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Oil leak has minimal impact on BP's Alaska output
NEW YORK/ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A leak from a pipeline near Alaska's giant Prudhoe Bay oil field had only a minor impact on North Slope oil production, an effect that was rapidly being erased, according to BP Plc, operator of the field, on Monday. Full Article
W. Antarctic melt to have big impact on rising sea
LONDON (Reuters) - Melting ice in West Antarctica could add tens of centimeters to rising sea levels over the next century, according to a report by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) on Tuesday. Full Article
BP says pipeline leak may hit Alaskan oil output
NEW YORK (Reuters) - BP Plc said on Monday it may shut in a small amount of its production at Alaska's giant Prudhoe Bay oil fields as it repairs an idled pipeline that began spilling oil over the weekend. Full Article
BP pipeline leaks near Alaska's Prudhoe Bay
NEW YORK (Reuters) - BP Plc discovered an oil and gas spill on a pipeline that serves the giant Prudhoe Bay oil fields in Alaska over the weekend, a company spokesman said on Monday. Full Article
Workers at Indian plant probed on radioactive leak
BANGALORE, India (Reuters) - Investigators into the leak of a radioactive substance into drinking water at an Indian atomic plant have questioned several employees, officials said on Monday. The government has said the contamination was deliberate. Full Article
Radioactive leak probed at Indian atomic plant
BANGALORE, India (Reuters) - Indian officials are investigating the leak of a radioactive substance into drinking water at an atomic power plant in the south of the country, they said on Sunday. Full Article
Indonesia's loggers scrutinized ahead of climate summit
TELUK MERANTI, Indonesia (Reuters) - Logging in Indonesia can be a murky business involving navigating government bureaucracy to get permits and land concessions in one of the world's most corrupt countries, to winning the hearts and minds of villagers living near the rainforests. Full Article
Climate change to hit water-scarce Arab world hard
CAIRO (Reuters) - Climate change is likely to hit the water-starved Arab world harder than many other parts of the globe and threatens to slash agricultural output in the area, U.N. and Arab League officials said. Full Article
U.S. Coast Guard ready for rush to new Arctic waters
OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA, Alaska (Reuters) - North of the Bering Strait, a film of new ice is filling gaps between bigger ice chunks. The sea surface is only now starting to freeze up, even though it's late in the year and the winter sun slips beneath the horizon at about noon. Full Article
Warming means rain but no crop boost for NE China
BEIJING (Reuters) - Climate change is likely to bring more rain to China's northeastern bread basket, but too late in the year to benefit crops, seriously threatening a major region for wheat, corn and rice, a report said on Tuesday. Full Article
