Environment
UAE hospital offers medical treatment that's for the birds

UAE hospital offers medical treatment that's for the birds - 2010-02-09

ABU DHABI, W.G. Dunlop- Under the watchful eyes of a white-coated doctor, two orderlies in scrubs sedate the patient on a paper-covered stainless steel table, then begin the procedure -- trimming her...
Scientists back UN climate panel, but call for changes

Scientists back UN climate panel, but call for changes - 2010-01-26

PARIS, Marlowe Hood- Leading scientists from the besieged UN climate panel are defending its integrity, even as they called for changes in the way data is collected and handled. The...
US environmental agency gets tough on smog

US environmental agency gets tough on smog - 2010-01-07

WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed tougher standards for how much smog can be in the air, a move the US agency said would save money and protect health, especially...
Tens of thousands march for tough action on climate

Tens of thousands march for tough action on climate - 2009-12-12

COPENHAGEN, Marlowe Hood - Tens of thousands of activists demanding a planet-saving climate deal blazed a path to the door of the UN talks on Saturday in a raucous, festive rally that was also marked...
Americans cool to human-caused global warming: poll

Americans cool to human-caused global warming: poll - 2009-12-07

WASHINGTON - Americans who think global warming is caused by human activity, including vehicle and industrial emissions, are now a minority for the first time in nearly two years, a CNN/Opinion...
Sarkozy hails US, Chinese climate proposals

Sarkozy hails US, Chinese climate proposals - 2009-11-27

MANAUS, Yana Marull - French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in Brazil Thursday for a one-day meeting on climate change and Amazon forest conservation, hailed new US and Chinese proposals on combating...
'Whitewash' could slow global warming: Peruvian scientist

'Whitewash' could slow global warming: Peruvian scientist - 2009-11-04

LIMA - A Peruvian scientist has called on his country to help slow the melting of Andean glaciers by daubing white paint on the rock and earth left behind by receding ice so they will absorb less...
EU leaders struggle to agree on climate funding

EU leaders struggle to agree on climate funding - 2009-10-29

BRUSSELS, Paul Harrington - European leaders failed Thursday to agree on how to fund the fight against climate change, leaving their legal beagles to try to hammer out a new proposal overnight, the...
Thousands gather worldwide on day of climate protests

Thousands gather worldwide on day of climate protests - 2009-10-25

PARIS - Kicking off with thousands gathering on the steps of Sydney's iconic Opera House, global warming protests took place around the world Saturday to mark 50 days before the UN climate summit....
Developing nations join West in deforestation fight

Developing nations join West in deforestation fight - 2009-10-21

WASHINGTON - Six developing countries will join five western nations, including the United States and Britain, to combat climate change by better managing forestry resources, the World Bank said...
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Tom Jones dubbed workshy by job centre

Tom Jones dubbed workshy by job centre
LONDON- Welsh singer Tom Jones was branded workshy by job centre officials who recommended him for work "which wouldn't dirty his fingernails" before he became a worldwide superstar, documents said Tuesday. Jones, then known as Thomas Woodward,...