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Dozens of Philippine rivers destroyed by pollution: official
Manila (AFP) April 2, 2008Fifty rivers in the Philippines have been destroyed because people are using them to dump their rubbish, leaving some ecologically dead, an official said Wednesday. Of the country's 421 major rivers and 20 large river basins, 50 are "highly degraded because of man's abuse and neglect," Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Joselito Atienza said in a statement. "History tells us that ... more Muslim 'extremists' attempt uprising in western China: govt 
Beijing (AFP) April 2, 2008China has accused Muslims in the nation's northwest of trying to start a rebellion, following what an exile group said Wednesday were peaceful protests against injustices under Chinese rule. The unrest occurred in China's Muslim-majority Xinjiang region last month, after Chinese authorities warned that "terrorists" based there were planning attacks on the Beijing Olympics and had tried to ... more Seismologist's Project Uses Public's Laptops To Monitor And Predict Earthquakes 
Riverside CA (SPX) Apr 03, 2008A simple idea for monitoring earthquakes that Elizabeth Cochran, a seismologist at UC Riverside, came up with in 2006 is being realized today, and has the potential to save lives in case an earthquake strikes. The idea involves inviting the public to help monitor earthquakes by simply using their laptop computers at home. In doing so, the laptops join a network of computers designed to take a ... more Wild winds whip southern Australia leaving one dead: officials 
Sydney (AFP) April 2, 2008Powerful winds lashed southern Australia Wednesday, causing air and traffic delays, cutting power to thousands of homes and killing at least one person, weather officials said. In Victoria, weather forecasters took the unusual step of asking people to remain indoors as strong winds battered the state, reaching more than 130 kilometres (80 miles) an hour in one region. "People on the road ... more Sudden Ecosystem Flips Imperil World's Poorest Regions 
Montreal, Canada (SPX) Apr 03, 2008Modern agriculture and land-use practices may lead to major disruptions of the world's water flows, with potentially sudden and dire consequences for regions least able to cope with them researchers at the Stockholm University-affiliated Stockholm Resilience Centre and McGill University have warned. In a paper published April 1 in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Dr. Line ... more |
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London UK (SPX) Apr 03, 2008The continued growth of the wind energy sector across Europe is contributing to the strong growth of the European wind services market. Operation and maintenance of wind projects, which was ignored in the past, is now being looked at more seriously due to increasing installed capacity and high costs. New analysis from Frost and Sullivan European Wind Service Markets - Trends and Opportunity ... more German minister wants EU to factor in nuclear phase-out: report 
Berlin (AFP) April 2, 2008German Economy Minister Michael Glos wants the EU to take into account Germany's phasing out of nuclear power when working out the country's emissions obligations, a press report said Wednesday. The Handelsblatt business daily said Glos had urged Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel to demand that Brussels make concessions on limits on Germany's carbon dioxide emissions, because these will ... more Fueling Ethanol Production While Protecting Water Quality 
Madison WI (SPX) Apr 03, 2008Grain-based ethanol production has increased dramatically in recent years as the cost and instability of oil has increased. New U.S. government policies require major increases in ethanol production. While future plans call for a viable cellulosic ethanol industry, expanded grain ethanol production will lead to further growth of corn acres in the near term, with unintended negative water quality ... more Malaysia scraps controversial coal power plant on Borneo island 
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) April 2, 2008Malaysia on Wednesday said it will scrap a 1.3 billion ringgit (408 million dollars) coal power plant in an environmentally sensitive area in eastern Sabah state on Borneo island. "After careful consideration, we just cannot take the risk and destroy an environment that is intact. We need to look for more environmentally friendly sources of energy," Chief Minister Musa Aman said. In 2 ... more Startech Environmental Plasma Converter Installation First In Europe 
Wilton CT (SPX) Apr 03, 2008Startech Environmental has announced that "waste2greenenergy (w2ge)," the Company's distributor for the United Kingdom and for the Republic of Poland, intends to install its first Plasma Converter System at a designated facility in Bytom, Poland to process ten-tons of industrial waste per day. Joseph F. Longo, Startech president, said, "The Bytom installation is especially important to the ... more |
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Cary IL (SPX) Apr 02, 2008What appeared to be a tragic accident in the early hours of July 8th, 2007, turned into possible murder as the LandAirSea GPS Tracking Key provided unprecedented evidence for the Chenango County Sheriff's Department. George Ford Jr., 42, of Piscataway, N.J., told police he was taking their babysitter, 12-year old Shyanne Somers, home the night of July 7th but took a detour to show her some horse ... more 2Wire To Incorporate Rosum TV+GPS Timing And Location Technology Into New Femtocell Products 
San Jose CA (SPX) Apr 02, 20082Wire and Rosum have announced a partnership to integrate Rosum's TV+GPS in-building timing and location solution into 2Wire femtocell products. Rosum's TV+GPS technology provides a reliable and cost effective means of communicating accurate location and timing data with the mobile carrier's macro network, which is critical for femtocell functionality and compliance with E9-1-1 regulations. ... more Garmin Mobile Turns nTelos Phones Into GPS Navigators 
Las Vegas NV (SPX) Apr 02, 2008Garmin International and nTelos Wireless have announced today that nTelos customers can now begin navigating with Garmin Mobile. This announcement also marks Garmin Mobile compatibility with BREW enabled devices. "This is an important win for Garmin and we are particularly excited about it because it's our first placement of Garmin Mobile for BREW," said Charles Morse, Garmin's director of ... more Japan hails thaw with China but worried about military 
Tokyo (AFP) April 1, 2008Japan hailed a thaw in relations with China while urging greater military transparency from its neighbour in an annual diplomatic review published Tuesday. Japan has "further strengthened its alliance with the United States and at the same time moved its Asian diplomacy forward greatly by improving and promoting relations with China and strengthening relations with India," the report said. ... more Russian bombers fly close to US border: report 
Moscow (AFP) March 26, 2008Russian bombers accompanied by NATO fighter jets have completed a patrol off the northwest coast of the United States, the Russian air force said Wednesday, Interfax reported. "NATO fighter jets accompanied the planes of long range aviation in the area of Alaska during the air patrol," Alexander Drobyshevsky, assistant to the head of the Russian air force, was quoted as saying. Two long ... more
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