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Siemens (sl1) AP Interview: Siemens CEO eyeing green energy tech
| (AP) - MUNICH - Global demand for more renewable sources of energy and more efficient products will drive future growth for the German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG, its CEO said Tuesday. | "Gr... (photo: creative commons / ) Syracuse
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INDIA-WILD-LEOPARD  'How do you justify shooting a leopard?'
| By Laura Ashbaugh | One night in a pub, Fred Berrangé overheard a group of drunken men talking about going out that night on a bakkie to shoot leopards. | "I would ask 'How do you justify shoot... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick) Independent online
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The Discoverer Deep Seas drillship sits in 4,000 feet of water as Chevron drills for oil off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday March 28, 2006. Senate energy panel will back gulf drilling plan, Sen. Dorgan says
| The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will vote on an amendment today that would bring eastern Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leasing closer to Florida's coast. Skip to next paragraph More N... (photo: AP / Alex Brandon) The New York Times

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Crossing The River Dyfi, Dyfi valley; Wales -United Kingdom Valley awarded unique UN status
| A Welsh valley has joined the likes of Uluru (Ayres Rock) in Australia and Mount Olympus in Greece as a United Nations area of special interest. | The Dyfi Valley was first designated a biosphere in... (photo: Creative Commons / Meg Nicol) BBC News
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climate change - global warming - environment - clouds Global warming could turn out wonderfully -- for sea stars
| Global warming may benefit certain marine life, a study by University of B.C. researchers suggests. | Rebecca Gooding, a UBC PhD student, found that young purple ochre sea stars grow faster, heavier... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Canada Dot Com

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climate change - environment - nature - sea shore Airlines 'must take initiative' before climate-change talks, warns BA boss
| UN's International Civil Aviation Organisation has failed to thrash out an emissions-trading scheme for airlines | Leading airlines have warned that they could be punished at the Copenhagen talks th... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) The Guardian

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