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The Washington Post's Juliet Eilperin reports: "The task of cutting greenhouse gas emissions enough to avert a dangerous rise in global temperatures may be far more difficult than previous research suggested, say scientists who have just published studies indicating that it would require the world to cease carbon emissions altogether within a matter of decades."

https://www.truthout.org/issues_06/031008EA.shtml



Vatican Calls Pollution a "New Sin"

From Philip Pullella, Reuters: "Thou shall not pollute the Earth. Thou shall beware genetic manipulation. Modern times bring with them modern sins. So the Vatican has told the faithful that they should be aware of 'new' sins such as causing environmental blight."

https://www.truthout.org/issues_06/031008EB.shtml



Go Green, Save the Indigenous

Tarjei Kidd Olsen of Inter Press Service writes: "African indigenous peoples are important custodians of their natural environments with valuable local knowledge and skills, but are struggling to survive, according to a report."

https://www.truthout.org/issues_06/031008EC.shtml



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