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"Renewal in Rwanda" [1]

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A series examining Rwanda's efforts to build an eco-friendly economy after genocide, and an Iowa-based initiative that's leading the way. Des Moines Register, December 20-23, 2009, by Perry Beeman.

 

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Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [9]
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Inter Press Service [11]

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Get an international perspective with IPS news stories written by professional journalists of Africa, Asia-Pacific, Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, MidEast & Mediterranean, and North America, about their local areas.
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"African Leaders' Climate Message Unheard At Home" [19]

"Africa contributes the least to global warming, but stands to suffer the most. That is the case African leaders are making at U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen. ... But ... daily survival remains the focus of many Africans."

Climate Change [20]
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Source: NPR [21], 12/16/2009

"Mt. Kilimanjaro Ice Cap Continues Rapid Retreat" [22]

"Researchers cannot agree whether the melting is attributable mainly to humanity’s role in global warming."

Climate Change [20]
Public [7]
Africa [10]
Source: NYTimes [23], 11/04/2009

Climate Refugees: "Fleeing Drought in the Horn of Africa" [24]

Refugees from global warming are arriving at camps in Kenya.

Climate Change [20]
Public [7]
Africa [10]
Source: LA Times [25], 10/26/2009

Nigeria May Harness Natural Gas Flares [26]

Nigeria may start harnessing the natural gas flared off from its oil fields to produce electric power for the impoverished communities whose protests and violence have often hampered production.

People & Population [5]
Public [7]
Africa [10]
Source: Wall St. Journal [27], 10/20/2009

Report: "The Dangers for Journalists Who Expose Environmental Issues" [28]

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Around the world, journalists face considerable risks when they expose environmental misdeeds. A new report from Reporters Without Borders/Reporters Sans Frontières looks at 13 cases of journalists and bloggers who have been killed, physically attacked, jailed, threatened or censored for reporting on the environment.
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"Ivory Coast Toxic-Dump Case Settled, Company Says" [29]

"Trafigura, an independent trading company, said Sunday that it had settled a long-running toxic dumping case, agreeing to pay £950 to each of as many as 30,000 residents of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, who said they were injured by a dump in 2006."
Waste [30]
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Africa [10]
Source: NYTimes [31], 09/21/2009

SciDev.Net's Climate Change & Insect-borne Disease [32]

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September 10, 2009: SciDev.Net (The Science and Development Network) published a spotlight on the impact of climate change on the spread of insect-borne disease that considers how countries can prepare for these changes.
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"Kenya May Lose All Its Lions in 20 Years" [35]

"Kenya's lion population could disappear altogether in the next 20 years because of climate change, habitat destruction, disease and conflict with humans, the country's wildlife authority said on Monday."
Biodiversity [34]
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Africa [10]
Source: Reuters [36], 08/19/2009

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