The discovery appears to brighten prospects for Norway’s industry, which had not had much luck exploring in the Barents Sea until recently.
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Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2011
Many of 2011′s most dramatic stories on environmental issues came from people taking to the streets. With governments and corporations slow to tackle massive environmental problems, people have begun to assert themselves. Victories were seen on four co…
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Photos: 208 species discovered in endangered Mekong region in 2010
Last year researchers scoured forests, rivers, wetlands, and islands in the vanishing ecosystems of the Mekong Delta to uncover an astounding 208 new species over a twelve month period. A new report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) highlights a …
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The dam-maker: China involved in 289 dam projects worldwide
China is currently involved in 289 hydroelectric projects worldwide, as reported by International Rivers. Most of the dams are built for hydropower, and over half are considered ‘large’ projects. The list includes completed dams, one currently under co…
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Public opposition pushes Myanmar to suspend giant Chinese dam
Large-scale opposition has pushed the Myanmar government to suspend construction of a massive Chinese dam. Being built on the confluence of the Mayhka amd Malihka rivers at the head of Irrawaddy River, the Myitsone Dam would have created a reservoir th…
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Green Blog: On Our Radar: Dam Halted in Myanmar
Diplomatic cables indicate that the United States aided opponents of a dam on the Irrawaddy River, a newspaper reports.
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Myanmar Suspends Construction of Myitsone Dam
Bowing to public pressure, the Myanmar government halted the Myitsone dam project, which was led by a state-owned Chinese company.
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Cute animal picture of the day: tufted deer fawn
Native to China and, perhaps, Myanmar (Burma), the tufted deer lives in mountainous damp forests.
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Bear bile trade, both legal and illegal, ubiquitous in Asia
Surveying 13 nations and territories in Asia, the wildlife trade organization TRAFFIC found that the bear bile trade remains practically ubiquitous in the region. In many cases the trade, which extracts bile from captive bears’ gall bladders for sale a…
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Earthquake Hits Myanmar
A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck northeastern Myanmar Thursday evening near the borders of Thailand and Laos, shaking buildings as far away as Bangkok.
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