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Drought, conflict and displacement are causing the worst humanitarian crisis in war-torn Somalia in 18 years, the UN food agency warned Monday. Some 3.6 million people, about half the Somali population, need emergency aid including 1.3 million people displaced by fighting in the Horn of Africa country, the Food and Agriculture Organisation said in a statement. Around 1.4 million Somali ... read more 
San Diego CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2009The single largest year over year potential increase in the industrial age of food production may occur with the use of a San Diego based alternative energy company's machinery. Circle Biodiesel and Ethanol Corporation has announced that their latest patent-pending machinery design enables previously inedible foods such as toxic strains of algae and Jatropha to be edible with an operation ... more
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Prisoners used to shovel snow-bound US capital
Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano 
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Bangkok (AFP) Sept 21, 2009Part of Thailand's main rice growing region is under severe economic and environmental threat from climate change which must be addressed by world leaders at a UN summit, Greenpeace said Monday. A study by the activist group revealed the dangers faced by the Bangpakong River Basin, which supports around 1.25 million people who rely heavily on the region's fertile soils for crops, especially ... more 
Brussels (AFP) Sept 21, 2009European Commission plans to bring about a temporary worldwide ban on bluefish tuna fishing were voted down on Monday, a European Union source said. "All the countries around the Mediterranean came out against" any ban on trade in the fish, prized by Japanese sushi lovers, said the source. Supporters of a bid launched by Monaco want to see the fish placed on a United Nations-produced ... more  
Paris (AFP) Sept 20, 2009Two-thirds of the world's major deltas, home to nearly half a billion people, are caught in the scissors of sinking land and rising seas, according to a study published Sunday. The new findings, based on satellite images, show that 85 percent of the 33 largest delta regions experienced severe flooding over the past decade, affecting 260,000 square kilometres (100,000 square miles). ... more |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 18, 2009Noreen Thomas' farm looks like a patchwork quilt. Fields change hue with the season and with the alternating plots of organic wheat, soybeans, corn, alfalfa, flax, or hay. Thomas enjoys this view from hundreds of miles above Earth's surface - not just for the beauty, but the utility. She is among a growing group of Midwest farmers who rely on satellite imagery from Landsat to maximize ... more 
Montpellier, France (AFP) Sept 17, 2009Pesticides, viruses, industrialised farming, fungus... what on Earth is killing our bees? That's the big question being asked at Apimondia, the 41st world apiculture congress, where 10,000 beekeepers, entomologists and other actors in the honey business are gathered in this southern French city until Sunday. Across parts of North America and swathes of Europe, but also now in patches of ... more 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Sep 18, 2009CSIRO scientists have bottled 'Recharge' , pure drinking water that was once stormwater. "This is an exciting demonstration of the value of stormwater and the drinking water that can be produced from it by using a combination of natural treatment processes and engineered methods," CSIRO's Water for a Healthy Country Flagship Urban Water Stream Leader Dr Peter Dillon said. The water was ... more |
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