Category:Environment

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• [×] Asbestos‎ (17 articles)

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• [+] Climate change‎ (135 articles; 1 subcategory)

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• [×] Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion‎ (30 articles)

E

• [×] EPA‎ (2 articles)

G

• [×] Greenpeace‎ (57 articles)

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• [+] Hurricane‎ (15 articles; 7 subcategories)
• [×] Hurricane Isaac‎ (0 articles)

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• [×] June 30, 2005‎ (12 articles)

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• [+] Oceans‎ (6 articles; 1 subcategory)

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• [×] Species endangerment‎ (61 articles)

V

• [+] Volcano‎ (29 articles; 1 subcategory)

• Portal:Environment

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• "Bali Roadmap" agreed on, applauded
• "Massive" oil spill in Alaska
• "One-litre car" may help traffic pollution

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• 'Apple's data is dirtiest,' says Greenpeace
• 'Crown Fire' forces residents in Southern California to evacuate homes

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• 100 icebergs heading for New Zealand
• 13 pilot whales returning to sea, off Western Australia
• 14,000-acre Southern California 'Crown Fire' at 82% containment, evacuation orders lifted

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• 2005 World Social Forum-Brazil coverage
• 2007 Hope Parade in Taiwan inconjuncted with creation and environment awareness
• 2008 Boao Forum for Asia starts with sectors on economy, environment, and the Internet
• 2008 Leisure Taiwan launched in Taipei World Trade Center

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• 400 pound python seized by wildlife officials in Florida
• 48 whales beached in New Zealand

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• 500 stranded melon-headed whales rescued in Philippine bay

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• Abu Dhabi starts constructing 'green city'
• Africa makes first draft version of UNCCC treaty, with harder goals
• After 100 days, Deepwater Horizon oil spill still threatens Gulf coast
• Al Gore and Climate Panel awarded Nobel Peace prize 2007
• Alarm sounded over US honey bee die-off
• Amazon deforestation accelerating
• Amazon rainforest being destroyed faster than previously believed
• American botanist Lou Jost discovers world's smallest orchid
• Annual Perseids meteor shower visible in northern hemisphere
• Anti-whaling Sea Shepherd crew detained in South Africa
• Appalachian Mountains coal company target of protesters
• Arctic ice cap shrank sharply this summer
• Arctic ice levels at record low opening Northwest Passage
• Argentina celebrates its independence day covered in white
• Arnold Schwarzenegger marks three day visit to Canada
• Arnold Schwarzenegger to visit Canada
• Asbestos controversy aboard Scientology ship Freewinds
• Asbestos discovery triggers evacuation and closure of New Jersey middle school
• Asbestos scare shuts down mail delivery in Christchurch, New Zealand
• Asbestos victims file 6.6 billion yen class action lawsuit in Tokyo
• Asian ministers pledge to increase wild tiger numbers
• Atlantic storm Danielle strengthens to hurricane force
• Australia records hottest year on record
• Australia saves three billion plastic bags from circulation
• Australia stingray deaths possible revenge for Steve Irwin
• Australia's "most powerful" windfarm approved
• Australian blitz on fish poaching
• Australian frog is rediscovered after 17 years
• Australian government approves Tasmanian pulp mill
• Australian government commits AU$60 million to cut greenhouse emissions
• Australian government paves way for nuclear waste dump in Northern Territory
• Australian government says technology could reduce emissions three times more than Kyoto
• Australian Medical Association backs ethanol blended fuels
• Australian nuclear power plants rejected by states
• Australian report shows emissions increase "more than doubled since the 1990s"
• Australian scientists develop culture to destroy reef-killing starfish
• Australian warship sunk as artificial reef
• Australians more concerned by global warming than terrorism, says Lowy report
• Australians unite against whaling in Southern Ocean

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• Bahamas become fourth country to ban shark fishing
• Big Island residents prepare for arrival of Flossie
• Bird flu hits Philippines
• Black vulture population targeted for reduction at Virginia boat launch
• Blair challenges New Zealand to fight against global warming
• Blair recognizes Kyoto treaty stopped by its restrictions
• Blair wishes to cooperate with the United States to reduce climatic change
• Blob off Alaskan coast identified
• Bloomberg and Clinton create green alliance
• Bonobo chimp threatened in Congo
• BP CEO Tony Hayward to resign, say analysts
• BP lose laptop containing sensitive claimant data

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• BP report into Gulf of Mexico disaster lays blame on other contractors
• BP reports progress in oil spill cleanup
• BP says Gulf oil spill slowed as estimates of oil spilled increase
• BP: New cap on Gulf of Mexico oil well in place
• BP: One oil leak in Gulf of Mexico plugged
• BP: Plug for underwater oil leak in Gulf of Mexico fails
• Brazilian environmentalists tell residents to urinate in shower to save water
• Brazilian President: not continuing to use biofuels would be a 'crime against humanity'
• Britain's Royal Windsor Castle to get hydro-electric power plant
• British Airways plans to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 50% by 2050
• British government considering new nuclear power stations
• British scientists claim 2005 warmest yet in Northern Hemisphere
• Brown promises Britain will lead world in fight against climate change
• Brush fire starts in Hawaii's Makua Valley
• Bulusan Volcano releases some ash
• Buncefield oil depot tank 'was overflowing'
• Bush calls for US offshore oil exploration
• Bush EPA nominee abandons insecticide-on-children study after Senate hearing
• Bush proclaims Northwestern Hawaiian Islands a National Monument
• Businesses and individuals worldwide to turn lights off as part of Earth Hour 2009
• Businesses and individuals worldwide turn lights off as part of Earth Hour 2008

C

• California lead bullet ban moves forward
• California offers rebates for alternative fuel vehicles
• California's SB 1 Bill Originators' and Supporters Turn Against Bill
• Calls for "critical breakthrough" in the opening speeches of Climate Conference in Bali
• Calls for bottled water bans grow in Canada
• Cambridge, Mass., city council recommends construction firm W. R. Grace remain under DEP supervision for asbestos contamination
• Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, releases study of local emissions
• Canada keeping eye on Deepwater Horizon spill
• Canadian government 'will respect' Kyoto law
• Canadian government employee faces criminal charges in leak of environment plan
• Canadian government threatens to ignore law respecting Kyoto Protocol
• Canadian Prime Minister Harper agrees to send 'Clean Air Act' to committee
• Canadian province receives warning from Exxon
• Canadian trio claim South Pole record for trans-Antarctic trip
• Carbon trading scheme proposed by British MP
• Cargo plane crashes in Alaska's Denali Park, sparks wildfire
• Caterpillars force temporary closure of Wisconsin state park
• Chair of European Parliament's agricultural committee discusses biofuels with Wikinews
• Charlie the smoking chimpanzee dies aged 52
• Chesapeake Bay Program issues first-ever water quality forecast
• China and Indonesia hail deal of Copenhagen summit
• China bans free plastic bags
• China completes "mammoth" Three Gorges Dam hydro-electricity project
• China launches major cleanup operation after oil spill
• China promises cut in carbon dioxide emissions
• China targets Google, Baidu and Internet portals over porn
• Chinese bloggers pressure leads to kitten killer giveup
• Chinese ship leaking oil near Great Barrier Reef
• Christchurch, New Zealand floods causes havoc
• Cigarette butts kill fish, scientists complain
• Cities across Texas increase efforts to combat mosquitos
• Class action launched by Australian bushfire survivors against SP AusNet
• Climate campaigners scale UK Parliament and hang protest banners from the building
• Climate change a factor in Australia's warmest year on record
• Climate change impacts Wyoming
• Climate change talks continue in Bali
• Climate conference in Bali begins on Monday
• Climate Conference in Bali concluded; opinions on outcome differ
• Climate Negotiations soon to conclude in Bali; UN "concerned by the pace of things"
• Colombia’s Uribe orders the bombing of a Natural National Park
• Containment capsule captures 10,000 oil barrels a day in Gulf of Mexico
• Controversial Brazilian dam gets preliminary approval
• Controversial wind farm approved by US government
• Copenhagen climate conference ends with "meaningful agreement"
• Copenhagen climate conference opens
• Corruption blamed for Papuan rainforest destruction

C cont.

• Criticism over Qingzang Railway as opening nears
• Cyclone Emma crosses West Australian coast
• Cyclone Giri makes landfall in Myanmar, kills one

D

• Dam removal proposal for Klamath River
• David Suzuki to Visit University of Toronto
• Deepwater Horizon oil well finally dead, authorities say
• Delhi earns UN carbon credits
• Demand for biofuel irrigation worsens global water crisis
• Developing nations bring technology transfer on agenda against resistance of Canada, Japan and US
• Diesel spill in northern Saskatchewan
• Disposal of fracking wastewater poses potential environmental problems
• Disputed island disappears beneath sea on India-Bangladesh border
• Dozens of cats removed from feces-ridden New Jersey house
• Drought conditions hit much of US again in 2012
• Duck hunters asked to help monitor spread of Avian Flu

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• Earth Day 2008 marked in various ways
• Earth Day 2009 celebrated around the globe
• Earthquake hits Ottawa, Canada
• Earthquake strikes northeast Japan, shakes Tokyo
• Electric vehicles can be less green than classic fuel cars, Norwegian study finds
• Endangered Luzon Buttonquail photographed alive by Philippines documentary
• Template:Environment
• Environmentalists: "Turn everything off!" on February 1st
• EPA block massive West Australian energy project
• EPA proposes using Clean Air Act to fight global warming
• Eritrea declares its coastline a protected area
• Error hits Greenpeace donations
• EU adopts renewable energy measures
• EU awards partial victory to Finland over wolf hunting case
• EU ban on 75W bulbs comes into force
• EU may see no reason to go to next major emitters meeting
• EU regulation prevents sale of 'small' kiwi fruit in Bristol shop
• European Union to fund scheme to reduce aircraft emissions and noise pollution
• Experts raise serious questions over safety of U.S. oil industry and warn another spill may be 'unavoidable'
• Exxonmobil burns off excess fuel in Jurong Island, Singapore

F

• Fears about Songhua settled
• Fires burn across eastern Australia amid summer heatwave
• Fisherman in Virginia charged with killing alligator
• Flaming possum blamed for New Zealand fire
• Flash floods kill at least nineteen campers in Arkansas
• Florida and Puerto Rican manatees may be removed from 'endangered species list'
• Forest preservation plan debated at climate talks
• Freelance reporter fired from Boston Globe for adding fictitious details to story
• Frenchman climbs skyscraper in 20 minutes without any equipment
• Frog-killing fungus spreads across Panama Canal towards South America

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• Genetically modified seeds got into New Zealand
• Giant tuna sold for $177,000 at Japanese fish market
• Global warming underestimated, say scientists
• GOES-12 weather satellite fails during adjustment
• Google to invest in alternative energy
• Gorbachev warns against rapid globalization
• Government shuts off water to California farms in controversial effort to help threatened species
• Great white sharks to be protected in New Zealand
• Green opportunism pays off
• Greenhouse-gas emission targets may come later says Ban Ki-moon
• Greenpeace activists clash with Japanese whaling fleet in Southern Ocean
• Greenpeace demands Chilean President create marine parks
• Greenpeace founder supports nuclear energy
• Greenpeace report says Chernobyl death toll has been underestimated
• Greenpeace tries to thwart Chesapeake Bay fishing fleet
• Greenpeace, Sea Shepherds end Southern Ocean whaling protest
• Grey Wolves are Still Protected by the Endangered Species Act
• Guadalupe River Park and Gardens opens in San Jose, CA, USA
• Guards at Nova Scotia jail refuse to work after asbestos discovery
• Gulf of Mexico oil spill expanding; submarines to try to stop leak

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• Halema`uma`u crater erupts in Hawaii, USA