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Thai firm rejects Indonesian oil spill cash claim (AFP): Click here

World Wildlife Fund-issued photo shows a man looking at a residue left by the Montara oil rig leak in the pristine Timor Sea. The Thai-owned firm Friday rejected Indonesia's 2.4 billion US dollar compensation claim over the major oil spill off Australia's north which campaigners say hit the livelihoods of thousands of poor fishermen.(AFP/HO/WWF/File/Kara Burns)AFP - A Thai-owned firm Friday rejected Indonesia's 2.4 billion US dollar compensation claim over a major oil spill off Australia's north which campaigners say hit the livelihoods of thousands of poor fishermen.
No sign of oil after Gulf platform fire: Coast Guard (Reuters): Click here

In this image courtesy of KATC3 news channel in Lafayette, Louisiana, 13 workers from an offshore oil platform that caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico 90 miles (145 kilometers) south of the Louisiana coast, wait for rescue after they jumped to the sea.(AFP/KATC3)Reuters - An oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy burst into flames in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, but the crew of 13 escaped and there were no signs of an oil spill, the Coast Guard said.
China farmers under siege from wild boar invasion (AFP): Click here

Farmers in eastern China are grappling with an explosion in the population of wild boars, who are destroying crops and upsetting the ecological balance, state media said on Friday. Wild boar numbers have risen to an estimated 150,000 in Zhejiang province, compared to about 29,000 a decade ago, the China Daily said.(AFP/File/Dieter Nagl)AFP - Farmers in eastern China are grappling with an explosion in the population of wild boars, who are destroying crops and upsetting the ecological balance, state media said on Friday.
African livelihoods at risk as species threatened: IUCN (AFP): Click here

Ugandan fishermen collect fish from a net in Kabukanga on Rukwanzi Island, Uganda. Millions of Africans may lose a key source of livelihoods as a fifth of freshwater African species are threatened with extinction, the updated Red List of endangered species showed Thursday.(AFP/File/Walter Astrada)AFP - Millions of Africans may lose a key source of livelihoods as a fifth of freshwater African species are threatened with extinction, the updated Red List of endangered species showed Thursday.
EPA to issue more rules in climate fight (Reuters): Click here
Reuters - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will roll out more regulations on greenhouse gases and other pollution to help fight climate change, but they will not be as strong as action by Congress, a senior administration official said.
Mariner Energy oil rig fire extinguished, no sign of oil spill in Gulf (The Christian Science Monitor): Click here
The Christian Science Monitor - A fire on an offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico has been extinguished, and officials say oil does not appear to be leaking from the facility.
BP removes cap from Gulf well (Reuters): Click here
Reuters - BP Plc said it removed a cap from equipment atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well on Thursday, the first of several steps in advance of plugging the leak for good.
Temporary cap that stopped oil gusher removed (AP): Click here

Part of the containment cap is pictured in this video grab from a BP live video feed at the site of the BP Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico, taken and released on September 2, 2010. BP Plc said it removed the cap from equipment atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well on Thursday, the first of several steps in advance of plugging the leak for good. REUTERS/BP/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENERGY ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - Engineers removed a temporary cap Thursday that stopped oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's blown-out well in mid-July. No more oil was expected to leak into the sea, but crews were standing by with collection vessels just in case.
Oil platform explodes off La. coast; crew rescued (AP): Click here

Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. All 13 crew members were rescued. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - An oil platform exploded and burned off the Louisiana coast Thursday, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. This time, the Coast Guard said there was no leak, and no one was killed.
Fishing reopened in 5,130 square miles of Gulf (AP): Click here
AP - Federal authorities have lifted a fishing ban in part of the northern Gulf of Mexico from the Florida Panhandle to the far eastern coast of Louisiana.
The elimination diet: Discover your migraine triggers (Y! Green): Click here
Y! Green - Seventeen percent of the population will experience migraine headaches at some point in their life.  These debilitating headaches can last for days and are often accompanied by nausea and sensitivity to light and sound.
VeraSun asking corn farmers for repayment (AP): Click here
AP - Midwest farmers who sold corn to bankrupt ethanol producer VeraSun Energy Corp. have been receiving official letters asking for most of that money back.
Mass Extinction Threat: Earth on Verge of Huge Reset Button? (LiveScience.com): Click here
LiveScience.com - Mass extinctions have served as huge reset buttons that dramatically changed the diversity of species found in oceans all over the world, according to a comprehensive study of fossil records. The findings suggest humans will live in a very different future if they drive animals to extinction, because the loss of each species can alter entire ecosystems.
Nations meet on climate cash, U.N. sees long haul (Reuters): Click here

Children from Nairobi's Kibera slums scavenge through a garbage dump February 17, 2009. REUTERS/Noor Khamis (KENYA)Reuters - About 45 nations met on Thursday to seek ways to raise billions of dollars in aid to help the poor combat climate change as the United Nations warned them of a long haul to slow global warming.
No sign of oil leak after Gulf of Mexico rig blast: company (AFP): Click here

A Coast Guard cutter patrols in the Gulf of Mexico in August 2010. An explosion ripped through an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday forcing 13 people into the water, one of whom was injured, the US Coast Guard said.(AFP/USCG/File/David R. Marin)AFP - There is no sign of an oil spill after a rig caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico, a spokesman for rig operator Mariner Energy said.
Disasters show 'screaming' need for action - climate chief (AFP): Click here

A Pakistani man walks with a boy as they wade through flood water near Basira village in Punjab in August 2010. UN climate chief Christiana Figueres on Thursday warned that a string of weather calamities showed the deepening urgency to forge a breakthrough deal on global warming this year.(AFP/File/Pedro Ugarte)AFP - UN climate chief Christiana Figueres on Thursday warned that a string of weather calamities showed the deepening urgency to forge a breakthrough deal on global warming this year.
Electric cars will have fewer gadgets -- here's why (Y! Green): Click here
Y! Green - Texting while driving: Just the beginning of the distractions. (Flickr/Jason Weaver)
Amazon at lowest level in over 40 years in Peru: experts (AFP): Click here

An aerial view of the Amazon River, next to Manaus city north of Brazil in 2006. The Amazon, the world's biggest river, is at its lowest level in over 40 years near its source in northeastern Peru, causing havoc in a region where it is used as the only form of travel, authorities said.(AFP/File/Evaristo Sa)AFP - The Amazon, the world's biggest river, is at its lowest level in over 40 years near its source in northeastern Peru, causing havoc in a region where it is used as the only form of travel, authorities said.
Coast Guard responding to possible rig blast in Gulf (Reuters): Click here
Reuters - The U.S. Coast Guard was flying helicopters to a possible offshore drilling rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, a Coast Guard spokesman said.
Cairn says Greenland ops resume after protest (AFP): Click here

A boat with tourists sails on the ice fjord of Ilulissat in Greenland in 2009. Scottish oil exploration group Cairn Energy said Thursday it had resumed operations on a rig off the coast of Greenland after Greenpeace ended a protest.(AFP/File/Slim Allagui)AFP - Scottish oil exploration group Cairn Energy said Thursday it had resumed operations on a rig off the coast of Greenland after Greenpeace ended a protest.

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