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Posted at 4:41 PM on 13 May 2008
• Nestle scales back giant water-bottling plant.• Senate rejects amendment that would have opened Arctic Refuge to drilling.
• U.S. should have National Climate Service, says NOAA chief.
• Big Ag wants patents for climate-ready crops.
• World CO2 levels highest in 650,000 years.
• Aerial anti-moth spraying blocked in Monterey County.
• UNEP wants to plant 7 billion trees.
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