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Paris -
The city of Paris is to begin an experiment this April using sheep as a replacement for lawnmowers. Ultimately, it may result in some of the French capital’s most famous parks and open spaces being tended by sheep rather than mechanical means.
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US scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have reported a sharp leap in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels in 2012.
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Singapore -
Earth Hour, the world’s largest movement for the planet, launched its campaign for 2013 in Singapore on February 27. This year Earth Hour will take place on Saturday, March 23 at 8:30 p.m. in time zones throughout the world.
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France yesterday introduced energy conservation laws making it obligatory for shops and commercial premises to switch off internal, window and exterior lighting at night.
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Nanomaterials, the result of nanotechnology, using extremely small objects, are becoming common in everyday life but the unseen use of nanomaterials in goods from cosmetics to paint is causing concern that there is little research into their effects.
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Greenpeace Canada announced its withdrawal yesterday from the Canada Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) claiming logging roads built in Quebec’s Montagnes Blanches region managed by Resolute Forest Products are a violation of the CBFA.
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Nantes -
At a ceremony in Brussels yesterday the city of Nantes, western France became European Green Capital 2013 succeeding Vitoria-Gasteiz in Spain. During the year Nantes is green capital of Europe, the city will promote environmentally friendly urban living.
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Researchers have shown that the chemical triclosan is particularly harmful to the ecological status of rivers and its use not sufficiently controlled. Triclosan is a common chemical added to hand sanitizers used in the home and in hospitals.
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Hyderabad -
More than 400 additional plant and animal species have joined the list of endangered species, the so-called ‘Red List,’ it was revealed at the UN conference on biodiversity held this week.
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There are very few books that can truly be said to have changed the world. "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson is one of those few: the seminal work in the founding of the modern environmental movement.
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Canadian Cabinet Minister Leona Aglukkaq, representing Canada at the 2013 meeting of the Arctic Council, signs the Kiruna Declaration with US Secretary of State John Kerry in the background.
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Ecology Blogs
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A team of Luxembourg-based researchers, working at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (Eco-Systems Biology...
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The recent Earth Day celebrations, especially the ones here in the San Francisco area were met with enthusiasm and some...
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Putting this in a respectful context; most people don't think much about the environment until something happens that...
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