Conservation & Environment News - Week 17/12/07 - 24/12/07

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EU cap on air emissions from 2012 - BBC News 20/12/07

EU ministers have agreed to impose carbon emissions quotas on airlines in an attempt to fight climate change.

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The logic of green giving - BBC News 24/12/07

Which charities are most deserving? Those working on environmental issues tend to come low on most people's lists, judging by the paltry amounts they receive; yet, argues Sylvia Rowley, they can make a huge difference to some of the world's most pressing problems.

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Centre unveils new energy project - BBC News 24/12/07

An innovative "green" energy project which will heat an ecology centre and supply the national grid with power is being installed in Powys.

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Deal for North Sea cod - a gamble too far? - RSPB 19/12/07

Rejecting again the original scientific advice, EU Fisheries Ministers agreed bigger quotas but with less time to fish them, posing an uncertain future for cod stocks in 2008.

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Tsunami-Affected Communities Are Better Prepared For The Future - Medical News Today 18/12/07

Three years after the devastating tsunami ravaged more than a dozen countries from Southeast Asia to East Africa, the American Red Cross is still on the ground helping communities recover and rebuild. An important and sometimes overlooked part of recovery is disaster preparedness, the training of communities to be better prepared for future disasters.