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Breaking News Wed, 9 Feb 2011
In this Feb. 6, 2011 photo made available Feb. 8, and provided by the Fire & Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia, Gosnell firefighters battles a wildfire at the rear of a house in the Perth, Australia, suburb of Roleystone. Police said at least 68 homes were lost in the blaze, believed to have been started by sparks from an angle grinder.
Australia   Disaster   Photos   Wikipedia: Bushfires in Australia   Wildfire  
 NZ Herald 
Police officer charged over WA bushfire
| PERTH - A West Australian police officer, whose use of an angle grinder allegedly ignited a bushfire which raged through the Perth hills district destroying 72 homes, has been charged. | The 56-year... (photo: AP / FESA, Evan Collis)
Britain's Prince Charles delivers a speech on building distinctive places in a globalised world, at St James' Palace in London, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009.
Britain   Environment   Nature   Photos   Wikipedia:dried lake  
 BBC News 
Prince Charles: Nature's bank is going bust
Continue reading the main story Related Stories | Charles the climate change campaigner Prince hails Queensland rescues | The Prince of Wales has warned of more unemployment, inflation and poverty unl... (photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Termite mound in Queensland / Australia  San Fransisco Chronicle 
Get 2nd opinion on termite inspection
0 Sweat Equity Get 2nd opinion on termite inspection 02.09.11 French drain versus gutter - pros and cons 01.26.11 Redirecting water should eliminate mold, mildew 01.19.11 Turning old concrete slab int... (photo: Creative Commons / Alchemist-hp)
Garden   Insect   Nature   Photos   Wikipedia: Termite  
Ross' Geese at Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge.  Deccan Herald 
Almost 1,700 NY geese killed to protect air travel
New York, Feb 9, (AFP): Wednesday, February 09, 2011 --> | US officials mercilessly enforced a goose no-fly zone around New York's JFK and La Guardia airports last year by killing 1,676 of the birds b... (photo: Creative Commons)
Airlines   Animals   Photos   Transport   Wildlife  
Top Stories
household waste - wet garbage for compost Scoop
Free chance to dispose of hazardous household waste
Wednesday, 9 February 2011, 12:13 pm | Press Release: Auckland Council | Media release | 9 February 2011 | Free chance to dispose of hazardous household waste | Auckland ... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Auckland   Environment   New Zealand   Photos   Wikipedia: Recycling  
Mallard. Star Tribune
Thousands of mallards die; traced to eating moldy grain
| As many as 7,000 mallards have died in a small pond near Pierre S.D., the apparent result of the birds ingesting moldy grain from a feedlot. | The congregation of malla... (photo: Creative Commons / Jonathunder)
Birds   Dakota   Photos   Wikipedia: Mallard   Winter  
wind farm - wind energy - wind turbines - renewable energy Newsvine
Govt: voluntary rules for wind farm bird impacts
| WASHINGTON — The Fish and Wildlife Service Tuesday proposed voluntary guidelines for onshore wind energy developers to avoid bird deaths and other harm to wildlif... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Bird   Photos   Washington   Wikipedia: Wind farm   Wind  
A member of the Kaiapo tribe holds a poster showing a picture of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff during a protest by indigenous communities against the construction of Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in front the National Congress in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday Feb. 8, 2011. A Brazilian environmental agency has given approval for initial work to begin on a massive hydroelectric dam planned for the heart of the Amazon jungle. The 11,000-megawatt project to dam  the Xingu River, which feeds the Amazon, would be the third-largest such hydroelectric project in the world. The poster reads "Stop Belo Monte" and the number 604,317 refers to the number of people they say have signed a petition against the project." BBC News
Brazil: Indigenous tribes protest against Amazon dam
Kaiapo Indians took their protest against the Belo Monte dam to the National Congress in Brasilia Continue reading the main story Related Stories | Amazon dam build given... (photo: AP / Eraldo Peres)
Brazil   Environment   Photos   Protests   Wikipedia: Belo Monte Dam  
Tiger - Animal - Wild - Wildlife Deccan Herald
Biligiri Tiger Reserve: Include Soligas in conservation plan
By Ashish Kothari and Nitin Rai Wednesday, February 09, 2011 --> | In an unusual move, a forest-dwelling human community has made a bid to conserve another forest-dweller... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Conservation   Environment   Forest   Photos   Tiger   Wikipedia: Tiger  
Dead fish, victims of the toxic red sludge that spilled Monday from a giant industrial container, in the River Marcal near Boba, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. "Life in the River Marcal has been extinguished," Rescue official Tibor Dobson told The Associated Press, referring to the river's 25-mile (40-kilometer) stretch that carried the red waste from Kolontar into the Raba River and onto the Danube. BBC News
Hungary sludge plant 'still a threat', says Greenpeace
Continue reading the main story Related Stories | Uncertain future for Hungary sludge victims Villagers despair in Hungary's red wasteland Sludge carpets homes in Hungary... (photo: AP / Bela Szandelszky)
Environment   Hungary   Photos   Pollution   Wikipedia: Ajka alumina plant accident  
Filipinos and Indians spending their weekends in Dubai Park, UAE Khaleej Times
Abu Dhabi DED celebrates UAE Environment Day
ABU DHBAI - Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (DED) celebrated the 14th National Environment Day by hosting some of educational and awareness activities and in... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Development   Environment   Photos   UAE   Wikipedia: United Arab Emirates  
woman - skin The Examiner
Nature's Cure to Beautiful Skin
| With this winter being the worst we've seen in years, my skin seems to be recieving the brunt of this bone chilling weather. Not being able to moisturize fast enough, I... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Cure   Nature   Photos   Wikipedia: Skin   Winter  
flower arrangement - floral designing The Examiner
Designing in floral foam, part 1: Types of floral foam
| It was in 1954 that floral foam was created and the floral industry was revolutionized. The brand name for the first floral foam was Oasis®, and today floral foam is q... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Industry   Nature   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Smithers-Oasis  
Climate Change Animals
- Prince Charles blasts climate-change skeptics
- Prince Charles blasts "corrosive effect" of climat
- Prince Charles blasts "corrosive effect" of climat
- Prince Charles blasts climate-change skeptics
Ice forming on the leaves of trees in Pocahontas, Illinois, USA during a winter storm on February 2, 2011.
Climate Change to Force Mass Migration, Study Warns
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- The Taiwanese Animators Take On Food Inflation And Blame It
- February 9, 2011 - Marvel comics on-sale
- Youth with a capacity to harm animals ?
- Last Day for the Animal Rescue Site Home Decor Sale
Michael Vick
Animal activists want to buy Vick's property
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Nature Forests
- Photos: 'Sexual Nature' exhibit in London
- Metro Parks wants to build larger nature center
- Alpha Natural earnings squeezed by higher costs
- Cliffs Natural Resources' Iron Ore Revenue May Spell Nea
Britain's Prince Charles delivers a speech on building distinctive places in a globalised world, at St James' Palace in London, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009.
Prince Charles: Nature's bank is going bust
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- The world's 10 most threatened forests – interactive
- David Cameron 'busts some myths' on English forest c
- MoEF grants forest clearance for SAIL's Chiria mines
- Tracking Urban Fishers Through Forest and Culvert
Tiger - Animal - Wild - Wildlife
Biligiri Tiger Reserve: Include Soligas in conservation plan
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Hydrology Ozone Depletion
- Boral stock price soars as work floods in
- Council big enough to pay for flood recovery bill, Julia Gil
- 'Crocodile tears' an insult to flood victims
- Opposition frustrates Gillard's flood levy plan
Man - Bottled Water
Deluge of bottled-water licence applications rings alarm bells
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- Study: Ozone Smog Pollution Expanding | Health |
- Reagan helped save the ozone layer but ruined America's
- New Bulletstorm 'Skillisode' would make Ozone and Tu
- How Super Bowl games cause morning-after spike in ozone air
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Wildlife Population
- Policy to minimise impact on wildlife by roads, rail tracks
- Wildlife group warns planned offshore drilling could harm Me
- Wildlife groups warns planned offshore drilling could harm M
- Almost 1,700 NY geese killed to protect air travel
Ross' Geese at Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge.
Almost 1,700 NY geese killed to protect air travel
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- Disasters usually a temporary setback for population
- Chinese weather on Tahrir Square
- India begins 1.2 billion population headcount
- Polar bear population shrinking as Arctic sea ice melts
Army soldiers stand guard, as a banner hung by Egyptian protesters reads " a report to prosecutor general: Mubarak and his family wealth 70 billion dollars" , in front of Egyptian Parliament in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. Around 2,000 protesters waved huge flags outside the parliament several blocks from Tahrir Square, where they moved a day earlier in the movement's first expansion out of the square. They chanted slogans demanding the dissolving of the legislature, where almost all the seats are held by the ruling party.
Chinese weather on Tahrir Square
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