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Obama flies to Gulf oil spill to reassure

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 03 May 2010 04:15:43 +0000

GenevaLunch.com US President Barack Obama has flown to New Orleans, Louisiana, to reassure residents of the area following the accident where an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded and sank, releasing thousands of barrels of oil. The slicks from the accident, 40 miles from the Louisiana shore, have been moving inland, threatening the fishing [...]

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Geneva’s new lakeside food stalls solar-powered

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:23:30 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Food and souvenir vendors and ice-cream sellers along the lakefront in Geneva will soon be working from bright new stalls that will replace the drab ones they have used for years. The issue of what the new huts would look like was a hot political potato in Geneva for six years [...]

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Australia’s coastal homes at risk from rising seas

Ellen Wallace — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:22:38 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Some 700,000 homes along the coastline in Australia are at risk from erosion as sea levels rise: the government says it expects the level to rise by one meter within 40 years, thanks to global warming. Some homes have already lost substantial amounts of land around them, from storms but also higher water levels, reports [...]

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Vaud and Schumacher agree to small dock, shoreline protection group opposed

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:41:13 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Gland, Vaud, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Formula 1′s former champion Michael Schumacher, had grandiose ideas about the dock he wants to install at his new lakefront estate on the shores of Lake Geneva in Gland, according to the Tribune de Geneve, quoting Michel Cosendai of the Vaud cantonal water service. The final solution, posted for public [...]

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