2/10 Reuters: Environment

Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. Reuters: Environment "Smart cities" mean rivalry in power, construction February 9, 2009 at 9:17 pm BRUSSELS (Reuters) - In the city of the future, could power suppliers be rivaled by construction firms? An embryonic movement is growing in Europe to build "smart cities" that will challenge the status quo. Australia declares bushfire disaster a crime scene February 9, 2009 at 7:56 pm SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police treated the country's entire bushfire disaster zone as a crime scene on Tuesday as investigators combed through a blackened wasteland to find clues to the culprits behind the country's deadliest fires. U.S. urged to save forests to curb climate change February 9, 2009 at 5:46 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States needs to take the lead in preserving tropical forests in the fight against climate change, a coalition of lawmakers, corporate chiefs and environmentalists said on Monday. Amazon forest may get drier, but survive warming February 9, 2009 at 5:44 pm OSLO (Reuters) - Amazonian forests may be less vulnerable to dying off from global warming than feared because many projections underestimate rainfall, a study showed. Salamander losses in Mexico, Guatemala cause worry February 9, 2009 at 5:14 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many salamander species in Mexico and Guatemala have suffered dramatic population declines since the 1970s, driven to the brink probably by a warming climate and other factors, U.S. scientists said on Monday. Syncrude faces charges over death of ducks February 9, 2009 at 4:50 pm CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - The province of Alberta and the Canadian government laid charges against the Syncrude Canada Ltd joint venture on Monday after 500 ducks died in April after landing on a tailings pond at Syncrude's oil sands operation in northern Alberta. Obama says renewable energy key to economic future February 9, 2009 at 3:29 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday pushed for more investment in solar and wind energy, saying the country that can make renewable energy sources price-competitive with traditional fossil fuels will become the economic superpower of the future. Northern Irish minister bars climate change "propaganda" February 9, 2009 at 2:51 pm BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland's environment minister said on Monday he had blocked a television advertisement warning of climate change because he did not agree with its message it was a man-made problem. UN's Ban hopes Obama to star at climate summit February 9, 2009 at 11:51 am UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is organizing a summit meeting on climate change next month where he hopes President Barack Obama will confirm a "sea change" in U.S. environment policy, diplomats said.   This email was sent to autoblogs077@gmail.com . Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.