Global News June 2010

*Report forecasts shortages of 14 critical mineral raw materials, 17 June europa.eu, 17 June 2010 Raw materials are an essential part of both high tech products and every-day consumer products, such as mobile phones, thin layer photovoltaics, Lithium-ion batteries, fibre optic cable, synthetic fuels, among others. But their availability is increasingly under pressure - an expert group chaired by the European Commission label a selection of 14 raw materials as “critical” out of 41 minerals and metals analysed.
	Global Warm Temperatures Break Record in May, June 17 The Daily Stat, JUNE 17, 2010 topic
	Marcamasi [es] reports that in Peru more than 8,000 people managed to plant 27,166 trees in 5 minutes and 20 seconds, achieving a new Guinness record, 6 June 2010. This also marks the beginning of a national campaign called “Toward 180 million trees” (”Rumbo a los 180 millones de árboles”) with the theme “Let's change our attitude, let's sow a plant” (“Cambiemos de actitud, sembremos una planta”). Global Voices Online, Written by Silvia Viñas, 6 June 2010 topic
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