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U.S. pesticide makers seek answers as bee losses sting agriculture

- Monsanto Co is hosting a "Bee Summit." Bayer AG is breaking ground on a "Bee Care Center." And Sygenta AG is funding grants for research into the accelerating demise of honeybees in the United States, where the insects pollinate fruits and vegetables that make up roughly a quarter of the American diet.

Recent Environment News

EU energy chief says EU to look at fracking this year

FRANKFURT - Environmental concerns over the practice of hydraulic fracturing to tap shale gas will be on the European Union's agenda this year, EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger told a German newspaper.

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Analysis: Airline emissions deal may not come before EU deadline

- Hope is fading for a global deal to regulate the airline industry's greenhouse gas emissions ahead of a fall deadline, even though failure could push the industry back to the brink of a trade war over the European Union's emissions trading system.

Aerospace & Defence 19 May 2013

Extreme global warming seen further away than previously thought

OSLO - Extreme global warming is less likely in coming decades after a slowdown in the pace of temperature rises so far this century, an international team of scientists said on Sunday.

19 May 2013

Belgian regulator to recommend reopening nuclear reactors -paper

BRUSSELS - Belgium's nuclear safety regulator will recommend reopening two GDF Suez nuclear reactors closed last year over safety concerns, newspaper Le Soir reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with the regulator's report.

17 May 2013

Northeast Japan jolted by magnitude 5.9 quake, no tsunami warning

TOKYO - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 jolted northeastern Japan on Saturday, but no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Japan 18 May 2013