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| Mozambique's food riots - the true face of global warming | Raj Patel |
| 04 Sep 2010 Guardian Unlimited |
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| The violence in Maputo is just the latest manifestation of the crippling shortcomings of the global economyIt has been a summer of record temperatures - Japan had its hottest summer on record, as did South Florida and New York. Meanwhile, Pakistan and Niger are flooded and the eastern US is mopping |
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| Luis Urzua, the foreman keeping hope alive for Chile's trapped miners |
| 04 Sep 2010 Guardian Unlimited |
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| Trapped for a month in the San Jose mine, Chile, shift leader Luis Urzua has worked heroically to protect his menAbout 700 metres underground, in the most traumatic of circumstances, Luis Urzua has no intention of relinquishing command of the 33 men in his care. Urzua, 54, went to work as usual on 5 |
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| Google and Galaxy Zoo could aid global climate project |
| 04 Sep 2010 Guardian Unlimited |
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| Climate scientists meeting in Britain this week hope to build a database to predict natural disasters precisely. And records of the voyages of the Bounty and Beagle will assist them in their taskLeading climate scientists will gather in the UK this week to finalise plans for a revolutionary project |
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| Rising wheat prices raise fears over UK commitment to biofuels |
| 04 Sep 2010 Guardian Unlimited |
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| Converting up to a fifth of UK wheat into biofuel will force prices even higher at a time of food shortages, warn criticsThe soaring price of wheat has raised questions about the UK's commitment to biofuels as it attempts to wean itself from its dependence on oil.A network of biorefineries that conv |
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| A climate warning from the deep |
| 04 Sep 2010 Guardian Unlimited |
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| The dispersal of tiny sea creatures in Antarctica has alerted scientists to the vulnerability of Earth's ice sheetsBryozoans make unlikely prophets of doom. Nevertheless, scientists believe these tiny marine creatures, which live glued to the side of boulders, rocks and other surfaces, reveal a dist |
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| Overhaul factory farming to protect farmers and consumers |
| 03 Sep 2010 Friends of the Earth- England, Wales and N.Ireland. |
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| Industrial farming causing food prices to rise |
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| Bob Watson warns on embedded carbon emissions |
| 03 Sep 2010 Friends of the Earth- England, Wales and N.Ireland. |
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| Prof. Bob Watson comments on embedded emissions. |
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| The week in wildlife |
| 03 Sep 2010 Guardian Unlimited |
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| Mink set free by animal activists and salmon on their arduous journey upstream - the pick of this week's images from the natural world |
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| Get your camera and capture nature's harvest |
| 03 Sep 2010 Guardian Unlimited |
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| Photography adds another dimension to wild food foraging - not just for identification purposes but as an art form? Send your photos of nature's harvest to our Green shoots Flickr groupThere are as many reason for the current resurgent rise in enthusiasm for all things wild food and foraging-related |
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| Road threatens wildebeest migration |
| 03 Sep 2010 Guardian Unlimited |
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| The annual wildlife spectacle is under a cloud thanks to plans to construct a road across the Serengeti |
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| What is the 'environmentalist's paradox'? |
| 03 Sep 2010 Guardian Unlimited |
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| Why is human well-being improving globally when our environmental woes appear to be worsening all the time?We hear lots of concerned chatter these days - not least, here on this site - about peak oil, peak water, deforestation, resource depletion and the like, but a popular riposte offered by those |
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| Country diary: New Forest |
| 03 Sep 2010 Guardian Unlimited |
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| Clive Chatters, chairman of the New Forest national park authority, pays tribute to the work of amateur naturalists in the recently published symposium Biodiversity in the New Forest.Their observations and recording underpin the work of the professionals whose research helps to shape conservation po |
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| UN to hold crisis talks on food prices as riots hit Mozambique |
| 03 Sep 2010 Guardian Unlimited |
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| After violence in Africa and protests in Egypt, Serbia and Pakistan, the UN are to urge action on the rising cost of foodThe UN has called an urgent meeting on rising global food prices in an attempt to head off a repeat of the 2008 crisis that sparked riots around the world.Seven people, including |
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| Mr and Mrs Mussel plan largest offshore farm in Europe |
| 03 Sep 2010 Guardian Unlimited |
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| Scottish shellfish firm is to move south to the warmer waters of Lyme Bay, where it aims to produce up to 10,000 tonnes a yearPlans for the largest offshore mussel farm in Europe, to be set up in Lyme Bay, were announced today.The company behind the project hopes it will produce up to 10,000 tonnes |
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| Bid talk swirls around BP as it nears final cap on leaking well |
| 03 Sep 2010 Guardian Unlimited |
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| ? ExxonMobil discussed politics of BP takeover with the White House? BP's value had once dropped by more than $100bn, since 20 April BP said today that it was a fortnight away from finally sealing the rogue well in the Gulf of Mexico - potentially triggering bids from rivals for a company whose mar |
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| Google building infested by bed bugs |
| 03 Sep 2010 Guardian Unlimited |
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| The internet giant's New York headquarters have fallen prey to a city-wide outbreak of bed bugsThey are reddish-brown, smaller than an apple seed, have a taste for human blood and when they bite they itch like hell. And now the onward march of the common bedbug has extended into cyberspace.The searc |
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| Seafood stewardship questionable, experts argue |
| 02 Sep 2010 ScienceDaily.com |
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| The world's most established fisheries certifier is failing on its promises as rapidly as it gains prominence, according to leading fisheries experts. |
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