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California Feeling The Impact Of Urban Heat Island Effect
Increases in average temperatures are mostly caused by urbanization and not greenhouse warming argue authors of a recent study.
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Beijing To Hit The 3 Million Car Mark
With Chinese's new middle class embracing automobiles, gridlock in the capital is set to get a lot worse.
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California Considers Global Warming Solutions Act
California, the world's eight largest economy, is considering measures to address global change.
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Environmental Cost Of War A Major Catastrophe For Lebanon
The Israeili bombing of fuel storage tanks, plus the attack on an Israeli warship, have released thousands of tons of oil into the coast off of Lebanon, and there are few resources available for a cleanup operation.
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Stockholm Becomes Second European City To Implement Congestion Charging
Despite public opposition, Stockholm is pushing ahead with implementation of congestion charging for a trial period.
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Oil Sands Boom Threatens Environment
Driven by the need to quench North America's thirst for energy, the rapid development of Canada's oil sands resources has sidelined discussions about its harmful environmental impacts.
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Art Group Wants More Non-Gated Communities
'Something there is that does not love a wall/That wants it down...'
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Kyoto Protocol Comes Into Effect
International treaty to address global warming comes into force today.
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Yahoo! Maps To Support Realtime Traffic
The popular website Yahoo! is the first to launch a national service to display realtime traffic conditions on customized maps.
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Has the U.S. Become a Banana Republic?
The huge deficits and social security privatization promoted by the Bush Administration makes an economic crisis almost inevitable, Princeton economist warns.
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Kyoto Treaty Is Not Enough
UN climate chief says more needs to be done to counter global warming.
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A 'Killer Commute': Traffic Linked To Heart Attacks
A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine's finds that one in 12 heart attacks is tied to traffic.
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Predators, Population, And Safety Clash In Bombay
While the Indian city is known for its unique national park system, the pressure of an expanding population has led to a string of horrific maulings.
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Paris Could Ban SUVs
A top Parisian official calls SUVs polluting "caricature of a car" unsuited to Paris' city life.
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When Good Intentions Aren't Good Enough?
Forum Barcelona 2004, an upcoming sustainable development themed-event, is faced with criticism from local groups who contend that it does not practice what is preaches.
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Paris' Forum Des Halles To Get A Make-Over
Locals worry that redevelopment of cavernous underground mall will just replace one monster with another.
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Urban Sprawl Advances On American Military
The American military finds itself surrounded at home by urban sprawl.
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World's New Tallest Building
A 101-story skyscraper in Taipei becomes world's tallest building at 1,667 feet, beating the 1,483-foot twin Petronas towers in Kuala Lumpur.
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Europe's Deadliest Roads
Although a high profile education campaign has decreased the number of road deaths by 18% since last year, France still has Europe's deadliest roads.
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The Fastest-Shrinking U.S. Cities
San Francisco's population declined by 1.5 percent between July 2001 and July 2002.
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