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China bans 17 harmful substances in food
Beijing (AFP) Dec 16, 2008China has published a list of 17 acids, chemicals and other substances that have been banned as food additives, amid a four-month safety campaign following a scandal over tainted milk. Illegal items posted on the Chinese health ministry's list include boric acid, a chemical used as an insecticide or flame retardant that is known to be added to noodles or the skin of dumplings to increase the ... more In breezy Britain, wind farm cooperatives take off 
London (AFP) Dec 16, 2008With annual returns of 10 percent coupled with low risk, wind farm cooperatives are drawing growing numbers of investors in Britain -- good news for Europe's hopes to lead the world in renewable energy. Along with being a safe investment during turbulent economic times, the cooperatives are drawing interest from those concerned not just with global warming and climate change, but also with ... more Fine-Scale Terrain Detail Of Australia 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Dec 16, 2008CSIRO is building a three-dimensional computer model of Australia's ground surface topography at scales never seen before. "The new one-second Digital Elevation Model (DEM) provides nearly ten times finer resolution and much greater detail than previous models," says CSIRO researcher and project leader, Dr John Gallant. "It dramatically improves our understanding of Australia's landscape a ... more Phoenix Site On Mars May Be In Dry Climate Cycle Phase 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 16, 2008The Martian arctic soil that NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander dug into this year is very cold and very dry. However, when long-term climate cycles make the site warmer, the soil may get moist enough to modify the chemistry, producing effects that persist through the colder times. Phoenix found clues increasing scientists' confidence in predictive models about water vapor moving through the soil ... more FAO says Africa needs massive water investment 
Sirte, Libya (AFP) Dec 15, 2008Africa needs investment of 65 billion dollars over the next 20 years if food production is to keep pace with the rapid expansion of its population, a UN agency said on Monday. The fundraising target is set out in the "Blue Revolution" programme to be examined by delegates at a conference in Sirte on water for agriculture and energy in Africa. "With its population set to double by 2050 ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Dec 12, 2008The Pentagon warned Friday that piracy rampant in the Horn of Africa cannot be solved by force alone, as the United States circulated a draft UN resolution to chase pirates even on Somali soil. Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman declined to say whether the US was ready to take military action if the resolution is adopted. "We're looking at how the military can contribute to an overall solu ... more 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 |
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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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