hit community in Cockermouth

  
  eNewsWire — Authority: 131
  The Portakabin rapid-response team has installed an interim building for two Cockermouth GP surgeries, which serve 15,000 patients, after their buildings were destroyed in the Cumbria floods. Working over a weekend and in adverse weather conditions, Portakabin has just delivered and erected a 624 sqm ...
  4 days ago

• FEMA For Kids Provides Fun Weather Activities For Kids Online

  
  Weather — Authority: 121
  Kids, parents, and teachers will want to check out the cool and fun games and activities at the FEMA for Kids website ! FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) handles all U.S. disasters, including weather disasters like hurricanes. The goal of FEMA for Kids is to provide children with:  safe online ...
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• Detecting the Hand of God

  
  Crossroads Arabia — Authority: 475
  As I find almost always the case, Mshari Al-Zaydi’s column in Asharq Alawsat is worth reading. He notes how there is a tendency among some to find the hand of an angry God in every disaster that befalls mankind. While it’s not exclusive to Muslims, they seem to have raised it to an art form. An art, clearly not ...
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• G77 asks Obama to join fight against climate change

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Copenhagen, Dec 10 (IANS) As US President Barack Obama received his Nobel Peace Prize Thursday, the Group of 77 countries called upon him to fight climate change by joining the Kyoto Protocol - the global treaty for the purpose - that almost all countries except the US have ratified.Sending out the call from the [...]
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• Looking behind the Curtain

  
  Crossroads Arabia — Authority: 475
  In this Asharq Alawsat column, Saudi journalist Hussein Shobokshi sees King Abdullah’s ordered investigation into the causes of the Jeddah floods to be the opening round of a nationwide effort to stop corruption. He, and other Saudis, will know far better than I about the level and sorts of corruption involved, ...
  5 days ago

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