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"Reducing Emissions From Deforestation" Initiative Launched
Stanford CA (SPX) May 15, 2007Tropical deforestation, which releases more than 1.5 billion metric tons of carbon to the atmosphere every year, is a major contributor to global climate change. Recognizing this, a group of forest-rich developing nations have called for a strategy to make forest preservation politically and economically attractive. The result is a two-year initiative, dubbed "Reducing Emissions from Deforestati ... more Real-Time Seismic Monitoring Station Installed Atop Active Underwater Volcano 
Woods Hole MA (SPX) May 14, 2007This week, researchers will begin direct monitoring of the rumblings of a submarine volcano in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. On May 6, a team of scientists led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) installed a new underwater earthquake monitoring system on top of Kick'em Jenny, a volcano just off of the north coast of the island nation of Grenada. The new mooring- and seismi ... more Britain Appeals To US, China Over Climate Change 
Hong Kong (AFP) May 14, 2007British Prime Minister Tony Blair's envoy on climate change Monday called for the United States and China to alter their approaches to global warming ahead of a major international summit in June. Elliot Morley, speaking in Hong Kong on his way to Beijing, said all countries at the coming G8 meeting must work towards new targets for reducing carbon emissions after 2012, when the Kyoto Protocol e ... more Deputies Blame West For Africa's Environmental Mess 
Midrand (AFP) South Africa, May 14, 2007Deputies and experts attending the Pan African Parliament Monday called for Western countries to help reverse the environmental damage to the continent that they had helped create. "This problem is generated by countries in the West," said the African Union (AU) Commission's rural development and agriculture commission director Babagana Ahmadu. "We are asking the Western nations to help us ... more Global Scientists Urge Canada To Save Boreal Forest 
Ottawa (AFP) May 14, 2007Some 1,500 scientists urged Canada on Monday to protect its vast Boreal Forest from mining, forestry and energy operations, to stem global warming and destruction of wildlife habitats. The scientists from around the world asked that half of the forest, which spans 1.4 billion acres (567 million hectares) in northern Canada, be preserved. The remaining half would require "carefully managed develo ... more |
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Caracas (AFP) May 14, 2007The Venezuelan government of firebrand President Hugo Chavez said Monday it was taking control of oil rigs from multinational firms, in the latest of a wave of nationalizations. Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez, who also heads the state-owned energy company PDVSA, said the firm had in the past ceded control of 18 offshore drilling platforms to foreign giants. "These companies demand millions ... more Consumers Willing To Pay More For Environmentally Responsible Fuels Including Clean Coal 
Washington DC (SPX) May 15, 2007A majority of consumers said they would pay more for clean energy because it is good for the environment, according to a recent survey conducted by the Energy and Resources industry group of Deloitte. "The most dramatic finding was the growing willingness of electricity consumers to pay higher costs to use fuels that are less damaging to the environment, including coal, if delivered as clean coa ... more Zambia Closes Chinese-Run Mine Over Air Pollution 
Lusaka (AFP) May 14, 2007Zambia has shut down a Chinese-run mine because its contribution to air pollution which threatens the health of hundreds of residents of nearby townships, an official told AFP Monday. Chiman Manufacturing Limited, which mines Manganese, was indefinitely closed on Friday for failing to put in place air pollution control mechanisms, said Justin Mukosa, spokesman of the Environmental Council of Zam ... more The Energy Nexus Of Russia And Central Asia 
Moscow, Russia (RIA-Novosti) May 15, 2007Last Thursday, Russia's President Putin arrived in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, for the start of a week-long visit to Central Asia, which will focus on energy. But the visit is not just about oil and gas. Electricity generation and transmission and atomic energy were also on the agenda, with Moscow and Astana agreeing to establish an international uranium enrichment center originally propo ... more Bush Vies To Wean US Off Foreign Oil 
Washington (AFP) May 14, 2007President George W. Bush, facing mounting disquiet about global warming and sky-high fuel prices, Monday ordered his government to slash America's dependence on foreign oil. Bush said his directive to cut gasoline usage by 20 percent in the next 10 years will make the United States "more secure for generations to come," help economic growth and safeguard the environment. The so-called "20 ... more |
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Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 11, 2007Can life travel from planet to planet? When a rocky world is hit by a meteorite, the impact can send pieces of the planetary surface out into space, and eventually these ejected rocks can travel to other planets in the solar system. Here on Earth we have collected many meteorites that originated from the moon and from Mars, and there are also likely rocks from Earth sitting on the surfaces of ou ... more Iridium Eyes A New Generation Of Constellation Design 
Bethesda MD (SPX) May 14, 2007Iridium Satellite announces that it has 183,000 subscribers worldwide as of March 31, 2007, a 23.6 percent increase over the company's 148,000 subscribers at the end of the first quarter 2006. The company had first quarter revenue of $52.7 million and EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) of $13.6 million. Iridium had revenue of $212.4 million and EBITDA of $53. ... more Beyond Paris 
London UK (SPX) May 14, 2007In the June issue of the Journal of Consumer Research, a important study by Tuba Ustuner (City University, London) and Douglas B. Holt (University of Oxford) explores how consumer culture is enacted in ramshackle neighborhoods on the peripheries of global cities. More than one billion people-about 1/6 of the world's total population- live in these often illegal squatter neighborhoods on the outs ... more Lampson Concerned About Survival Of Vital Hurricane Tracking Satellite 
Washington DC (SPX) May 14, 2007Energy and Environment Subcommittee Chairman Nick Lampson (D-TX) has asked the Administrators of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for answers regarding a research satellite which now has a second job helping hurricane forecasters sharpen their predictions about the paths these massive storms will follow. ... more Scientists Equip Bacteria With Custom Chemo-Navigational System 
Atlanta GA (SPX) May 14, 2007Using an innovative method to control the movement of Escherichia coli in a chemical environment, Emory University scientists have opened the door to powerful new opportunities in drug delivery, environmental cleanup and synthetic biology. Their findings are published online in the Journal of the American Chemical Society and will be published in a future print issue. Justin Gallivan, PhD, ... more
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