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Climate Change: In Canada, No News Is Bad News
OneWorld.net - UXBRIDGE, Mar 16 (IPS) - Canada'sclimate researchers are being muzzled, their funding slashed, research stations closed, findings ignored and advice on the critical issue of the century unsought by Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government, according to a 40-page report by ... more »
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Northeast slowly dries out from storm The powerful nor'easter had moved out at sea, but flooding lingered Tuesday in many Northeast communities.
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Pacific smelt listed as threatened; impact unclear
AP - The Pacific smelt, a small silvery fish that was a staple of Northwest American Indian tribes when the Lewis and Clark expedition arrived, is getting federal protection because it's been declining toward extinction due to global warming and other factors.
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Chile says earthquake and tsunami left 700 dead AP - The earthquake and tsunami that struck Chile last month killed 700 people and caused damages of nearly $30 billion, according to the government. And the ground hasn't stopped shaking.
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NOAA warns of big floods after fierce winter
Reuters - A huge snowpack from a harsh winter will cause extensive flooding this spring in the upper Midwest and in the major corn-growing state of Iowa, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration said on Tuesday.
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Hurricanes create a Census challenge in New Orleans
New Orleans and other Gulf Coast communities pose a special Census challenge. Unusual living condititions caused by recent hurricanes ...
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Widespread spring flooding forecast in Midwest
With truckloads of sandbags rolling into cities like Fargo, N.D. and Moorhead, Minn., the government confirmed residents' fears ...
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UN climate envoy expects dual-track negotiations
AP - Talks on a new global climate change accord, bogged down for years in contested negotiations among nearly 200 countries, will increasingly move outside the sluggish U.N. framework and focus on a streamlined group of countries, special U.N. envoy Gro Harlem Brundtland said Tuesday.
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NOAA: Imminent Flood Threat in Midwest, South and East Also at Risk
Major flooding has begun and is forecast to continue through spring in parts of the Midwest according to NOAA's National Weather Service. The South and East are also more susceptible to flooding as an El Niño influenced winter left the area soggier than usual.
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Fiji declares state of emergency for cyclone aid
Fiji declared a state of emergency Tuesday and ordered troops to launch relief operations in northern regions battered by a powerful cyclone that knocked out power and forced thousands of people to flee into shelters.
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