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Malaysia bans hillside developments after landslide: report
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Dec 7, 2008Malaysia's prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has banned hillside developments after a weekend landslide in suburban Kuala Lumpur killed four people and forced thousands to evacuate. "I am sure this will incur the wrath of individual land owners and developers but enough is enough," Abdullah said, according to Sunday's Star, ordering current projects to be frozen while soil tests are ... more Polluted Indonesian river to get major cleanup, says ADB 
Jakarta (AFP) Dec 5, 2008One of the world's most polluted rivers, the Citarum in Indonesia, is about to receive a massive clean-up that will improve the lives of millions of people, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Friday. The regional bank said it had agreed to provide a 500-million-dollar multi-tranche loan package to support Indonesian government efforts to rehabilitate the strategic but horribly polluted ... more USDA report allegedly shows abuse 
Washington (UPI) Dec 4, 2008 An animal rights group says a recently released U.S. Department of Agriculture report reveals primate experimentation has reached a record 69,990 animals. The "Stop Animal Exploitation Now" organization said that is equivalent to one monkey or ape being used in experimentation every 7 1/2 minutes. SAEN Executive Director Michael Budkie said he had also obtained internal documents ... more Africa's biggest water project to enter second phase 
Cape Town (AFP) Dec 4, 2008South Africa has approved the second phase of a multi-billion dollar water project in landlocked Lesotho to ensure a secure future water supply in its industrial hub, the water minister said Thursday. The Lesotho Highlands Water Project, one of the world's largest infrastructure projects under construction, is an intricate network of tunnels and dams diverting water from Lesotho's mountains ... more Rivers Are Carbon Processors, Not Inert Pipelines 
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 05, 2008Microorganisms in rivers and streams play a crucial role in the global carbon cycle that has not previously been considered. Freshwater ecologist Dr. Tom Battin, of the University of Vienna, told a COST ESF Frontiers of Science conference in October that our understanding of how rivers and streams deal with organic carbon has changed radically. Microorganisms such as bacteria and single ... more |
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Nairobi, Kenya (SPX) Dec 04, 2008Carbon credit politics and misplaced technical concerns are impeding efforts to encourage sustainable land use practices in tropical regions-such as better forest management and growing more trees on farms-that could curtail up to 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions while also boosting incomes of the rural poor, according to a new analysis by the Nairobi-based World Agroforestry Centre ... more Cholera-hit Zimbabwe restores water to most parts of capital 
Harare (AFP) Dec 3, 2008Zimbabwe authorities on Wednesday restored water to most parts of the capital Harare after a cut more than 48 hours ago amid a cholera outbreak that has killed more than 500, a minister said. "As of last night, pumping capacity has been increased to 80 percent and the greater part of the central business district (in Harare) and most high density suburbs are receiving normal supplies," water ... more Food Prices And Finance Crisis Present Double Trouble For The Poor 
Maputo, Mozambique (SPX) Dec 04, 2008The combined impact of low economic growth and decreased investments in agriculture could cause major increases in malnutrition in developing countries, according to new analysis by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). The result could be 16 million more undernourished children in 2020. These findings were released at the annual general meeting of the Consultative ... more EU targets Chinese soy imports in new melamine scare 
Brussels (AFP) Dec 3, 2008The European Union (EU) decided on Wednesday to extend restrictions on Chinese food imports after high levels of the toxic chemical melamine were found in soya products. After banning Chinese milk products in September, the 27-nation bloc has now decided to prohibit imports of Chinese food containing soya that is destined for infants or small children, the European Commission said. ... more Wind Turbines Generate More Green Jobs In Ontario 
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Dec 04, 2008Ontario is turning to wind turbines to help create jobs and power a green energy future. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty helped open a 44-turbine wind farm near Port Alma, on the shores of Lake Erie on November 13. The Kruger Energy Port Alma Wind Power Project will produce enough clean electricity for 30,000 households. Building the wind farm created up to 70 jobs and workers will be hire ... more |
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Rome (AFP) Dec 2, 2008Global warming causes freak weather that may have a "devastating impact" on food security in the Pacific region, the UN food agency warned on Tuesday. "Climate projections for the Pacific island countries are bleak and indicate reduced food security, especially for households," Alexander Mueller, assistant director-general at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), said in a statement. ... more Global Warming Is Changing Organic Matter In Soil 
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Dec 03, 2008New research shows that we should be looking to the ground, not the sky, to see where climate change could have its most perilous impact on life on Earth. Scientists at the University of Toronto Scarborough have published research findings in the prestigious journal, Nature Geoscience, that show global warming actually changes the molecular structure of organic matter in soil. ... more VIASPACE Targets Biofuel Market 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2008VIASPACE has announced the Company is cultivating a new fast-growing hybrid grass to be used for production of cellulosic ethanol, methanol, biocrude and green gasoline. VIASPACE is taking a leadership position in the development of feedstock for sustainable biofuels, targeting the growing $25 billion global biofuels market. The Company is working to develop supply contracts with companies ... more Indy Racing Turns Its Back On US Energy 
Des Moines IO (SPX) Dec 03, 2008The American Future Fund (AFF) has launched "Race," a radio ad which urges Hoosiers to call the Indy Racing League (IRL) and tell them to continue using American ethanol in its race cars. In a multi-year deal announced on Nov. 18, the IRL named APEX-Brasil as the official ethanol supplier for the IndyCar Series. As a result, the Indy 500, an American institution, could be powered with ... more Biofuel Plantations On Tropical Forestlands Bad For Biodiversity 
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 03, 2008Keeping tropical rain forests intact is a better way to combat climate change than replacing them with biofuel plantations, a study in the journal Conservation Biology finds. The study reveals that it would take at least 75 years for the carbon emissions saved through the use of biofuels to compensate for the carbon lost through forest conversion. And if the original habitat was ... more
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