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UN agency appeals for 256 million dollars more in food funds
Geneva (AFP) April 18, 2008The United Nations agency charged with relieving world hunger on Friday made an appeal for 256 million dollars (161.64 million euros) more in funds to cope with sharp rises in food prices. The World Food Programme (WFP) request came on top of another "extraordinary emergency appeal" of 500 million dollars made by the agency in March to top up its 2008 budget. The agency has estimated ... more Tropical storm hits south China, 38 fishermen rescued: report 
Beijing (AFP) April 19, 2008A severe tropical storm lashed southern China on Saturday bringing gale-force winds, as authorities reported the rescue of 38 fishermen who sheltered in reefs as the typhoon approached, state media said. Typhoon Neoguri brought more than 260 millimetres (10 inches) of rain per hour as it hit Guangdong province after crossing Hainan island the night before, Xinhua news agency reported. ... more Tiny Tremors Can Track Extreme Storms In A Warming Planet 
Santa Fe NM (SPX) Apr 21, 2008Data from faint earth tremors caused by wind-driven ocean waves-often dismissed as "background noise" at seismographic stations around the world-suggest extreme ocean storms have become more frequent over the past three decades, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the Seismological Society of America. The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and other prominent ... more Spain approves river diversion for drought-hit Barcelona 
Madrid (AFP) April 18, 2008Spain's government Friday announced a 180-million-euro scheme to channel water from the river Ebro to combat the worst drought in decades in the region around the northeastern city of Barcelona. "If we do nothing and it does not rain, five million residents of the Barcelona region will have no more water to drink in October," Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega told a new ... more Fuzzy Logic Water Quality 
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 21, 2008A fuzzy logic approach to analyzing water quality could help reduce the number of people in the developing world forced to drink polluted and diseased water for survival. Writing in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, an Inderscience publication, researchers from the University of Malaya, explain how a new approach to water quality assessment ... more |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 21, 2008In July 2006, researchers afloat in a dinghy on a mile-wide glacial lake in Greenland studied features of the lake and ice 40 feet below. Ten days later the entire contents of the lake emptied through a crack in the ice with a force equaling the pummeling water of Niagara Falls. The entire process only took 90 minutes. Observations before, during and after this swift, forceful event were ... more Multi-million dollar plan to pump water to Jordan's capital 
Amman (AFP) April 20, 2008Jordan on Sunday announced that a multi-million dollar project would begin in June to supply the capital with water from an ancient southern aquifer 325 kilometres (200 miles) away. "The capital will get water from the aquifer for the coming 100 years," Water Minister Raed Abu Soud told reporters, adding that the project in the desert kingdom was expected to be completed within three and a ... more EU funds multi-nation forest firefighting exercise in Sardinia 
Loiri Porto San Paolo, Italy (AFP) April 19, 2008Firefighters from five southern European nations battled with language barriers as well as flames during European Union-funded joint exercises this weekend. Around 600 firefighters from France, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Greece were concluding exercises on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, Italy, on Saturday -- using new guidelines drawn up in English. The training is a part of an EU ... more France warns climate change driving war, hunger 
Paris (AFP) April 18, 2008French President Nicolas Sarkozy told the world's biggest carbon polluters on Friday that global warming was becoming a driver of hunger, unrest and conflict, with the war in Darfur a concrete example. "Climate change is already having a considerable impact on security," Sarkozy said in a speech to ministers from 16 economies that together account for 80 percent of greenhouse-gas emissions. ... more China struggling for right way to tame inflation 
Beijing (AFP) April 20, 2008Soaring prices have the power to bring governments down and China is determined to keep inflation in check, but after months of effort, the question remains: How? China has tried price caps on key commodities, tariffs aimed at discouraging exports of others, and a range of other measures aimed at easing the sticker shock felt by the masses. But consumer prices soared 8.0 percent in the ... more |
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Washington (AFP) April 18, 2008The United States on Friday declined to echo ally Japan's warning to China that Tibet's unrest was now an international issue, but said Washington wants conditions there to improve. "I don't think we try to characterize it as a national issue or an international issue. I don't think that's the point of it," White House spokesman Tony Fratto told reporters. "The point of it is that there ... more Biotechnology Is Accelerating The Evolution Of Advanced Biofuels 
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 21, 2008Biotechnology is delivering solutions to rapidly rising demand for both food and biofuels through improvements in current biofuel production, commercialization of cellulosic and other advanced biofuels, and increased production of food and energy crops on existing land. Brent Erickson, executive vice president of BIO's Industrial and Environmental Section, released the following statement ... more PSE Announces Plan To Expand Wild Horse Wind Facility 
Bellevue WA (SPX) Apr 21, 2008Puget Sound Energy has announced plans to expand its Wild Horse Wind Facility, located east of Ellensburg on Central Washington's Whisky Dick Mountain. PSE is proposing to add approximately 25 wind turbines to its Wild Horse operations in eastern Kittitas County, which currently has 127 turbines. The expansion would add a 1,400-acre parcel of land immediately to the north of the existing 9,150 ... more Multi-Industry Coalition Advocates Advanced Clean Coal Technologies 
Alexandria VA (SPX) Apr 21, 2008More than 40 leading U.S. companies from the electricity generation, transportation, coal production, energy technology, and equipment manufacturing industries have aligned to create the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE). ACCCE will support public policies that advance environmental improvement, economic prosperity, and energy security. The organization believes that ... more GMZ Energy Paves The Way For Greener Household Appliances, Power Plants And Cars 
Boston MA (SPX) Apr 21, 2008GMZ Energy has announced the availability of a breakthrough material designed for a new generation of cleaner, more energy-efficient products. The new thermoelectric material, nanotechnology-based and environmentally friendly, effectively turns waste heat into electrical power and paves the way for greener consumer and industrial products that can contribute to a more sustainable future. ... more
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