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The Environment Agency said its Floodline service received more than 12,000 calls in 48 hours after the "unprecedented" rainfall. It says the severe flood warnings still in place in Cumbria describe conditions posing a threat of "extreme danger to life...

Flood waters on the Cowichan River and Koksilah River have forced the evacuation of about 300 to 400 homes in the Cowichan Valley and Duncan area of southeast Vancouver Island, officials have confirmed. The death of a woman on B.C.'s...

The researchers, however, contend the e-mails have been taken out of context and merely reflect an honest exchange of ideas. University officials confirmed the data breach, which involves more than 1,000 e-mails and 3,000 documents, but said they could not...

Mr Turnbull is preparing to sack frontbenchers who do not back party policy, with his leadership under pressure over the negotiations with the government on the emissions trading scheme (ETS), Fairfax reported on Saturday. Dissidents within the party reportedly claim...

New regulations to reduce miners� exposure to coal dust will be proposed within a couple of weeks, according to the nation�s top mine regulator. Joseph Main, the new head of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration, said he has...

The case concerns inadequate waste disposal facilities in Sofia. Bulgaria should have had an adequate network of waste disposal installations in place by the time it joined the EU on January 1 2007 but no solution is in place. Sofia...

Congo — Conservationists say Congolese schoolchildren will soon be able to take a closer look at baby mountain gorillas. Virunga National Park spokeswoman Samantha Newport says the park is building a sanctuary where schoolchildren and tourists can observe the 2...

In the past few decades, the number of electronic gadgets sucking up energy in American households has increased at a staggering pace. Although experts have offered up many different ways for cutting back on phantom loads and increasing conservation efforts,...

I am glad there are still people who care about the environment the proof is in the park in the middle of the building and housing residents maybe this issue was tired of talking about global warming but it is...

Four bridges have collapsed, roads have been blocked, schools closed and rail and bus services severely disrupted. The Environment Agency says hundreds of properties in Cumbria have been flooded with the towns of Cockermouth and Keswick the worst affected. A...