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How To Feed A Billion More People
Washington (UPI) Dec 12, 2008 Almost 1 billion people have been hit by this year's global food shortages, says the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The number of undernourished, the FAO said, rose by 40 million, following a 75 million jump the previous year. Before the global food crisis there were 850 million chronically hungry people in 2003-05. A decade ago, the United Nations' Millennium ... more Will The World Die Of Thirst 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 12, 2008According to a UN estimate, by 2025 more than half of the world's nations may be seriously short of fresh water. By the middle of this century, this figure may rise to three-quarters Even today, one of six people, or more than a billion people worldwide, are short of fresh water to some extent. This sad forecast rests on several factors. First of all, the world population is rapidly ... more Hong Kong finds H5N1 bird flu virus in chicken farm 
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 11, 2008Hong Kong's government confirmed Thursday that the deadly H5N1 virus was found at a poultry farm, the first outbreak on a farm here in nearly six years. "We have identified the virus as H5N1 this afternoon following a series of tests," a spokeswoman for the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department told AFP. The government announced Tuesday that bird flu was found at a farm near ... more VIASPACE Plants Biofuel And Animal Feed Grass 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2008VIASPACE has announced that it has planted 1.2 million seedlings of its proprietary fast-growing China Giant King Grass near the IPA factory in Guangdong province in China. Giant King Grass is a natural hybrid perennial grass which is propagated from seedlings rather than seeds. In tropical and subtropical areas such as Southern China, it can yield four crops per year and up to 156 tons of ... more Sweden Offers World-Class Cleantech Solutions For The Future 
Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Dec 12, 2008Sweden is a world leader in bioenergy and renewable vehicle fuels, and is the fastest growing windpower market in Europe. There are excellent investment opportunities for Indian investors, as Sweden can offer innovative and sustainable cleantech solutions for the future. Major Swedish cities have integrated the planning of transport and traffic, water and sewage treatment, waste collection ... more |
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Havre MT (SPX) Dec 12, 2008The Montana Agriculture Development Council awarded $50,000 in grant funding from the Montana Growth Through Agriculture (GTA) program to Great Plains - The Camelina Company. The funds will be used to conduct a feasibility study for an oilseed crushing plant in Montana. Great Plains is focused on developing Camelina sativa (camelina) as an oilseed crop for biodiesel production in Montana ... more Frost And Sullivan Award Honours Global Biofuels 
London, UK (SPX) Dec 12, 2008The 2008 Sub-Saharan Africa Biofuel Emerging Company Award is presented to Global Biofuels Limited of Nigeria in recognition of its commitment to producing biofuel, promoting the socio-economic upliftment of Nigerians and reducing greenhouse gases as set out in the Kyoto protocol. "Global Biofuels Limited is establishing the first refinery for the production of bioethanol from sweet ... more Continental Airlines Will Start 2009 With Flight Powered By Biofuels 
Houston TX (SPX) Dec 12, 2008Continental Airlines has announced plans for the first biofuel-powered demonstration flight of a U.S. commercial airliner, to be conducted in Houston on Jan. 7, 2009. The demonstration flight, which will be operated with no passengers, will be powered by a special fuel blend including components derived from algae and jatropha plants - sustainable, second-generation fuel sources that don't ... more Hong Kong studies effectiveness of vaccine after bird flu outbreak 
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 10, 2008Hong Kong's government said Wednesday it was looking at whether there was a need to change the vaccine used to protect chickens against avian flu after the latest outbreak at a local poultry farm. Health secretary York Chow said the bird flu virus had mutated, a day after the government confirmed that some chickens from a farm in the New Territories area of Hong Kong, near the border with ... more CSIRO Tours Basin Communities To Share Water Information 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Dec 11, 2008Researchers behind the most comprehensive hydrological modelling undertaken across the Murray-Darling Basin have toured towns across the Basin this week to discuss their findings with local communities. Dr Bill Young, project leader for the Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields project, shared outcomes of the CSIRO's Water Availability in the Murray-Darling Basin report with locals in a ... more |
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Madison WI (SPX) Dec 10, 2008Animal feeding operations are an important emission source of air pollutants including methane and carbon dioxide-known greenhouse gases. Recent inventories suggest that animal manure makes a significant contribution to global methane emissions. As a consequence, greenhouse gas emissions can potentially become a limiting factor in the development and sustainability of animal production and ... more Eat camels to protect environment, Aussies told 
Sydney (AFP) Dec 9, 2008Australians were urged Tuesday to eat camels to stop them wreaking environmental havoc, just months after being told to save the world from climate change by consuming kangaroos. A three-year study has found that Australia's population of more than a million feral camels -- the largest wild herd on earth -- is out of control and damaging fragile desert ecosystems and water sources. ... more EU blames recycled food plant for Irish pork contamination 
Brussels (AFP) Dec 9, 2008The European Commission said Tuesday that the dioxin contamination of Irish pork which has caused a health scare and industry losses originated at a food waste recycling plant. Ireland sounded the alarm on Saturday, recalling all pork products made since September 1 after dioxins, which in high doses can cause cancer, were found in slaughtered pigs thought to have eaten tainted feed. ... more China to launch food safety campaign 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 9, 2008China will launch a four-month food safety campaign from Wednesday to prevent the toxic chemical melamine and other harmful substances from ending up on the dinner table, the government said. The crackdown, which also targets excessive levels of additives, comes amid a widening scandal over tainted milk that has sickened hundreds of thousands of babies and shocked the nation. ... more Bird flu found at Hong Kong farm 
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 9, 2008More than 80,000 chickens will be slaughtered in Hong Kong after bird flu was found on a poultry farm, the first outbreak at a farm here in nearly six years, health authorities said Tuesday. "We have discovered up to 60 dead chickens in that farm. After a series of tests we have confirmed this morning that the chickens did die from the H5 virus," health secretary York Chow told reporters. ... more
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