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Last updated on September 3rd, 2010
| Thai firm rejects Indonesian oil spill cash claim (AFP): Click here |
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| No sign of oil after Gulf platform fire: Coast Guard (Reuters): Click here |
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| China farmers under siege from wild boar invasion (AFP): Click here |
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| African livelihoods at risk as species threatened: IUCN (AFP): Click here |
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| 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 |
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| Oil platform explodes off La. coast; crew rescued (AP): Click here |
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| 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 |
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| No sign of oil leak after Gulf of Mexico rig blast: company (AFP): Click here |
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| Disasters show 'screaming' need for action - climate chief (AFP): Click here |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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