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Serbia: Sinisa Boljanovic Wins Climate Change Blogging Contest

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 06/11/2009

Sinisa Boljanovic, a GV author and Lingua Serbian editor, became one of the winners of Round 1 of TH!NK2: CLIMATE CHANGE blogging contest; here's Sinisa's winning entry: Black Point of the Danube Basin.

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Russia: Calling Abkhazia Via Russia

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 06/11/2009

Eternal Remont reports that “as of November 16, Abkhazia will adopt Russian area codes for telephone service. This means than everyone trying to reach Uncle Bagrat in Gagra will have to call Russia and not Georgia.”

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Kosovo, Hungary: More on the Tisza River Tragedy

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 06/11/2009

A Fistful of Euros discusses the story of tragic death of 15 Kosovo Albanian illegal immigrants, who were trying to cross the Tisza River into Hungary and the EU. More about it - in Marietta Le's Oct. 28 GV post.

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Peabody, Exxon Accused of Undermining Climate Talks

Posted by Environmental Leader on 06/11/2009

Negotiations for a new climate treaty in Copenhagen this December are being blocked by a multi-national backlash led by fossil fuel industries and other heavy carbon emitters, according to a report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), an arm of the nonprofit Center ...

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IECC Building Code Recommendations Add Up to 30% in Energy Efficiency Gains

Posted by Environmental Leader on 06/11/2009

The development committee of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) has recommended the IECC adopt new building codes that would result in 30 percent in energy efficiency gains for commercial and residential buildings.The recommendations will be considered next year for final approval ...

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