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Review of Beautiful Islands

This Japanese documentary looks at three unique islands that may have been impacted by global warming: Tuvala in the South Pacific, Venice in Italy, and Shishmaref in Alaska. This documentary has very little dialogue and limited subtitles so the story relies almost entirely on the graphic visual presentation.

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Human Bite Stronger Than Thought

Humans have a much more powerful bite than previously thought, thanks to the mechanics of their skull, say Australian researchers.

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EU climate funding melting?

The European Union’s development chief may be forced to name and shame France, Germany and Italy for not living up to their aid commitments, contributing to a roughly $17 billion funding gap this year. Andris Piebalgs warned in January he would clearly identify EU countries that failed to meet their aid commitments. “In 2010, the EU aid disbursements are likely to further grow to approximately 54-55 billion euros ($74-75 billion),” a leaked EU document seen by Reuters shows.

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Environmental disaster looms from River Po oil spill

A giant oil slick threatened wildlife, fishing grounds and tourist spots Thursday as it moved down the Po, Italy’s longest river, towards the sea, defying all efforts to stem its progress.

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Italy finds wreck of toxic waste ship sunk by mafia

Italian authorities have found the wreck of a ship sunk by the mafia with 180 barrels of toxic waste on board, one of more than 30 such vessels believed to lie off Italy’s southern coast, officials said on Tuesday.

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Climate Talks End With Meager Promises

International climate talks held in Italy this week ended with little progress. The rich industrial nations wouldn’t promise to cut back their emissions in the near term.

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Climate Talks End With Meager Promises

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Was ancient Earth a green planet?

A new analysis of limestone rocks laid down between 1 billion and 500 million years ago suggests that there was extensive plant life on land much earlier than previously thought.

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Was ancient Earth a green planet?

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Shell says U.S. oil refiners need more CO2 permits

Major oil company Royal Dutch Shell urged the U.S. Senate on Wednesday to give oil refiners a bigger share of free pollution permits under a cap-and-trade plan to fight global warming than the House of Representatives provided in its climate change legislation.

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Comment on: G8 "Scorecards" Released: USA Disappoints

the World Wildlife Fund and SE- Allianz released their 2009 “G8 Climate Scorecars” report, ranking the energy performance of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the UK and the US. Based on three categories—”Improvements Since 1990″, “Current Status”, and “Policies for the Future”, each with specific areas for potential growth, the 8 countries were ranked based on a “stoplight” system. No country received a green light for its overall performance (half got red lights), and the tone of the report was disappointment—Although the WWF applauded efforts of top ranked countries, never did they cede that any G8 country has reached its goals or is prepared for the future.

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Let clean economy begin, global companies urge government leaders

Some of the world’s highest-profile companies today called on G8 leaders meeting in Italy to agree on a global climate deal by the end of 2009 and to set ambitious targets to cut carbon emissions.

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