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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Africa Leader.com http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/10/id/9d3b36ac41649d93/ en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:48:41 -0500 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:48:41 -0500 30 China is paying an increasing price for environmental and ecological damage brought about by rapid economic development, a report has claimed. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203227352/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:50:08 -0500 ANI http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203227352/cs/1/ Quito, Feb. 4 (Prensa Latina) The ministerial meeting of the region in preparation for the Rio+20 Summit ended in this city with a demand to the developed counties to fulfill environmental ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203233355/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:02:46 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203233355/ MANILA, Philippines – The Greenpeace on Friday asked the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) to stop the field trials of the genetically engineered (GE) Bt eggplant because it ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203231371/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:05:14 -0500 Check Biotech http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203231371/ China ranks number one in the world in both production and consumption of paper and cardboard. Obsolete technology in paper production facilities and accelerated cultivation of wood pulp forests are ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203221665/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:47:33 -0500 The Epoch Times http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203221665/ ABU DHABI - The President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, said the National Environment Day is an important annual event marked and taken care of by all UAE ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203221961/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:32:15 -0500 Khaleej Times http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203221961/ Michael McCarthy, the Independent's Environment Editor, is one of Britain's leading writers on the environment and the natural world. He has three times been Environment Journalist of the ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203221959/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:58:11 -0500 The Independent http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203221959/ The bitterly cold weather sweeping Britain and the rest of Europe has been linked by scientists with the ice-free seas of the Arctic, where global warming is exerting its greatest ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203221960/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:57:49 -0500 The Independent http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203221960/ Sierra Club ’s president, Michael Brune, has acknowledged in a blog post that beginning five years ago, the club accepted $26 million from people connected with Chesapeake Energy, the ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203221964/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:36:43 -0500 New York Times http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203221964/ The Queen has launched a project to plant six million trees native to Britain, creating new woods across the country to mark her Diamond Jubilee. Accompanied by her daughter, the Princess Royal, ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203221958/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:19:24 -0500 BBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203221958/ The insurance segment of XL Group unveiled enhanced pollution protection for real estate portfolios. The coverage provides real estate property portfolios with protection that addresses pollution ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203221962/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:57:38 -0500 Insurance Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203221962/ Wealthy investors in Uganda are taking advantage of a new money-making opportunity investing in trees. Trees have become an attractive investment because of the rising cost of timber and the allure ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203213204/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:46:20 -0500 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203213204/ The feed-in tariff favours those households with a suitable roof, but are effectively subsidised by the less fortunate. Photograph: Chris Howes/Wild ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203213198/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:17:11 -0500 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203213198/ Just as it seemed that spring had arrived early, a cruel Siberian freeze has blown in and left wildlife in a state of confusion. Balmy temperatures in January were a wake-up call for many creatures, ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203213199/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:17:03 -0500 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203213199/ Last month, samples were taken from a dead deer at Woodchester Park near Stroud, in the hope that the DNA would prove to be evidence of a big cat. The media got busy. The "Beast of ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203213200/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:16:54 -0500 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203213200/ Opening the door to the animal house, passing a rhino on the way and patting the giraffe inside, Sarah Forsyth points out small white boxes that dot the walls. "Everywhere you look there's ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203213201/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:16:39 -0500 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203213201/ Feb. 3, 2012 /CNW/ - Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are warning people to take extra care near lakes and rivers this winter. And to make a serious point in ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203213206/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:45:30 -0500 CNW Group http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203213206/ Feb. 3, 2012 /CNW/ - Cummins Westport Inc. (CWI), a leading provider of high-performance, alternative fuel engines for the global market, announced today that Navistar will offer the Cummins ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203213205/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:45:29 -0500 CNW Group http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203213205/ Feb. 3, 2012 /CNW/ - The Joint Review Panel for the Deep Geologic Repository Project for Low and Intermediate Level Radioactive Waste (DGR) today announced the start of the maximum six-month ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203213207/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:45:27 -0500 CNW Group http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203213207/ Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said that his country's dependence on nuclear power should be reduced to the "maximum extent." Noda made the remarks during a policy address to the Diet ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203213196/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:01:21 -0500 Greenpeace http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203213196/ Follow this company LLP. Both firms are based in Phoenix. "Adding this well-known environmental law team to the firm allows us to offer our clients from across the country a new ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203213202/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:54:22 -0500 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203213202/ The head of environmental pressure group Greenpeace warned Friday the world faced a "perfect storm" of crises and was heading for what he termed a crisis of "epic ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203213208/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:18:48 -0500 Breitbart http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203213208/ Jerry Brown appointed Brian Leahy on Thursday to head the Department of Pesticide Regulation. Leahy is the former assistant director at the California Department of Conservation, as well as a former ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203205638/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:41:42 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203205638/ Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing '; the UN declares that the entire way that we currently approach economics needs to be changed. Instead of focusing on things like ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203205283/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:25:49 -0500 Infowars.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203205283/ Scientists in Cape Cod are trying to determine what is causing dolphins to swim dangerously close to shore, with more than 100 becoming stranded in the last three weeks.Members of Congress are ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203205632/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:22:40 -0500 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203205632/ 'That US Congressmen tend to rationalise fossil fuel use despite climate risks to future generations just as southern congressmen rationalised slavery despite ideals of equality is perhaps ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203205633/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:22:35 -0500 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203205633/ Brad Johnson at ThinkProgress has investigated the people behind it and describes it as a "coal-industry astroturf group". Here's a video from the Common Sense Movement's "I ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203205636/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:22:14 -0500 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203205636/ YouTube When I was first getting into cycle sport, in the late 1980s, there was only one story. And that was Greg LeMond's.First, in 1986, he became the first American to win the Tour de ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203205635/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:22:07 -0500 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203205635/ "Occupy - a movement I love and respect, and which represents our last best hope - also fills me with distress because of how difficult it is for a movement committed to "no ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203205637/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:22:01 -0500 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203205637/ MONTREAL, Feb. 3, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) today reported net earnings of $61million ($1.63 per share) for the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to net earnings ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203205642/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:55:44 -0500 CNW Group http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203205642/ Authorities from the planned Trans-Adriatic Pipeline called for meetings in Italy to discuss environmental effects of the project, the managing group said. TAP is up against the smaller ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203205644/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:44:50 -0500 UPI http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203205644/ By the standards of kid-friendly animals in trouble rescue pics, "Big Miracle" is a better than average tale that works as well as it does because of winning performances and a script ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203205640/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:04:11 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203205640/ WAM ABU DHABI: H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Representative in the Western Region and the Chairman of The Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD) called for reiterating commitment ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203205643/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:38:31 -0500 WAM http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/203205643/