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Thousands at climate rally in Washington call on Obama to reject Keystone pipeline

YoopyaFeb 18, 2013June 24, 20230

(Reuters) – Thousands of protesters gathered on the Washington’s National Mall on Sunday calling on President Barack Obama to reject the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline proposal

Powerful storm flips cars, decimates homes along destructive path through Southeast; 2 dead

YoopyaJan 31, 20130

ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A massive storm system raked the Southeast on Wednesday, generating tornadoes and dangerous winds that flipped cars on a major Georgia

Storm brings tornadoes, snow to South; two dead

YoopyaDec 26, 20120

(Reuters) – A major winter storm system swept through the southern United States on Tuesday, spawning tornadoes in several states and killing two people in

Philippines buries dead, typhoon toll hits 418

YoopyaDec 7, 20120

(Reuters) – Residents in the southern Philippines buried their dead on Friday even as rescue workers continued scouring remote areas for survivors of Typhoon Bopha,

Philippines finds elderly survivor after typhoon kills 332

YoopyaDec 6, 20120

(Reuters) – Rescue workers found a 77-year-old man alive on Thursday who had survived on coconuts for two days after a powerful typhoon ravaged the

A week after Sandy, New York area slowly coming back to life

YoopyaNov 5, 20120

(Reuters) – A week after superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on New York City and the surrounding area, schools reopened on Monday and millions of commuters

Housing crisis looms as cold hits storm victims

YoopyaNov 4, 2012November 4, 20120

(Reuters) – Victims of superstorm Sandy on the U.S. East Coast struggled against the cold early on Sunday amid fuel shortages and power outages even

Power, fuel ease storm woes, but many still waiting

YoopyaNov 3, 20120

(Reuters) – While power returned to much of Manhattan and fuel supplies were headed for the disaster zone, residents of some of the hardest-hit areas

China launches trade probes on EU solar products

YoopyaNov 1, 20120

(Reuters) – China said on Thursday that it would launch anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations into imported European Union solar-grade polysilicon, in the latest instance of tit-for-tat trade

Storm Sandy causes severe flooding in eastern US

YoopyaOct 30, 20120

“Super-storm” Sandy has swept into the eastern US coast with hurricane-force winds, bringing severe flooding, cutting power and claiming 13 lives. Sandy caused a record