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Action to save Baltic Sea is lagging: WWFHelsinki (AFP) May 19, 2010 Action to save the Baltic Sea is lagging far behind schedule, environmental group WWF said Wednesday, a day before regional ministers are to meet on the protection of the highly polluted sea in Moscow. "Efforts by coastal states to implement the common programme of action for the Baltic Sea are well behind schedule and schedules are being pushed further forward," WWF said in a statement, citing a monitoring report it commissioned from Gaia Consulting. Even simple measures, like replacing phosph ... read more |
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Washington DC (SPX) May 17, 2010NASA has awarded a sole source contract to Ball Aerospace and Technology Corp. of Boulder, Colo., for the Global Precipitation Measurement Microwave Imager instrument Flight Unit 2. The Global Precipitation Measurement, or GPM, mission will use an international constellation of satellites to study global rain, snow and ice to better understand our climate, weather, and hydrometeorological ... more 
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) May 17, 2010It was a long, long way to Baikonur. Already, at the beginning of the trip, the cargo plane - loaded with 37 tons of TanDEM-X and its support equipment in six containers - was delayed for several hours. It was not until 22:45 that we were able to leave Munich. One might have hoped that the stop in Ulyanovsk would be short - but on the contrary, the customs checks were extensive and time consumin ... more  
Douglas, Isle Of Man (UPI) May 14, 2010 The Isle of Mann is sending 12 healthy queen bees to England to see if they can rejuvenate a bee population decimated by colony collapse, officials said. The queens were to be delivered to beekeepers in Birmingham and Stockport in a test to determine if they repopulate hives infected by disease and harsh weather conditions, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday. Bee colonies on th ... more |
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EU risks farmers' wrath with Mercosur dealBuenos Aires (UPI) May 14, 2010 Mercosur countries are inching toward winning European Union agreement to talk about an association agreement that runs counter to the wishes of Europe's heavily subsidized farmers. After protracted lobbying by member countries of the Latin American trade bloc - Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay - the EU announced it would reopen talks that have remained suspended since 2004. European fears of the market being flooded with cheaper Latin American produce contributed to the deadloc ... read more |
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