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Rail officials check a train during inspection of the underground Line II of Delhi Metro network in New Delhi, Thursday, June 9, 2005.
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New Delhi Metro Earns Carbon Credits

UN statement says passenger-rail system has reduced emission of harmful pollution levels in New Delhi by 630,000 tons a year

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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai participates in a discussion at the University of Nairobi in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, March 8, 2010.

Kenyan Nobel Laureate Maathai Dies

Green Belt Movement founder, 71, passed away in Nairobi hospital Sunday after long struggle with cancer

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Oxfam Report Says Thousands Evicted in Uganda Land Grab

Ugandan government denies claim says British charity report gives inflated numbers

Oil gushes from the hole in ocean floor drilled by BP in 2010 (file photo).

Study: BP Oil Still Fresh on Gulf

Research contradicts claim that tar balls from worst oil spill in US history have 'substantially' broken down

The commercial cable-laying ship, Dependable, installs backbone cables off the Oregon coast for the regional ocean observatory.

Undersea Cable Could Revolutionize Oceanography

Experts say Ocean observatory will be transformative

A critically endangered African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) eats a Bushbuck's head and neck in the Mana Pools National Park, a World Heritage Site, in northern Zimbabwe November 7, 2009.

Zimbabwe Wildlife Poisoned

Poachers poisoning water supplies to 'silently' kill animals

Dan Allen, gardener and the chief financial officer of Farmscape

California Company Helps Extend Reach of Fresh-Grown Food

Farmscape assists the growing number of Americans who grow fruit and vegetables in their home gardens

A La Loma tree frog in captivity

Conservationists Trying to Save, Reproduce Endangered Frogs

Forty percent of all frogs in danger of extinction, according to the Smithsonian Institution

Map of India

12 New Frog Species Discovered in India

Research also leads to rediscovery of three frog species thought to have been extinct

Early humans were using stone hand axes as far back as 1.8 million years ago.

Earliest Known Human Hand-Ax Found in Kenya

Appears to be 1.75 million years old

The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, headquartered in Panama City has 71 species of reptiles

Panama Research Institute Dedicated to Earth's Ecosystem

Smithsonian's Tropical Research Institute, world's oldest and largest is a mecca for tropical researchers

The cranium of the juvenile Australopithecus sediba found in Malapa, South Africa in 2008.

New Species Might be Human Ancestor

Fossils show primitive and modern traits

Green Truck serves up organic meals in Los Angeles

Mobile Restaurant Redefines Green, Organic

Green Truck is designed to be green, organic, low cost, mobile, and profitable, challenging common notions of food-vending trucks

New Gulf Oil Spill Report Levels Most of Blame on BP

Coast Guard report says disaster result of poor risk management, a faulty cement job, and a series of misinformed crew decisions

Ken George was a recovery worker who spent 700 hours in the dust and debris with fellow responders.

NYC 9/11 Rescuers Experience Lingering Health Problems

Medical researchers say many first responders suffering higher-than-normal rates of serious disease, psychological problems

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