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State officials in Maryland say Atlantic striped bass caught in coastal waters should not be consumed because they may contain a toxic substance. The Baltimore Sun said Maryland Department of the Environment officials have urged the general public to avoid consuming striped bass and bluefish from coastal waters more than once a month. The warning from the state agency was in ... read more 
Madison WI (SPX) Jun 05, 2009There is growing interest in using crop residues as the feedstock of choice for the production of cellulosic-based ethanol because of the more favorable energy output relative to grain-based ethanol. This would also help provide a solution to the debate of food versus fuel, because less of the grain would be diverted to ethanol production, leaving more available for food and feed consumption. ... more
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Sacramento CA (SPX) Jun 05, 2009The E-Fuel Corporation, joined by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, will unveil the final production model of the E-Fuel MicroFueler, the world's first home ethanol system, at the California State Capitol. The MicroFueler, a household appliance-sized unit that creates ethanol fuel (E-Fuel100) from organic waste, is revolutionizing the green fuel industry. Since the prototype ... more  
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jun 04, 2009The image from the German TerraSAR-X radar satellite shows the area around the Italian town of L'Aquila after the magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck on 6 April 2009. Two images from the satellite were combined for the picture, taken before and after the earthquake, to create an interferogram. The 'coloured rings' around L'Aquila stand out. These rings represent, in colour coding, the ground m ... more 
Guildford, UK (SPX) Jun 04, 2009DMC International Imaging has won a 100,000 euro contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to demonstrate the value of its coordinated multi-satellite optical imagery for tropical forest monitoring in Indonesia. There is an urgent need for the monitoring of global forests with varying spatial resolutions and regularity, and Earth Observation techniques can make a major contribution. Up ... more 
Beijing (AFP) June 3, 2009Over 3,900 substandard milk collection stations have been shut down in China following a contamination scandal last year that left at least six children dead, state media said Wednesday. Song Kungang, head of the China Dairy Industry Association, said authorities had inspected all the nation's 20,393 milk stations between November 2008 and April this year, the official Xinhua news agency ... more |
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Rome (AFP) June 3, 2009Aid to farmers in poor countries could help curb greenhouse gas emissions affecting climate change and reduce poverty and hunger for some billion people worldwide, the UN food agency said Wednesday. "If agriculture in developing countries becomes more sustainable... and becomes more resilient against the impact of climate change, this should help to reduce the number of currently around one ... more 
London (AFP) June 2, 2009Scientists have tracked down previously undiscovered colonies of Antarctic emperor penguins after spotting trails of their droppings on satellite pictures, a study said Tuesday. Zooming in on individual penguins is beyond current satellite imagery, but the tell-tale reddish-brown stains on the polar ice helped hone in on large groups of the black and white flightless birds. Mapping exper ... more 
Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Jun 2, 2009 U.S. space agency says it will provide satellite data for storm forecasts during the 2009 Atlantic and eastern Pacific hurricane seasons. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Hurricane Center is responsible for forecasting eastern Pacific and Atlantic tropical cyclones - the generic name for hurricanes, typhoons, tropical storms and tropical depressions. ... more  
Los Angeles (AFP) June 1, 2009Hit by a severe drought for the third year in a row, Los Angeles and San Diego on Monday imposed tough restrictions on the use of tap water, local officials said. Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States with four million residents, hiked prices to encourage users to cut their consumption by 15 percent. Watering lawns will now only be allowed on Mondays and Thursdays ... more |
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