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OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (OneWorld) - Nuclear power is a risky source of energy that comes with many hidden costs, said an environmental analyst and long-time leader in the U.S. environmental movement Tuesday.
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Reuters - Bruce Power LP said Friday it was considering building a new nuclear station in Nanticoke, Ontario, to meet a looming power shortage in the province -- drawing swift environmental pushback and a lukewarm reaction from government.
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AFP - Ecuador on Friday broke off its oil extraction contract with Spanish-Argentine company Repsol YPF after they failed to agree on a new oil deal, as the Socialist government seeks more control over the energy sector.
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AFP - West African rebels threatened Friday to kill 10 oil workers, including six Frenchmen, taken hostage in a pre-dawn pirate attack on an industry support vessel working off the coast of Cameroon.
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Reuters - Gadget makers showed off their green credentials at a technology show in London on Friday to try to tempt consumers worried about soaring fuel bills, climate change and the financial crisis.
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AFP - The World Bank's private-sector investment arm said Friday that climate change remained on the agenda despite the turmoil currently afflicting global financial markets.
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A critically endangered bat species has made a dramatic recovery from the brink of extinction, report conservationists.
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Two species of gecko have been discovered in the southern deserts of Western Australia and South Australia, report researchers from the Western Australian Museum.
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AP - Iraq plans to cut its 2009 draft budget to $67 billion in light of falling world oil prices, finance ministry officials said.
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AFP - UK residents are increasingly choosing "green" burial plots as their final resting place for ecological reasons and as space in more formal cemeteries fills up, experts say.
