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Indonesian Activists Report Snoozing Newmont Judges
Jakarta (AFP) June 21, 2007Indonesian activists on Thursday submitted a complaint against judges who presided over the pollution trial of US mining giant Newmont, alleging they had dozed off during proceedings. The activists said they gave video recordings to the Supreme Court showing judges were "sleeping, chatting over the phone and among themselves and ignoring witnesses' presentations in court." Footage aired fo ... more New Orleans Still At Risk Of Serious Flooding 
New Orleans (AFP) June 21, 2007New Orleans is still at risk of serious flooding two years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city, a government report has found. While the levees and floodwalls that collapsed under Katrina's storm surge have been repaired, authorities have not yet raised the height of levees that were overtopped by the floodwaters. That means that the risk of flooding in many neighborhoods remains virt ... more Chilean Officials Stunned By Missing Lake 
Santiago (AFP) June 21, 2007Officials are trying to solve the mysterious disappearance of a large lake in southern Chile after recently discovering a 30-meter (98-foot) deep crater instead of the body of water. The National Forests Corp. of Chile (CONAF) has asked geologists to investigate what may have caused the unnamed lake to dry up after CONAF officials were stunned to find the empty hole during a routine visit on May ... more New Picture Of Lower Mantle Emerges From Laboratory Studies 
Tempe AZ (SPX) Jun 22, 2007Laboratory measurements of a high-pressure mineral believed to exist deep within the Earth show that the mineral may not, as geophysicists hoped, have the right properties to explain a mysterious layer lying just above the planet's core. A team of scientists, led by Sebastien Merkel, of the University of California, Berkeley, made the first laboratory study of the deformation properties of a hig ... more Ancient Retrovirus Sheds Light On Modern Pandemic 
Seattle WA (SPX) Jun 22, 2007Human resistance to a retrovirus that infected chimpanzees and other nonhuman primates 4 million years ago ironically may be at least partially responsible for the susceptibility of humans to HIV infection today. These findings, reported by a team of researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in the June 22 issue of Science, provide a better understanding of this modern pandemic infec ... more |
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Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Jun 22, 2007Research and Markets has announced the addition of Green Energy in the US: Renewable Investment, Capacity Growth and Future Outlook to their offering. The future of power generation in the US is at an interesting cross-road. On the one hand, cheap generation technologies such as coal and natural gas fired plants are well positioned to dominate future power generation if the current legislative a ... more OPEC Wants Reasonable Price For Its Oil 
Vienna (AFP) June 21, 2007OPEC Secretary-General Abdullah al-Badri said Thursday his group was committed to selling its crude oil for an unspecified "reasonable price," while coolly receiving EU plans for boosting biofuels. Speaking during an energy meeting with European Union leaders, Badri declined to detail the price level sought by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, saying: "I do not want to go throug ... more EPA Wants Tighter US Smog Controls 
Washington (AFP) June 21, 2007The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed stricter standards for air quality by lowering ground-level ozone standards, saying the current levels do not protect public health. The EPA's proposal, which is to be put to a public debate over the next three months, suggests lowering the level of acceptable ozone to 0.070 to 0.075 parts per million. Its current eight-hour ozone standard ... more Russia TVEL To Supply Uzbek Test Reactor With Nuclear Fuel 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 22, 2007Russian state-run nuclear fuel producer TVEL will supply nuclear fuel for a nuclear research reactor in Uzbekistan, the company said Thursday. Under a contract signed between TVEL, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the nuclear physics institute of the Uzbek Academy of Science in June, TVEL will deliver low-enriched uranium to the research reactor in December, the company said in a statement. ... more China Hits Back On Climate Change After Being Tagged Top Culprit 
Beijing (AFP) June 21, 2007China on Thursday accused the developed world of hypocrisy on climate change as it defended itself against a report that said it had passed the United States as the world's top emitter of carbon dioxide. A Dutch government research body said Tuesday that China's carbon dioxide emissions -- the main greenhouse gas responsible for global warming -- surpassed those of the United States by eight per ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) June 20, 2007More than 60 people had to be treated in hospital for a severe skin reaction after coming into contact with a polluted Chinese river, state media reported Wednesday. The victims, who had collected dead fish or washed their clothes in the Jindong River in eastern Anhui province on Tuesday, felt a burning sensation on their skin a few hours later, Xinhua news agency reported. The report ... more Indonesia Aims To Halve Haze-Causing Fires 
Jakarta (AFP) June 20, 2007Indonesia aims to halve the number of forest fires this year in an effort to tackle the choking haze which affects the region annually, a minister said Wednesday after Southeast Asian talks on the issue. Environment ministers from Brunei, Indonesia and Singapore and deputy ministers from Malaysia and Thailand held talks in Jambi on Sumatra island to track progress on mapping out plans to reduce ... more Human Noses To Sniff Out Pollutants Across China 
Beijing (AFP) June 20, 2007A dozen people with professional "noses" are set to help in the battle against pollution in southern China by sniffing out dangerous chemicals in the air, state media said Wednesday. The team will be employed by an environmental monitoring station in Guangzhou city to detect noxious gases released by chemical and rubber factories, as well as from rubbish dumps and sewers, the China Daily said. ... more UN Warns Aging Populations Will Require New Approaches 
United Nations (UPI) June 19, 2007While the United Nations says the world's aging population will impact both developed and developing countries, adverse effects may be countered by policy initiatives to harness the change in demographics, such as having more women and seniors in the work force. "Aging is a reflection of the success of the process of human development, as it is the result of lower mortality (combined with ... more The Recovery Of Europe Driven By Surging Economy 
Brussels (UPI) June 20, 2007As the leaders of the 27 countries that comprise the European Union prepare to gather in Brussels Thursday for what looks to be a very heated summit, their meeting will be marked by one distinctive feature. However angry the Poles get about voting rights and however stubborn the British prove over their national sovereignty, for once the EU leaders should take a brief pause to pat themselves on ... more
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