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Rio+20, the unhappy environmental summit
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:54PM June 23, 2012 CommentRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It was hard to find a happy soul at the end of the Rio+20 environmental summit.
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Sumatran rhino gives birth to male in Indonesia
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:54AM June 23, 2012 CommentJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian official says an endangered Sumatran rhinoceros has given birth to a male calf. It's only the fifth known to have been born in captivity.
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Report: Calif. to get seas rising 6 inches by 2030
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:51PM June 22, 2012 CommentThe West Coast will see an ocean several inches higher in coming decades, with most of California expected to get sea levels a half foot higher by 2030, according to a report released Friday.
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APNewsBreak: Florida man defends dinosaur's import
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:07PM June 21, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — A Florida dealer of fossils who acquired the remains of a dinosaur that the government plans to seize says he is "not some international bone smuggler" and that he risked his finances and reputation to put together the skeleton to promote a love of science in others.
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Leaders raise alarm at Rio+20 enviro summit
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:47PM June 21, 2012 CommentRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Leaders from the developing world sharply criticized their counterparts from richer nations during talks at the Rio+20 sustainable development conference on Thursday, citing what they said is the historic responsibility industrialized nations have to clean up the globe.
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Celebs Urge Drilling-Free Sanctuary in Arctic
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:50PM June 21, 2012 CommentIcebergs drift in calm seas off the Greenland coast.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The environmental group Greenpeace launched a global campaign for greater protection of the arctic on Thursday, backed by celebrities such as Robert Redford, Penelope Cruz and Paul McCartney.
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Bird flu study published after terrorism debate
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:19PM June 21, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — The second of two bird flu studies once considered too risky to publish was released Thursday, ending a saga that pitted concerns about terrorism against fears of a deadly global epidemic.
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Cash cows, disputes explain UN development summit
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:41PM June 21, 2012 CommentRIO CLARO, Brazil (AP) — The cash cows on Carlos Marques' farm used to be nothing but that: herds of dairy cattle that grazed the grassy, rolling hills of his property, where most of the dense tropical forest was long ago cut down for pastures and cropland.
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Development banks commit $175bn to transportation
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:13PM June 21, 2012 CommentRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The world's largest development banks say they are investing $175 billion over the next decade to support cleaner transportation systems.
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Solar plane makes 2nd attempt in Morocco flight
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:55AM June 21, 2012 CommentRABAT, Morocco (AP) — An experimental solar plane hoping to one day fly around the world tried again Thursday to fly over Morocco's Atlas Mountains after being thwarted a week ago by high winds.
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Big UN environmental summit opens in Rio
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:21PM June 20, 2012 CommentRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Leaders from around the globe gathered Wednesday to open three days of talks at the United Nations conference on sustainable development, where a sober, unambitious mood prevailed as negotiators produced what critics called a watered-down document that makes few advances on protecting the environment.
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Rio: pollution rife during UN enviro conference
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:48PM June 20, 2012 CommentRio de Janeiro (AP) — The throngs streaming into Rio for a sustainable development conference may be dreaming of white-sand beaches and clear, blue waters, but what they are first likely to notice as they leave the airport is not the salty tang of ocean in the breeze, but the stench of raw sewage.
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Rio 20 Years Later: Pollution Up, Forests Down
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Homes in the Manguinhos slum line the Jacare River, one of the most polluted rivers in the country, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, June 18, 2012.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Since world leaders last gathered in Rio de Janeiro to talk about the state of the Earth, temperatures have climbed and disasters have mounted. As diplomats discuss climate, sustainability and biodiversity, here is Earth by the numbers since 1992:
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Killings of environmentalists appear to be on rise
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:57AM June 20, 2012 CommentBANGKOK (AP) — The eulogies called Chut Wutty one of the few remaining activists in Cambodia brave enough to fight massive illegal deforestation by the powerful. The environmental watchdog was shot by a military policeman in April as he probed logging operations in one of the country's last great forests.
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US sues to force return of dinosaur to Mongolia
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:32PM June 18, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — The fossil of a dinosaur that roamed the earth 70 million years ago should be turned over to the United States by an auction house so that it can be returned to its home in Mongolia, a lawsuit brought by the U.S. government demanded Monday.
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AP Exclusive: Feds: Design led to nuke plant woes
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:09PM June 18, 2012 CommentCAPISTRANO BEACH, Calif. (AP) — After months of investigation, federal regulators have determined that design flaws appear to be the cause of excessive wear in tubing that carries radioactive water through California's troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant, a top federal regulator said.
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Archaeologist Finds Oldest Rock Art in Australia
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In this May 2012 photo provided by Bryce Barker, University of Southern Queensland archaeologist Bryce Barker investigates Aboriginal rock art in a cave in the Australian Outback. Prof. Barker said Monday, June 18, 2012 that tests show the Aboriginal rock art in the cave was made 28,000 years ago, making it the oldest in Australia and among the oldest in the world.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An archaeologist says he found the oldest piece of rock art in Australia and one of the oldest in the world: an Aboriginal work created 28,000 years ago in an Outback cave.
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Chinese spacecraft docks with orbiting module
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:53AM June 18, 2012 CommentBEIJING (AP) — A Chinese spacecraft carrying three astronauts docked with an orbiting module Monday, another first for the country as it strives to match American and Russian exploits in space.
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Accounting for natural wealth gains world traction
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:13PM June 17, 2012 CommentNEW DELHI (AP) — What is a sip of clean water worth? Is there economic value in the shade of a tree? And how much would you pay for a breath of fresh air?
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Unmanned Air Force space plane lands in Calif.
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:31PM June 16, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — An unmanned Air Force space plane steered itself to a landing early Saturday at a California military base, capping a 15-month clandestine mission.
