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World must reform agriculture now or face dire crisis: report
Nairobi (AFP) April 15, 2008The world will face social upheaval and environmental disasters if agriculture is not radically reformed to better serve the poor and hungry, a landmark UN-sponsored report said Tuesday. The warning in the report by the International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) comes amid growing discontent among the world's poorest over rising food prices. ... more Unconscious Decisions In The Brain 
Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Apr 15, 2008Already several seconds before we consciously make a decision its outcome can be predicted from unconscious activity in the brain. This is shown in a study by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, in collaboration with the Charite University Hospital and the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience in Berlin. The researchers from ... more Police seize weapons in monasteries in northwest China: report 
Beijing (AFP) April 15, 2008Police seized weapons in six monasteries in a Tibetan-populated area of northwest China which has recently been the scene of unrest following violence in Tibet, state media reported on Tuesday. Police found a gun, 10 kilogrammes (22 pounds) of dynamite, five detonators and seven knives in one major monastery in the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, part of the northwestern province of ... more Poisonous algae bloom threatens giant Chinese lake 
Beijing (AFP) April 15, 2008A pollution-linked algae bloom has reappeared in China's third-largest lake, prompting renewed fears for the drinking water supplies of millions of residents, state press said Tuesday. Taihu Lake in eastern China has seen a re-emergence of algae growth that last year forced authorities to cut water supplies to 2.3 million residents of the nearby city of Wuxi last May, the People's Daily said ... more Expedition On Drifting Ice Floe Produces Unique Data About Hibernal Atmosphere Above Central Arctic 
Bremerhaven, Germany (SPX) Apr 15, 2008For the first time, a German has taken part in a Russian drift expedition and has explored the atmosphere above the central Arctic during the polar night. Jurgen Graeser, a member of the Potsdam Research Unit of the Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association, has just returned home to Germany. As a member of the Russian expedition NP 35 (35. North ... more |
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Washington (AFP) April 14, 2008US President George W. Bush is opposed to legislation being discussed in Congress to cap greenhouse gas emissions because the proposals would hurt the economy, his spokeswoman said Monday. "We have conversations with Congress to let them know where we are. And we have been not shy about saying that we don't support legislation that is currently on the Hill," press secretary Dana Perino said. ... more Japanese whalers return to port 
Tokyo (AFP) April 15, 2008Japan's whalers began arriving home Tuesday as authorities prepared to investigate high-seas clashes with activists that prevented the fleet from killing almost half its intended catch. Japanese officials said they were considering legal action against militant protesters that disrupted the five-month Antarctic voyage. But they declared the mission a success despite the lower-than-expect ... more China demands CNN apology over analyst's 'vile' comments 
Beijing (AFP) April 15, 2008China on Tuesday denounced comments by a CNN analyst who called China a "bunch of goons and thugs" and demanded an apology for what it called "vile" remarks. "We are shocked by and strongly condemn the malicious attacks on the Chinese people by CNN's (analyst Jack) Cafferty," foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told reporters. "We demand CNN and Cafferty himself take back his vile ... more Dalai Lama wraps up Seattle visit, prepares for US talks 
Seattle, Washington (AFP) April 15, 2008The Dalai Lama wrapped up a five-day visit to Seattle here Tuesday ahead of talks with a US envoy next week on the situation in the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader's homeland. The saffron-robed leader completed his involvement in the "Seeds of Compassion" conference with a talk at the University of Washington, where he appeared with fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu. ... more Bush to give speech on climate change: White House 
Washington (AFP) April 15, 2008US President George W. Bush will give a speech about climate change on Wednesday at the White House, spokeswoman Dana Perino said Tuesday. Bush is expected to make an announcement about "identifying long term and realistic intermediate goals for greenhouse gas emissions," Perino said. The announcement was linked to what US representatives would present at a conference of major polluters ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Apr 15, 2008In the last 15 years, American cities have spent $100 billion on new rail transit projects. Proponents now justify the expense with claims that rail will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but these projects fail to meet their promised reductions, a new Cato Institute study reports. In "Does Rail Transit Save Energy or Reduce Greenhouse Emissions?" Cato senior fellow Randal O'Toole demonstrates ... more Spain's Endesa accused of downplaying nuclear incident 
Madrid (AFP) April 15, 2008Spain's nuclear safety body on Tuesday accused the power company Endesa of downplaying the importance of a radioactive leak at one of its plants. The body, the CSN, said Endesa, which owns the Asco I nuclear plant in the eastern province of Tarragona, could face unspecified penalties for providing "incomplete information" about a radioactive leak during a maintenance operation on November 26 ... more Nuclear power has important role in reducing CO2: Brussels 
Brussels (AFP) April 15, 2008EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs on Tuesday stressed the "important role" played by nuclear power in providing Europe's energy needs and helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions. "Nuclear energy makes an important contribution to our fight against climate change and our security of energy supply," Piebalgs told a conference of the European Nuclear Assembly in Brussels. However he ... more Nigeria says China, India to build it oil refineries 
Abuja (AFP) April 15, 2008China and India have agreed to build oil refineries in Nigeria rather than buying crude from it for export, a Nigerian official said on Tuesday. "What we have agreed with the Chinese is that we will now have a greenfield refinery located in the Niger delta," head of Nigeria's Department of Petroleum Resources, Tony Chukwuemeke, said in the federal capital Abuja. Three prominent Chinese ... more Methane Generated From Sioux Falls Regional Landfill To Provide Energy For POET Ethanol Plant 
Sioux Falls SD (SPX) Apr 15, 2008An agreement between POET and the City of Sioux Falls will allow methane generated from the Sioux Falls Regional Sanitary Landfill to provide energy for an ethanol production facility near Chancellor, S.D. Replacing a portion of the natural gas at POET Biorefining - Chancellor's with methane from the landfill will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and operating costs for the ethanol plant while ... more
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