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Breaking News Mon, 6 Feb 2012
Plastic Pollution in the Oceans is Causing Problems for Whales, too.
Oceans   Photos   Plastic   Pollution   Seafood   Wikipedia: Whale  
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Plastic Pollution in the Oceans is Causing Problems for Whales, too.
| /CC BY 2.0 | Every year, humans consume 70 million tons of seafood. Though this is an astonishing volume—one that has a serious impact on ocean populations—it cannot compare to sperm wha... (photo: WN / Marzena)
Rio+20 Must Rethink 'Economic Growth Is Always Good' Paradigm
Economy   Environment   Growth   Photos   Summit   Wikipedia: Economy  
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Rio+20 Must Rethink 'Economic Growth Is Always Good' Paradigm
| that at the Rio+20 UN environment summit, happening this June in Brazil, nations must come together to question classic economic dogma on growth. | Hedegaard advocates "a more intelligent growth mod... (photo: WN / Marzena)
The seed emergency: The threat to food and democracy  Al Jazeera 
The seed emergency: The threat to food and democracy
| The seed is the first link in the food chain - and seed sovereignty is the foundation of food sovereignty. If farmers do not have their own seeds or access to open pollinated varieties that the... (photo: WN / Marzena Jazowska)
Agriculture   Democracy   Emergency   Food   Photos   Wikipedia: Agriculture  
Rieko Saitoh, a publicist of Matsushita Electric Works, demonstrates the company's "Sleep Room," in Tokyo Thursday, June 10, 2004. Matsushita began giving those who have sleeping disorder a chance to get a scientific take on their sleep  patterns, and take nap in this model room. The display shows what are provided in this room, the lights, relaxation images, music, aroma, air conditioning and sleeping goods like a pillow and beddings. The whole system is expected to go on sale next June, to the tune of 3 million yen (US$30,000).  The Daily Mail 
How to... get a good night's sleep: Expert tips to help you snooze soundly
| Who thinks they get enough sleep? The Sleep Council says just one in ten of us always gets a good night's rest. So what can we do? Here Slumberdown’s sleep expert Phil Atherton to give us his ... (photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi)
Food   Health   Photos   Sleep   Wikipedia: Sleep deprivation  
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Crunch
Samsung confirms Galaxy Nexus White arriving in UK mid-February, misses the snow
CES 2012 | Galaxy Nexus and ICS | Galaxy Tabs | Birth of a Smart Phone | Engadget Distro | News Hubs Galleries Videos Podcasts The Recap Authors Store FOLLOW US ON TWITTE... (photo: Creative Commons / Julien Houbrechts)
Cellphones   Galaxy   News   Photos   Wikipedia/Samsung  
Palestinian children fill plastic bottles and jerry cans with drinking water from a public tap at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) headquarters in the southern Gaza Strip refugee camp  on September 23, 201. (Photo by Ahmed Deeb/wn) Al Jazeera
Co-operation in a world of scarce resources
| From competition among hunter-gatherers for wild game to imperialist wars over precious minerals, resource wars have been fought throughout history; today, however, the... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Climate   Development   Environment   Photos   Wikipedia: Natural resource  
The seed emergency: The threat to food and democracy Al Jazeera
The seed emergency: The threat to food and democracy
| The seed is the first link in the food chain - and seed sovereignty is the foundation of food sovereignty. If farmers do not have their own seeds or access to open... (photo: WN / Marzena Jazowska)
Agriculture   Democracy   Emergency   Food   Photos   Wikipedia: Agriculture  
Rieko Saitoh, a publicist of Matsushita Electric Works, demonstrates the company's "Sleep Room," in Tokyo Thursday, June 10, 2004. Matsushita began giving those who have sleeping disorder a chance to get a scientific take on their sleep  patterns, and take nap in this model room. The display shows what are provided in this room, the lights, relaxation images, music, aroma, air conditioning and sleeping goods like a pillow and beddings. The whole system is expected to go on sale next June, to the tune of 3 million yen (US$30,000). The Daily Mail
How to... get a good night's sleep: Expert tips to help you snooze soundly
| Who thinks they get enough sleep? The Sleep Council says just one in ten of us always gets a good night's rest. So what can we do? Here Slumberdown’s sleep expert... (photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi)
Food   Health   Photos   Sleep   Wikipedia: Sleep deprivation  
shell oil Tampa Bay Online
Shell has high hopes for Arctic drilling
| ANCHORAGE, Alaska — It's the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic wa... (photo: Creative Commons / Lee Jordan)
Alaska   Business   Economy   Photos   Wikipedia: Shell Oil Company  
Hunters rule the roost in Manipur The Hindu
Hunters rule the roost in Manipur
Much to the chagrin of wild animal lovers, many species of exotic birds, mostly from South East Asian countries, have been hunted to extinction in Manipur. | Till a few y... (photo: WN / Marzena)
Animal   Asia   Birds   Photos   Wikipedia: Bird   Wild  
Logistics Specialist Seaman Sergio Torres draws pictures with a child at the Vladivostok children's cancer ward. Peace FM Online
75% Of Childhood Cancers Are Curable
A Consultant Pediatrician at the Department of Child Health, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr. Lorna Awo Renner says when detected early, about 75 percent of childhood canc... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Brian A. Stone)
Disease   Health   Kids   Photos   Wikipedia: Cancer  
Environmental Issues Climate Change
- Jayanthi Natarajan to reject projects flouting Forest Rights
- World's first mobile emission testing vehicle in rail se
- Green flag for emission test
- A Bridge Built to Sway When the Earth Shakes
Plastic Pollution in the Oceans is Causing Problems for Whales, too.
Plastic Pollution in the Oceans is Causing Problems for Whales, too.
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- In anti-fee climate, banks quietly raise revenue elsewhere
- Ont. business climate pushed Caterpillar out: Hudak
- Ontario business climate pushed Caterpillar out: Hudak
- Political leaders play key role in how worried Americans are
Palestinian children fill plastic bottles and jerry cans with drinking water from a public tap at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) headquarters in the southern Gaza Strip refugee camp  on September 23, 201. (Photo by Ahmed Deeb/wn)
Co-operation in a world of scarce resources
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Global Warm Pollution
- 248km/h in BMW's new M5
- Bacchus Marsh drill site sparks protest
- China bans airlines from joining EU emission pact
- Warming data show shades of grey
Rio+20 Must Rethink 'Economic Growth Is Always Good' Paradigm
Rio+20 Must Rethink 'Economic Growth Is Always Good' Paradigm
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- A Bay Area Experiment in Electric Bike Sharing
- Scientists criticise handling of pilot project to 'geoen
- EarthTalk: What's going on with the changing chemistry o
- EarthTalk: What's going on with the changing chemistry o
California passes new auto emission rules
California passes new auto emission rules
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Chemicals Ecology
- Fruits we eat are loaded with chemicals
- Federal Fracking Regulations In Draft Report Would Require D
- VIDEO – ICIS Americas Lunchtime Bulletin 6 February 2012
- US ethane prices to rise in second half – analyst
A child eating apple fruit.
Fruits we eat are loaded with chemicals
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- Tale of the city
- Call for tighter laws to halt illegal timber imports
- Indian tiger trail: The famous four
- Power plant threat to Sundar
Rio+20 Must Rethink 'Economic Growth Is Always Good' Paradigm
Rio+20 Must Rethink 'Economic Growth Is Always Good' Paradigm
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Nature Natural Disasters
- Firing Customers to Flatten the Whale
- Men caught butchering tiger
- Poachers eye rhinos beyond park - Straying animals in peril
- Poachers target straying rhinos - Arrested duo spill hit-and
A Sumatran tiger at the Toronto Zoo in Canada.
Men caught butchering tiger
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- Philippines earthquake has ties to Greater Oklahoma City Met
- 43 Killed in 6.8-Magnitude Philippines Earthquake
- Philippine rescuers search for survivors
- Powerful earthquake hits Philippines
In this photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), a worker walks on the first floor of the No. 1 reactor building at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, early Monday, May 9, 2011.
Japan to join global nuclear compensation pact -paper
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