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Governments Give $500 Billion to Climate Change-Causing Fossil Fuels Industry Governments Give $500 Billion to Climate Change-Causing Fossil Fuels Industry
Governments around the world are contributing to catastrophic climate change and blocking renewable energy alternatives by subsidizing the fossil fuel industry. A new from British think tank the Overs... (photo: WN / marzena) Inhabitat
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This photo released by the Malacanang Photo Bureau shows an aerial view of Tacloban city, Leyte province in central Philippines Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, after Typhoon Haiyan ravaged the region in the Philippines. Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, slammed into several central Philippine islands on Friday, leaving a wide swath of destruction and hundreds of people dead. Philippine Typhoon death toll could reach 10,000
--> | Regional police chief Elmer Soria said he was briefed by Leyte provincial Gov. Dominic Petilla late Saturday and told there were about 10,000 deaths in the province, mostly by drowning and from ... (photo: AP / Malacanang Photo Bureau, Ryan Lim) Sowetan Live
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Residents cover their nose from the smell of dead bodies in Tacloban city, Leyte province central Philippines on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. The city remains littered with debris from damaged homes as many complain of shortage of food, water and no electricity since the Typhoon Haiyan slammed into their province. Typhoon Haiyan: desperate survivors and destruction in flattened city
Survivors in coastal Philippine city of Tacloban queue hundreds deep at airport in effort to leave chaos behind | Residents gather salvageable materials from the ruins of houses after typhoon Haiyan b... (photo: AP / Bullit Marquez) The Guardian
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Saddleback (pig) Runaway pigs in Forest of Bowland found 'safe and fat'
Three young runaway pigs have been found "safe and well", the Lancashire Wildlife Trust has said. | The three six-month-old saddleback sows escaped from an enclosure in woodland in the Fores... (photo: Creative Commons) BBC News
Cockroach Row over US mobile phone 'cockroach backpack' app
A US company that has developed an "electronic backpack" that fits onto a cockroach allowing the its movements to be controlled by a mobile phone app has defended itself against cruelty clai... (photo: Creative Commons) BBC News
Hammerhead Shark (rhubie) Carolina Hammerhead Shark, Newly Named Species, Discovered By Accident
Sometimes, finding a previously unknown species is a result of a happy accident. At least that was the case with the recent discovery of the Carolina hammerhead shark. | Joe Quattro of the University ... (photo: Creative Commons / Suneko) Huffington Post
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