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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 10, 2009Bushfires in southeastern Australia turned deadly over the first weekend of February 2009. Out-of-control fires raced into small communities and towns in Victoria, and more than 100 people had died as of February 9, according to news reports. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC News) reported that many of those who died had remained to protect their homes. Among the most ... more Putin urged to stop Siberia hydro-electric plant 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 10, 2009Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin must act to halt the construction of a proposed hydro-electric power station in Siberia, environmentalists said Tuesday, citing sociological and environmental concerns. "The Turukhanskaya construction project was blocked at the end of the 1980s as a result of serious ecological and economic expertise," Greenpeace Russia spokesman Mikhail Kreindlin said ... more China says wheat crop at risk if no rain soon 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 10, 2009China warned Tuesday of a severe impact on the nation's winter wheat crop if there was no rain within the next 15 days to relieve the worst drought in half a century. "Right now, this is the critical period for the growth of winter crops," E Jingping, a top drought relief official, told a news conference. "If in 15 days there is no precipitation, the situation in the winter wheat zone ... more Desert Claim Revision Projected To Deliver Power For 57000 Homes 
Ellensburg WA (SPX) Feb 11, 2009Power for 57,000 homes, more distance between turbines and residences, and a major contribution to Kittitas County's economy. That's the future's triple benefit projected from enXco's revised layout for its Desert Claim wind farm, said David Steeb, project director. A revised application with the layout is expected to be delivered to the state Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council ... more Afghanistan lauds NATO drug support 
Kabul (AFP) Feb 9, 2009Afghanistan on Monday welcomed greater NATO assistance in tackling its massive drugs trade, which supports an extremist insurgency, saying there had already been some successful joint operations. Afghan police eradication teams started ripping up opium fields in main farming areas in the south, also insurgent hotspots, about 10 days ago, Deputy Interior Minister Daud Daud told reporters. ... more |
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Nad Ali District, Afghanistan (AFP) Feb 8, 2009In the heart of Afghanistan's opium-farming area, police use red tractors to churn up a small field of young green opium plants in a large sandy desert. Such action would have been inconceivable a year ago because of attacks from Taliban-linked gunmen protecting their share of the impoverished nation's illegal four-billion-dollar-a-year opium trade. This year the drugs-linked rebels are ... more China resorts to artillery to fight drought 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 8, 2009China fired thousands of artillery shells into the sky to make it rain and prepared to divert water from its two longest rivers to fight the country's worst drought in decades, officials said Sunday. Premier Wen Jiabao said the drought - which has hit central and southwestern rice-growing provinces, as well as the north - risked straining food supplies when people already faced hardships ... more Tiny Brunei farm sector sees big flood losses: govt 
Bandar Seri Begawan (AFP) Feb 9, 2009Brunei's tiny agricultural sector suffered hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of damage in recent floods, a government ministry said Monday. The heavy rains since January 20 have led to nearly one million Brunei dollars' (667,000 US) worth of damage to crops and livestock, the Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources reported on its website. It said more than 100 vegetable farms ... more West African nations team up to fight caterpillars 
Monrovia (AFP) Feb 7, 2009Four West African nations have joined forces to do battle against a species of caterpillars laying waste to crops in the region, a statement said Saturday. The agriculture ministers from Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast have created a team to look into the threats posed by what are believed to be Achaea Catocaloides caterpillars. Crops in central Liberia and southern Guinea ... more Safety scandal hits China's dairy exports: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 7, 2009The scandal over tainted milk powder led to a 10 percent fall in Chinese dairy exports by volume and a rise in foreign imports last year, state media said Saturday, citing the customs department. Dozens of countries pulled Chinese dairy products from their shelves in 2008 after it emerged that the industrial chemical melamine had been added to milk to artificially boost its protein content. ... more |
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Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Feb 6, 2009Climate change poses a grave threat to dozens of countries where people depend on fish for food, according to a study published Friday that said catches are imperilled by coastal storms and damage to coral reefs. The WorldFish research centre identified 33 countries as "highly vulnerable" to the effects of climate change because of their heavy reliance on fisheries and limited alternative so ... more Emergency as drought hits key farm regions in China: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 5, 2009China on Thursday declared an emergency for parts of the country experiencing their worst drought in half a century, with some of the nation's winter harvest at risk, state media reported. President Hu Jintao called for an all-out effort to help offset the dry spell that has spread across seven key farming provinces, leading to water shortages for millions of people and livestock. ... more Too Much TV Linked To Future Fast-Food Intake 
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Feb 06, 2009High-school kids who watch too much TV are likely to have bad eating habits five years in the future. Research published in BioMed Central's open access International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity followed almost 2000 high- and middle-school children and found that TV viewing times predict a poor diet in the future. Dr Daheia Barr-Anderson worked with a team of rese ... more USDA considers using GE corn for ethanol 
Washington (UPI) Feb 5, 2009 The U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering approving the use of genetically engineered corn for use in manufacturing ethanol. The Agriculture Department recently ended the public comment period for its proposal to permit, for the first time, widespread cultivation of a food crop engineered for biofuel production. If authorized, officials said the new ethanol corn would also ... more NOAA-N Launch Rescheduled 
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2009The launch of the NOAA-N Prime weather satellite now is set for Thursday, Feb. 5 at 2:22 a.m. PST., weather permitting. Liftoff was scrubbed at 2 a.m. PST Wednesday, when a launch pad gaseous nitrogen pressurization system failed. This system maintains pressurization and purges to various systems of the Delta II rocket prior to launch. Immediate repair to this system is being undertaken. ... more
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