Saturday March 06th 2010, 9:00 am
A move by Unilever to stop buying palm oil from Indonesia's top supplier Sinar Mas and to blacklist another supplier PT Duta Palma was "unfair," Indonesian Agriculture Minister Suswono said on Friday.
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Indonesia says Unilever move on palm oil unfair.
Africa: facing extreme weather head on, Ibrahim Forum urges action.
Saturday March 06th 2010, 9:00 am
Although Africa has contributed little to global warming, the continent and other parts of the developing world are bearing the brunt of the resultant climate change, according to scientists and development specialists.
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But we’re warming to current idea.
Saturday March 06th 2010, 9:00 am
Warmer oceans, balmy evenings and high humidity have led to what meteorologists have described as ''remarkably tropical'' conditions.
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Warming data said stronger than IPCC claim.
Saturday March 06th 2010, 9:00 am
Evidence of manmade global warming is stronger than the besieged U.N. climate panel claimed, with rainfall changes altering the Earth, British scientists said.
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Polar explorer to take on new challenge.
Saturday March 06th 2010, 9:00 am
A Scottish explorer who was part of the first British team to walk unsupported to the North Pole is to take on a new challenge helping scientists gauge the impact of greenhouse gas emissions on the Arctic Ocean.
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China to build industrial system of low-carbon emissions.
Saturday March 06th 2010, 9:00 am
China will work hard to develop low-carbon technologies as well as new and renewable energy resources and smart power grids to actively respond to climate change, Premier Wen Jiabao said Friday at the annual session of the National People's Congress.
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Fears for water supplies if new nuclear plant built.
Saturday March 06th 2010, 9:00 am
Mains water supplies in east Suffolk could be put under stress if permission is given to build a £6billion Sizewell C nuclear power station, according to critics.
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Will nuclear power make a comeback?
Saturday March 06th 2010, 9:00 am
Nuclear power, unpopular in many circles for the past four decades, may be making a comeback in California.
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More warming worries: Methane from the Arctic.
Saturday March 06th 2010, 9:00 am
If the undersea permafrost really is destabilizing rapidly, it could in principle lead to a catastrophic burp that would release a massive amount of methane in a short time.
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Arctic shelf leaking potent greenhouse gas.
Saturday March 06th 2010, 9:00 am
The frozen cap trapping billions of tonnes of methane under the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean is leaking and venting the powerful greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, new research shows.
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Global warming could be increased by unexpectedly large methane release in Arctic.
Saturday March 06th 2010, 9:00 am
Methane, a potent global warming gas, is bubbling out of the frozen Arctic faster than had been expected.
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