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AP - An environmental activist who was serving time in a Canadian prison has been extradited to the United States to stand trial on ecoterrorism charges despite his arguments that he faced political persecution here.
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AFP - Beijing notched up its best run of clean air days on record between January and February this year, state media reported Friday, as the host city battles pollution woes ahead of the Olympics.
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AP - China's government is boosting the authority of its environmental watchdog agency in an attempt to rein in the rampant pollution that has become a byproduct of the nation's rapid economic growth.
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While China has improved management of its forestry sector, expanding forest plantation cover and banning harvesting of natural forests, China's recent growth as wood-products exporter is built on timber imports much of which are illegal argues a researcher from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in a letter to Science.
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BusinessWeek Online - Natural disasters are on the rise. In 2007 there were 950 around the globe, according to insurer Munich Re, up 12% over 2006. Munich attributes much of the jump to climate change, so even more could be in the offing. In developed countries, insurance helps many recover, but in poorer nations that kind of backstop has been largely unaffordable. Instead, each catastrophe prompts a fresh round of fund-raising, and recovery efforts bog down as donations trickle in.
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AP - South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries Co. said Friday it will set up a fund worth $107 million to help residents in areas hit by the country's worst oil spill.
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AFP - Samsung Heavy Industries, whose vessel was involved in South Korea's worst oil spill, said Friday it was donating some 107 million dollars to help victims -- which they rejected as inadequate.
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AP - California sued the U.S. Forest Service on Thursday for adopting a management plan that would allow for the construction of roads and oil drilling in the state's largest national forests.
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AP - A migratory bird environmentalists say is threatened because of horseshoe crab fishing should be listed under the Endangered Species Act, a coalition of environmental groups say in a letter to federal officials.
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AFP - The gas-rich Gulf state of Qatar on Thursday launched a public transport project that will use electric buses and taxis in a bid to cut air pollution.
