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Several days of heavy rain has swamped Haiti and left 11 people dead across the poverty-seeped Caribbean nation, officials said Thursday. "We have counted 11 deaths in four regions of the country since the beginning of the week," Alta Jean-Baptiste, director of Haiti's Civil Protection Agency, told AFP. According to Jean-Baptiste, five people died in the department of Artibonite, whose ... read more 
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) May 22, 2009A key sensor for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) has started its final and most critical environmental test at Northrop Grumman's subcontractor, Raytheon. NPOESS is the nation's next generation low Earth orbiting operational weather and climate monitoring system and will provide timely and essential data to civilian and military users through 2026. ... more
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Chicago (AFP) May 21, 2009The expansion of rubber plantations in southeast Asia could have a "devastating" environmental impact, scientists warned Thursday as they pressed for a substantial increase in forest preserves. More than 500,000 hectares (1.2 million acres) may have already been converted to rubber plantations in the uplands of China, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar. And researchers predict ... more 
Beltsville, Md. (UPI) May 21, 2009 U.S. scientists say they are experimenting with ultraviolet light-emitting diodes to create darker, redder lettuce that is rich in antioxidants Plant physiologists led by Steve Britz of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Beltsville, Md., said spinach has more nutritional value than iceberg lettuce because darker colors in leafy vegetables are often signs of antioxidants that are thou ... more 
Sydney (AFP) May 20, 2009Australian authorities declared a state of emergency in Queensland Wednesday as torrential rain and gale force winds caused extensive flooding and left one man dead. Almost 30,000 homes were without power in the state's southeast, where some areas recorded 300 millimetres (12 inches) of rain in 24 hours and wind gusts exceeding 100 kilometres (62 miles) an hour. Ambulance officers said a ... more  
Menlo Park CA (SPX) May 21, 2009Global demand for ethanol is predicted to increase annually by 9.3% over next 5 years. The United States is the largest consumer using 50% of the world's supply, largely due to mandated production levels specified by legislation. SRIC Consulting (SRIC) has published its 2009 Ethanol report, which studies the most recent market and regulatory developments to clarify the position and directi ... more |
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Baghdad (AFP) May 20, 2009Iraq faces an agricultural "disaster" this summer if Turkey continues to retain waters from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers which have sustained Iraqi agriculture for millennia, experts say. The controversy over the sharing of the mighty rivers at the root of Iraq's ancient name of Mesopotamia - meaning "between the rivers" in Greek - is almost as old as the country itself. But for Bag ... more 
Brasilia (AFP) May 19, 2009Severe flooding over the last month brought on by torrential rains has killed 45 people across northern Brazil and forced some 378,000 others to evacuate their homes, mainly to emergency shelters, officials said Tuesday. The National Civil Defense Secretariat said deaths have occurred in eight out of the 11 states severely affected by the flooding, including Ceara with 15 deaths, 10 in Maran ... more 
Stockton CA (SPX) May 18, 2009As part of the recent coordinated heat illness prevention inspections triggered by the area's high temperatures, the Department of Industrial Relations' Cal/OSHA has taken action against two farm labor contractors and shut them down for violations of the heat illness prevention regulations designed to safeguard employees. Jose Alfaro Labor Contractor and Estrada Farm Labor Services, both ... more 
Denver CO (SPX) May 18, 2009American Humane Certified hosted its annual Scientific Advisory Committee meeting at its national headquarters in Denver last week. In addition to the members of American Humane Certified's scientific advisory committee, science fellows, producers, technology suppliers and auditors also attended. Members of the scientific advisory committee regularly consult with program management to impr ... more |
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