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Cows Supplemented With rbST Reduce Agriculture's Environmental Impact
Ithaca NY (SPX) Jul 08, 2008Milk goes green: Cows that receive recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (rbST) make more milk, all the while easing natural resource pressure and substantially reducing environmental impact, according to a Cornell University study to be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (June 30, 2008.) Producing milk uses large quantities of land, energy and feed, but rbST - the ... more Analysis: Climate study criticizes G8 
Berlin (UPI) Jul 7, 2008 None of the leading industrialized nations has come close to meeting its promises on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, with the United States, Canada and Russia trailing especially far behind, according to a study released shortly before the Group of Eight summit in Japan. Roughly a year ago, at the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, leaders of the eight most industrialized economies ... more African campaigners calls on G8 to honour its promises 
Katibougou, Mali (AFP) July 7, 2008Anti-poverty campaigners at a conference in Mali called on leaders of the G8 countries to honour aid pledges made to Africa -- but there was a call too for the continent to face up to its own problems. Speaker after speaker stood up at what has been dubbed the poor people's summit to denounce the failure of the leaders of the eight most industrialised countries to honour pledges made at a pr ... more First hurricane of season formed in Atlantic 
Washington (AFP) July 7, 2008The first hurricane of the 2008 season has formed in the center of the Atlantic Ocean, but it was too early to predict whether it will threaten any populated areas, US government forecasters announced Monday. Bertha, as the storm was named, was currently churning 845 miles (1,365 kilometers) east of the Northern Leeward Islands in the Caribbean and slowly moving west-northwest, according to ... more Immune Buildings Designed To Combat Chemical Warfare And Diseases 
Saskatoon, Canada (SPX) Jul 08, 2008Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) have opened a new engineering lab to design a ventilation system that could protect schools, hospitals, and other public buildings from chemical warfare and bioterrorist attacks. "Think of it as a complex fire alarm for industrial chemical spills, airborne diseases, and biological warfare strikes on vulnerable public spaces," says engi ... more |
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Nicosia (AFP) July 7, 2008A 3.5-metre (10-foot) miscalculation with the final section of an undersea pipeline is depriving Cyprus of badly-needed water supplies shipped over from Greece. Greek Cypriots on Monday were still awaiting the precious cargo to reach shore, a week after it arrived off Cyprus. The specially-built 1,320-metre undersea pipeline falls 3.5 metres short of a land pipe which is to channel the w ... more Tigers Disappear From Himalayan Refuge 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 08, 2008World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is alarmed by the dramatic decline of at least 30 percent in the Bengal tiger population of Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve in Nepal, once a refuge that boasted among the highest densities of the endangered species in the Eastern Himalayas. The recent survey of April 2008 showed a population of between 6-14 tigers, down from 20-50 tigers in 2005. The Government of Ne ... more We Know The Climate Risks Now For Solutions Say Aussie Farmers 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jul 08, 2008"THE Garnaut Report and, now, the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) have reinforced what we already knew... there are threats to Australia's agricultural production due to climate risks," National Farmers' Federation (NFF) President David Crombie said today. "Farmers have long known the risks and have continually stressed the need to proactively adapt and mitigate climate affects, thro ... more Where Is Your Soil Water 
Madison WI (SPX) Jul 08, 2008Crop yield is highly dependent on soil plant-available water, the portion of soil water that can be taken up by plant roots. Quantitative determination of the maximum amount of plant-available water in soil using traditional methods on soil samples remains challenging, especially at the scale of an entire field. However, a map of plant-available water capacity for a field would be instrume ... more Oil prices fall heavily as Iran tensions ease 
New York (AFP) July 7, 2008Oil prices fell sharply Monday in a move some traders attributed to an ease in geopolitical tensions related to Iran's nuclear program and a strengthening US dollar. New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for August delivery, slumped a hefty 3.92 dollars to close at 141.37 dollars. The contract had earlier fallen over five dollars before trimming some of its losses. ... more |
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Hong Kong (AFP) July 7, 2008China Oilfield Services, a subsidiary of energy giant China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), said Monday it had offered to buy all the shares in Norwegian oil firm Awilco Offshore. If accepted by shareholders the deal would be worth 19.5 billion Hong Kong dollars (2.5 billion US), CNOOC said in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. "The business currently operated by (Aw ... more Putin, Ahmadinejad discuss nuclear plant progress: PM's office 
Moscow (AFP) July 7, 2008Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday discussed progress on a nuclear power plant Russia is building in Iran, a statement from Putin's office said. "Both sides underlined the need for timely construction of the atomic power station at Bushehr," the statement said. They also discussed cooperation in the transport and arms sectors, the st ... more Bush, Sarkozy fought fiercely at last G8: Abe 
Tokyo (AFP) July 6, 2008US President George W. Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy had "fierce" arguments at last year's Group of Eight summit, Japan's then premier Shinzo Abe said Sunday. Abe offered the tidbit from last year's closed-door session as a lesson for Japan not to be too reserved about steering discussions as it hosts this year's G8 summit in the northern mountain resort of Toyako. ... more Russia slams US nuclear disarmament proposals: report 
Moscow (AFP) July 6, 2008A senior Russian official has criticized the United States for offering only "empty proposals" on replacing the START I nuclear arms treaty, which expires next year, the Interfax news agency reported Sunday. Briefing journalists ahead of Monday's meeting between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and US counterpart George W. Bush at the G8 summit in Japan, Kremlin foreign policy adviser Serge ... more Netherlands bans Iranian students from nuclear studies 
The Hague (AFP) July 4, 2008The Netherlands will ban Iranian students from studying nuclear technology, a source of tension between Iran and world powers, at its universities, the government said Friday. "It is forbidden... to grant Iranian nationals access to special training or teaching that could contribute to nuclear proliferation activities in Iran and the development of systems for transmitting nuclear arms," the ... more
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