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Parched Jordan launches huge water project
Mudawwara, Jordan (AFP) Aug 3, 2008Jordan on Sunday launched a near-billion-dollar project to supply the capital with much-needed water from an ancient desert aquifer near the border with Saudi Arabia. Prime Minister Nader Dahabi cut the ribbon on the 990-million-dollar plan to extract 100 million cubic metres (3.5 billion cubic feet) of water a year from the 300,000-year-old Disi aquifer in the Mudawwara area, 325 kilometres ... more Indonesian forest fires spark haze fears in Malaysia 
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Aug 3, 2008The growing number of forest fires in Indonesia's Sumatra island has triggered warning bells that hazy skies could return to neighbouring Malaysia, environmental officials said Sunday. Forest fires from Indonesia caused by traditional farming methods have been blamed for the choking haze, which shrouds the region annually. Malaysia was drafting plans to ensure no open-burning activities ... more AIDS council of war set to open 
Mexico City (AFP) Aug 3, 2008One of the largest conferences in the 27-year history of AIDS was set to open here Sunday with an expected turnout of 22,000 scientists, policymakers and grassroots workers. The International AIDS Conference, held every two years, runs in the Mexican capital until Friday, and coincides with a relative lull in the long fight against the disease. The theme, "Universal Action NOW," reflects ... more 300 Tibetans detained in Nepal: police 
Kathmandu, Nepal (AFP) Aug 3, 2008Police in Nepal said Sunday they have detained at least 300 Tibetan protesters outside the Chinese embassy in Kathmandu. The protesters were quickly bundled into waiting vans as they tried to march towards the main gate of the embassy shouting "China liar, Free Tibet," an AFP reporter at the scene said. "We have rounded up more than 300 Tibetans," Ramesh Thapa, a senior police officer ... more SAfrica's ambitious climate change strategy may include carbon tax 
Johannesburg (AFP) Aug 3, 2008South Africa's government has set out an ambitious proposal to deal with climate change in the coming years, including slapping a possible carbon tax on carbon dioxide-spewing industries. Saying the world faced "a global climate emergency," the environment ministry unveiled the strategy geared toward reducing greenhouse gases last week. "The world faces a global climate emergency. It is ... more |
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Vienna (AFP) Aug 2, 2008Hidden in a sea of greenery and tucked away between the mountains of the Salzkammergut region near Salzburg, one of Austria's last privately-owned lakes, the Mondsee or Moon Lake in German, is up for sale. No official notice went up for this little jewel, which is just 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mile) wide and 11 kilometres long with a depth of 65 metres, but its owner Nicolette Waechter ... more Brazil launches international fund to preserve Amazon 
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Aug 1, 2008Brazil on Friday created an international fund to fight deforestation of the Amazon and is accepting contributions to help preserve the world's largest rainforest. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed a decree here creating the Amazon Fund, designed to receive up to 21 billion dollars in contributions over the next 13 years. Donations will be administered and projects ... more TAU Researchers Root Out New And Efficient Crop Plants 
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Aug 04, 2008A new solution addresses the problem of water loss and promises farmers "more crop per drop". A part of the global food crisis is the inefficiency of current irrigation methods. More irrigated water evaporates than reaches the roots of crops, amounting to an enormous waste of water and energy. Tel Aviv University researchers, however, are investigating a new solution that turns the problem ... more Mussels Aid In Analysis Of Port Pollution 
Basque Country, Spain (SPX) Aug 04, 2008Studying living things can prove to be highly significant when evaluating contamination suffered by a specific environment. A research team from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), with Dr. Nestor Etxebarria as director, is involved in this monitoring of contaminants. As Dr. Etxebarria explains, "it is known that ports are contaminated; what we are investigating is to what ... more How Vulnerable To Flooding Is New York City 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 04, 2008A report just released in the most recent issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society offers hope that a new high-resolution storm surge modeling system developed by scientists at Stony Brook University will better be able to predict flood levels and when flooding will occur in the New York metropolitan area, information crucial to emergency managers when planning for impending ... more |
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Canberra, Australia (SPX) Aug 04, 2008Just weeks out from the Olympics, the CSIRO and its Chinese partners have officially launched a post-combustion capture (PCC) pilot plant in Beijing that strips carbon dioxide from power station flue gases in an effort to stem climate change. The project represents another first for the CSIRO PCC program - the first capture of carbon dioxide in China using a PCC pilot plant. It begins the ... more Students Have A Unique Way To Lower Energy Costs 
LaJolla CA (SPX) Aug 04, 2008UC San Diego undergraduate students have designed, built and deployed a network of five weather-monitoring stations as a key step toward helping the university use ocean breezes to cool buildings, identify the sunniest rooftops to expand its solar-electric system, and use water more efficiently in irrigation and in other ways. The network, which will be expanded to 20 stations in 2008, is ... more UN atomic agency approves key inspections deal with India 
Vienna (AFP) Aug 1, 2008The UN's atomic watchdog approved an inspections agreement Friday with India that is key to finalising a US-India nuclear cooperation deal that critics say undermines non-proliferation efforts. The so-called safeguards agreement will subject Indian nuclear facilities to IAEA supervision and is a pre-condition to a deal under which the United States will supply New Delhi with civilian nuclear ... more Brazil's president consulting with US, China, India over WTO 
Sao Paulo (AFP) Aug 2, 2008Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced Saturday that he has launched consultations with the United States, China and India to salvage world trade talks that recently collapsed. Lula said he had discussed the issue with US President George W. Bush by telephone and would speak next week with Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao during his visit for the Olympic Games and will call ... more New Biomass Technology Increases Ethanol Yield 
Athens GA (SPX) Aug 04, 2008University of Georgia researchers have developed a new technology that promises to dramatically increase the yield of ethanol from readily available non-food crops, such as Bermudagrass, switchgrass, Napiergrass-and even yard waste. "Producing ethanol from renewable biomass sources such as grasses is desirable because they are potentially available in large quantities," said Joy Peterson ... more
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