Transport links suspended as storm bears down on China

BEIJING | Fri Jul 29, 2011 4:42am EDT BEIJING (Reuters) – Tropical storm Nock-Ten began bearing down on the southern Chinese rubber-producing island of Hainan on Friday, forcing the cancellation of dozens of flights, ferries and rail services, state media reported. The storm has killed at least 41 people and caused more than 1 billion [...]

World’s biggest refugee camp extended as Somalis flood in

By Katy Migiro Fri Jul 29, 2011 3:37am EDT NAIROBI, July 28 (AlertNet) – Thousands of Somalis fleeing drought, famine and war have started moving into a new extension of the world’s largest refugee camp in Kenya, which is increasingly concerned about bearing the brunt of the Horn of Africa crisis. About 1,500 Somali refugees [...]

Weather disasters seen costly sign of things to come

By Molly O’Toole WASHINGTON | Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:18am EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is on a pace in 2011 to set a record for the cost of weather-related disasters and the trend is expected to worsen as climate change continues, officials and scientists said on Thursday. “The economic impact of severe [...]

Japan vows to skirt nuclear shutdown, watchdog embarrassed

By Shinichi Saoshiro and Yoko Kubota TOKYO | Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:08am EDT TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will strive to avoid a complete shutdown of its 54 nuclear reactors and avert crippling power shortages in the near term while charting plans to reduce the nation’s dependence on nuclear power, the government said on Friday. [...]

Drought-stricken Texas welcomes Tropical Storm Don

By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO | Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:23pm EDT SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – As much of Texas suffers through one of its worst droughts, many rain-starved Texans are doing something they thought they would never do — looking forward to the arrival of a tropical storm. “Someone’s going to get it. We [...]

Dating The Eco-Friendly Way This Summer

Young kids always look forward to summer time because they can go out on dates even on school nights. Those no longer in school, the adults specifically, may enjoy summer dates because there are plenty of things to do. Enjoying the outdoors is really romantic and special when shared in the company of someone you [...]

Climate change brings tea and apricots to Britain

By Tasim Zahid LONDON | Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:35am EDT LONDON (Reuters) – British farmers are experimenting with crops such as olives and nectarines which have traditionally been imported from southern Europe while the first British tea plantation has opened with a changing climate set to transform the nation’s countryside. Flowers will bloom early [...]

Palestinians fear for ancient West Bank water source

By Tom Perry RASHAYIDA, West Bank | Thu Jul 28, 2011 6:43am EDT RASHAYIDA, West Bank (Reuters) – – Hewn from rock, the cavernous cisterns which dot the desert beyond Bethlehem have for centuries harvested winter rain to provide shepherds and their flocks with water through summer. Under a baking sun, an elderly Bedouin explains [...]

Tropical Storm Don forms over Gulf of Mexico

By Kristen Hays and Bruce Nichols HOUSTON | Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:58pm EDT HOUSTON (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Don, the first major Gulf of Mexico storm this year, formed over the southern part of the oil-rich basin on Wednesday on a track toward the Texas coast. The storm forced several offshore energy operators to [...]

California offset frustration continues

Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:11pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Thomson Reuters Point Carbon) – Carbon market participants on Tuesday said revisions to key rules may not be enough to ensure that trading in secondary offset markets in California is liquid and stable. At issue is the question of who should be held responsible for replacing offset [...]

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