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16th August, 2010 1:19pmUK needs clean coal for new energy policy: government
LONDON (Reuters) - New UK coal-fired power plants will need to fit carbon removing technology to comply with the upcoming Emission Performance Standard (EPS), energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne said on Monday.
16th August, 2010 12:33amLow pressure area seen moving back into Gulf: NHC
MIAMI (Reuters) - An area of low pressure moving over the Florida Panhandle was expected to track southward into the northern Gulf of Mexico by early Monday and had a 50 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours, the National Hurricane Center said on Sunday.
14th August, 2010 3:54amU.S. judge bans planting of genetically engineered beets
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday banned the planting of genetically modified sugar beets engineered by Monsanto Co in a ruling that marks a major setback for the biotech giant.
13th August, 2010 1:32pmFew Chernobyl radiation risks from Russia fires
LONDON (Reuters) - Fears that fires scorching forests polluted by Chernobyl fallout may propel dangerous amounts of radioactivity into the air are overblown, scientists say, and the actual health risks are very small.
13th August, 2010 10:27amWorld '09 CO2 emissions off 1.3 percent: institute
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2009 fell 1.3 percent to 31.3 billion tonnes in the first year-on-year decline in this decade, German renewable energy institute IWR said on Friday.
