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Jordan to host Mediterranean union water meet in December
Amman (AFP) Nov 12, 2008European Union and Mediterranean states have agreed "in principle" to hold a water conference in Jordan next month after it was called off over regional tensions, a senior official said on Wednesday. The ministerial conference was due to take place last month in the kingdom at Swaimeh on the banks of the Dead Sea, but it was postponed due to tensions between the Arab League and Israel ... more GM crops found to affect reproduction in mice: Austrian study 
Vienna (AFP) Nov 12, 2008Genetically-modified maize can affect reproduction in mice, an Austrian study has found, although its authors have dismissed warnings by environmental groups that it could also harm humans. The long-term study, which was commissioned by the Austrian health ministry, found that female mice that had been given a diet consisting of 33 percent genetically-modified (GM) maize had fewer babies and ... more Arid Aquaculture Could Relieve Worsening Pressure On World's Drylands 
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 13, 2008"Arid aquaculture" using ponds filled with salty, undrinkable water for fish production is one of several options experts have proven to be an effective potential alternative livelihood for people living in desertified parts of the world's expanding drylands. In a new report researchers with the United Nations University, the International Centre on Agricultural Research in Dryland Areas ... more American Palm Oil Council Applauds Tri-Rail's Switch To Biodiesel 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2008The American Palm Oil Council (APOC), a U.S. association representing the Malaysian palm oil industry, applauds the South Florida Regional Transportation Authoritys decision to run eight of 10 Tri-Rail locomotives on a 99 percent blend of either palm or soy oil. "Tri-Rails move to biodiesel fuel is a clear statement of South Floridas dedication to preserving the environment as well as a ... more Air New Zealand and Boeing Announce Date Of Biofuels Test Flight 
Seattle WA (SPX) Nov 13, 2008Air New Zealand and Boeing have announced Dec. 3 as the date for the airline's sustainable biofuels flight from Auckland using a 747-400 jetliner. Conducted in partnership with Rolls-Royce and UOP, a Honeywell company, one of the airplane's four Rolls-Royce RB211 engines will be powered in part using advanced generation biofuels derived from jatropha. Air New Zealand now becomes the first ... more |
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New York NY (SPX) Nov 12, 2008Praesidian Capital Investors has invested approximately $5 million of subordinated debt to support the acquisition of Bruce Seed Farm by Marwit Capital Partners as part of its land reclamation, native seed, and erosion control industry consolidation strategy. Including the initial acquisition of Granite Seed Company, Praesidian's total investment in this platform is approximately $15 ... more China wants to make bricks from toxic milk: report 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 11, 2008A south China city is considering using milk at the centre of a poisoned food scandal to make bricks as a cheap and clean way of disposing of the tainted products, state media reported Tuesday. Guangzhou officials are looking into the viability of dumping the toxic products, found to have been tainted with the industrial chemical melamine, into furnaces that make bricks and cement, the ... more Scientific Community Called Upon To Resolve Debate On Net Energy 
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 12, 2008"Net energy is a (mostly) irrelevant, misleading and dangerous metric," says Professor Bruce Dale, editor-in-chief of Biofuels, Bioresources and Biorefining (Biofpr) in the latest issue of the journal. Net energy is a metric by which some scientists attempt to assess the sustainability and ability of alternative fuels to displace fossil fuel but recent debate in Biofpr shows that scientist ... more Farmers Still No Closer To Understanding CPRS Impacts On Agriculture 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Nov 11, 2008Australian farmers are still no closer to understanding the full impacts of the Government's proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) on the agriculture sector following the release of the Treasury modelling, according to the National Farmers' Federation (NFF). While farmers hope that the Treasury forecasts of Australia's economy continuing to prosper under the CPRS are correct ... more NKorea plan to ban hillside farms will increase hunger: aid group 
Seoul (AFP) Nov 10, 2008North Korea plans to replant barren hillsides in an apparent attempt to reduce flooding which has worsened acute food shortages, a South Korean aid group said Monday. But the eviction of hillside farmers, which has already begun, will only aggravate hunger in the short-term, according to the Good Friends group which has contacts in the hardline communist state. It said a policy decree is ... more |
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Stanford CA (SPX) Nov 10, 2008Uncertain as to how phytoplankton -- microscopic marine plants on which much of ocean life depends -- would respond to Arctic sea ice decline, researchers took advantage of NASA satellite images to show that the microscopic floating plants are teeming in regions of recent ice melt. The explosion in phytoplankton populations is the result of new open-water habitat and, more significantly ... more Paloma Still Intensifying And Turning Northward 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 07, 2008A hurricane watch has been posted for the Cayman Islands. A Hurricane watch means that hurricane conditions are possible within the watch area...generally within 36 hours. At 1 p.m. EST, Nov. 6, Tropical Storm Paloma, located in the western Caribbean near the Honduras/Nicaragua border, has continued to strengthen. Paloma's maximum sustained winds have increased to near 60 mph with higher ... more New NASA Technique Measuring Glacier Driven Sea Level Changes 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 07, 2008A NASA-led research team has used satellite data to make the most precise measurements to date of changes in the mass of mountain glaciers in the Gulf of Alaska, a region expected to be a significant contributor to global sea level rise over the next 50-100 years. Geophysicist Scott Luthcke of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., and colleagues knew from well-documented ... more CHRIS Satellite Imager Celebrates 7 Years Scientific Success 
London, UK (SPX) Nov 10, 2008The scientific community is celebrating 7 years of high resolution hyperspectral satellite imagery from the highly successful CHRIS multi-spectral payload imager. The instrument has been so successful that an advanced variant is under development, offering new functionality for Earth observation missions in a wide range of applications in resource monitoring and mapping, environmental science a ... more Chinese police probe two companies over toxic eggs: report 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 7, 2008Police in China are investigating two egg exporters after the toxic chemical melamine was discovered last month in their exports to Hong Kong, state media reported Friday. Investigators have been sent to Jingzhou Shuanggang Poultry Breeding and Processing Co. Ltd. and Jingshan Pengchang Agricultural Product Co. to track down the source of the contamination, the Beijing Times said. ... more
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