UK parliamentary committee calls for biofuel moratorium

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Reuters 20 Jan 08; LONDON (Reuters) - Most biofuels harm rather than help the environment and the British government should call a moratori...

Abu Dhabi says to invest $15 bln in green energy

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Stanley Carvalho, Reuters 21 Jan 08; ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Gulf Arab oil exporter Abu Dhabi plans to spend $15 billion in the first phase o...

Alarm bells ringing about Antarctic thaw: Norway PM

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Alister Doyle, Reuters 20 Jan 08; TROLL STATION, Antarctica (Reuters) - Alarm bells are ringing about risks of a quickening thaw of Antarct...

Massive volcano exploded under Antarctic icesheet, study finds

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Yahoo News 20 Jan 08; A powerful volcano erupted under the icesheet of West Antarctica around 2,000 years ago and it might still be active ...

Best of our wild blogs: 21 Jan 08

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Things you can do a campaign for a better world by Raffles Junior College and ECO Singapore Sharkwater - the movie some thoughts on the bloo...

Singapore: Forgoing the rat race for the 'lilies of the field'

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Straits Times 21 Jan 08; In the end, we are judged in our lives for all our work - not just the work we are paid to do. Taking a year off f...

Singapore: Exports no longer key engine of growth?

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Chuang Peck Ming, Business Times 21 Jan 08; Is the Singapore economy relying less on external trade and more on the domestic market for gro...

Social networking sites may impact how traditional businesses work

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Channel NewsAsia 20 Jan 08; SINGAPORE: Social networking sites, such as Facebook and MySpace, have been around for less than five years, bu...

HDB should reconsider replacing ban on cats with 'motivational' regulations

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Letter from Tan Chek Wee, Straits Times Forum 21 Jan 08; I READ with amusement the article in The Sunday Times about 'Getting to know y...

Mosquito-borne diseases: efforts stepped up in Singapore

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Efforts to stop virus stepped up; no new cases Straits Times 21 Jan 08; THE authorities are stepping up efforts to destroy mosquito breedin...

Giant Newt, Tiny Frog Identified as Most at Risk

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Jeremy Lovell, PlanetArk 21 Jan 08; LONDON - A giant Chinese salamander that predates Tyrannosaurus rex and the world's smallest frog a...

Chinese Police Seize Endangered Pangolins from Home

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PlanetArk 21 Jan 08; BEIJING - A foul stench led Chinese police to a home where they found 16 protected pangolins in cages and plastic bags...