Years after she was taken hostage in the jungles of South America, Ingrid Betancourt stood on French soil Friday, telling a crowd of well-wishers: "I cry out of joy."

11 hours ago · EMM: Breaking News · press.jrc.it/NewsBrief

(AHN) - Urgent action is needed to deal with a 75 percent hike in food price hikes from crops diverted to biofuel, World Bank officials said. - Fri, 4 Jul 2008 13:02:49 GMT (AHN)

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WARSAW, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Polish President Lech Kaczynski has told French President Nicolas Sarkozy that Poland will not block ratification of a European Union reform treaty, local media said on Friday. "The Polish president affirmed that Poland would not be an obstacle to the ratification of the.. ...

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Climate change has become an important issue in recent years, but rarely has it received as much attention as a security issue as it did last week. Dr. Thomas Fingar, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis, delivered a briefing to the US Congress on the security issues associated with ...

1 day ago · Global Security Challenge · globalsecuritychallenge.com by Simon Schneider 5 references

In the Fervor to be Green and Do Your bit to Stop Climate Change Morality Play that is Contemporary Life (or how to be a good little Green who will go to Arcadia when you Die), the BBC has published an article today on " The Bulb Hoarders". Horrors. "The government (UK) wants your old-fashioned ener ...

3 days ago · Black Phoebe :: Ms. Jen · blackphoebe.com/msjen by Black Phoebe :: Ms. Jen 20 references

Looking around for what is cooking on the internet, my average day is everything from tech to green ideas - hopefully good stuff: Volunteer to be a Salmon Watcher - contact jennifer.vanderhoof@kingcounty.gov Salmon Watchers Program - Cambridge Climate Change Bestsellers - Thanks for stopping by - ad ...

7 days ago · Culinary Gizmodo · culinarygizmodo.com by Cookin' & Smiling 2 references

Check out this article he wrote. Yes, I know, it means reading. So hard for so many of us, but utterly worth it. It made me think of two things immediately. First is a new blog or photo pool online or something entitled "Thins I will miss when they are gone for good" featuring all the photos people ...

11 days ago · Green Manifesto · greenmanifesto.blogspot.com by Greenstigator ()

Fixing Climate: What Past Climate Changes Reveal About The Current Threat – And How To Counter It Wallace S. Broecker and Robert Kunzig Kunzig and Broecker issue a very short volume to educate the general public about the future and the numerous previous climate changes that we have had throughout e ...

13 days ago · The Melon Online · themelononline.com by Matt Stevens 5 references

Filed under: misc hacks, news With concerns about the environment at an all-time high, do we roll up our sleeves and fix the situation or set our fears aside and dance the night away? [Andrew Charalambous], a nightclub owner in from Britain, doesn't think we should have to choose, so he installed a ...

14 days ago · Hack a Day · hackaday.com by Juan Aguilar 138 references

Posts next week might sputter a bit as the blog prepares for another conference involving sustainability and environmental issues in the global surfactants/detergents industry. For now, here are this week's green news roundup. Biomass plastic in cars Mazda Motor launched its Bioplastic Project with ...

14 days ago · Green Chemicals · icis.com/blogs/green-chemicals by Doris De Guzman