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Archive for the Month of July, 2005.
Viewing Environment NEWS articles 1 through 14 of 14.


July 1, 2005

Global Warming Might Create Lopsided Planet - Extra precipitation expected as a result of global warming could create a lopsided world in which sea ice increases around the South Pole while the far north melts away.
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July 8, 2005

North Atlantic Ocean Temps Hit Record High - Ocean temperatures in the North Atlantic hit an all-time high last year, raising concerns about the effects of global warming on one of the most sensitive and productive ecosystems in the world.
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July 10, 2005

Data Reveal Sea Levels Have Risen More Than 1 Inch in Last Decade - That's twice as fast as the rate the oceans rose during the previous 50 years, ocean experts said Thursday. If the current rate continues or accelerates, as they say is likely, the world's seas will rise at least a foot by the end of this century, causing widespread flooding and erosion of islands and low-lying coastal areas.
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July 12, 2005

Faced with this crisis - Instead of denying climate change is happening, the US now denies that we need proper regulation to stop it
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July 13, 2005

Wave of Marine Species Extinctions Feared - Although a number of previous extinctions involved birds and marine mammals, it is the fate of many fish that worries experts. The large-scale industrialization of the fishing industry after World War II, a global boom in oceanfront development and a rise in global temperatures are all causing fish populations to plummet.
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July 14, 2005

Water on the Brain: Down the Drain - Walk down most streets on Manhattan's Upper East Side on a weekday morning and you'll find yourself dodging the watery spray kicked up by dozens of hose-wielding doormen cleansing the pavement for the daily parade of designer shoes and custom running sneakers. "Sixty-three hundred people in the world die every day from lack of water," says Regina Birchem. She's president of the Women's International League of Peace and Freedom Congress...but I don't know if her building has a doorman
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EPA Is Faulted as Failing to Shield Public From Toxins - "EPA does not routinely assess existing chemicals, has limited information on their health and environmental risks, and has issued few regulations controlling such chemicals," the report said. The investigators concluded that the environmental agency "lacks sufficient data to ensure" that the public is protected.
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July 15, 2005

Kenyan chain drops plastic bags - Kenya's biggest chain of supermarkets has introduced biodegradable shopping bags in response to concern about the pollution caused by plastic ones.
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Gen Teflon: unborn US babies soaked in chemicals - Unborn US babies are soaking in a stew of chemicals, including mercury, petrol by-products and pesticides, according to a report released today.
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July 20, 2005

Scientists raise alarm about ocean health - With a record number of dead seabirds washing up on West Coast beaches from Central California to British Columbia, marine biologists are raising the alarm about rising ocean temperatures and dwindling plankton populations.
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July 21, 2005

Poaching leads to more tuskless elephants - Asian Elephant gene pool shift
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July 26, 2005

GM crops created superweed, say scientists - Modified rape crosses with wild plant to create tough pesticide-resistant strain
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Melting Greenland glacier may hasten rise in sea level - Scientists monitoring a glacier in Greenland have found it is moving into the sea three times faster than a decade ago.
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July 27, 2005

Environmental Report Names Top Polluters - Ten power plants in the Northeast last year produced a third of the region's carbon dioxide emissions, considered a major contributor to global warming, according to a report released Tuesday by a coalition of environmental groups.
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