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- New filtering technology has environmental and industrial applications - Washington, Nov 19 : Material engineers have developed a new filtering technology, in the form of a membrane that separates oil from water and, if perfected, might be used for environmental cleanup, water purification and industrial applications.
- How brains identify specific sounds in noisy environment - Washington, Nov 19 : A new study on mice, conducted by researchers at the Université de Montréal Department of Psychology, has provided an insight into how the brain identifies specific sounds in a noisy environment. Our ears have thousands of ciliated cells with different sensitivities," said Alex Martin.
- Brazil uses heat-seeking planes to uncover Amazon - Members of a previously unknown Amazon tribe aim arrows at a plane in May 2008. Photograph: Reuters/handout The Brazilian government is set to employ heat-seeking sensors in a last-ditch attempt to ...
- Geography survey finds people don - Mandarin Chinese is the most spoken language in the world. Photograph: Dan Chung How many countries make up Great Britain? If you know the answer, you're among the precious few in the UK that do.A s...
- Australian river fails the acid test - Wetland at the mouth of Australia's Murray-Darling river have become as corrosive as battery acid, forming a yellow crust of sideronatrite, a mineral that only forms in extremely acid soil. This lates...
- Changing Californian climate will make wildfires worse - destroyed 842 homes in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara — the highest urban tally since 1961 — and were further stoked by ultra-low humidity, soaring temperatures and tinder dry vegetation.Compared w...
- Environment chief expects Dominicans to support his actions - Santo Domingo. – Environment minister Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal said he hopes Dominican society will support his actions to defend the natural resources and will support that agency’s employee...
- Boris Johnson offers funding to councils to scrap speed bumps - Boris Johnson is offering funding to councils to get rid of speed bumps, which he claims are a "lazy way" of slowing down speed.The mayor of London has issued a letter to the capital's 32 boroughs urg...
- HydraLogic Appoints new CFO and Controller - TORONTO, Nov. 19 /CNW/ - HydraLogic Systems Inc. ("HydraLogic" or the "Company") (TSX.V: HLS - OTC Pink Sheet: HYSYF) announced today that effective immediately, Bob Brown, C.A., CMA will replace Jo...
- Vietnam recalls SA diplomat - Hanoi - Vietnam said on Wednesday it would recall one of its diplomats from South Africa after she was filmed conducting an illegal transaction in rhinoceros horn. Television footage shot two month...
- Service delivery protest turns violent - By Natasha Prince, Nomangesi Mbiza and Ella Smook Police quelled sporadic incidents of violence in De Doorns early on Tuesday as some angry residents from informal settlements intimidated workers a...
- Lack of vision stops building of new prisons - A lack of seriousness, vision and planning on the part of correctional services is stopping the building of new prisons, considered essential to relieve overcrowding at many of the department's facili...
- Busier times for Cape sea route - South African ports will be able to cope with swelling numbers of ships rounding the Cape as they seek to steer clear of pirate-infested waters off the Somali coast and stand to benefit from increased...
- GD Environmental of Newport expands - Aled Blake , Western Mail RECYCLING specialist GD Environmental has posted an 18% hike in business. The leap in turnover follows £1.5m investment at the company’s waste recycling plant...
- Cash from carbon permits should be used to improve energy efficiency - emissions trading scheme (ETS) will be auctioned, instead of being handed out for free.The first sale of four million allowances today is expected to raise some £60m for the government, which the Ins...
- Managing Noise For A Healthy Environment - Noise Update, Aston University, Birmingham - 0 posts With the first UK based study linking persistent high levels of road traffic to significant health risk now available1, the UK is one of the leading European countries working towards managing...
- Place to go to get out - ARNOLD - On a crisp autumn morning, as the sun's warming rays shone through the branches of ages-old trees, it seemed like all was right with the world.
- Indonesia to plant 100 million trees this year - JAKARTA, Nov 19 (SPA) - Indonesia, which has beenlosing forests at a rapid pace in recent years, plans to plant100 million trees across the country this year in an effort tolimit deforestation, a fore...
- 1.Major environmental conferences begin in Boston - Boston gets greener this week, as tens of thousands of construction and design experts hit town for conferences that showcase building techniques that are environmentally friendly.The annual
- New Oil and Water Separation Membrane Shows Potential in Environmental Applications - Materials engineers have created a new type of membrane that separates oil from water and, if perfected, might be used for environmental cleanup, water purification and industrial applications.
- EPA moves to relax clean air rules near national parks - Reporting from Washington -- The Environmental Protection Agency is completing new air quality rules that will make it easier to build coal-fired power plants, oil refineries and other major polluter...
- Firefighters making progress on wildfires as residents return to homes -- or rubble - Winds remained calm today and the air started to clear, allowing firefighters to make more headway against wildfires that have burned through Southern California. Residents who fled the flames stee...
- Environment assessment is key to economy, says Hyder - In the current questionable economic environment, Hyder Consulting Middle East, the award winning international advisory and design consultancy has encouraged developers to maintain focus on environme...
- Might Obama anoint a - Al Gore joins then Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on June 16 in Detroit, where the climate crusader and former vice president endorsed Obama.
- Appeal lodged against Splendour festival - Conservationists have lodged an appeal in the New South Wales Land and Environment Court to try to stop the Splendour in the Grass music festival being moved from Byron Bay to a new inland site on the...
- Obama vows to lead on environment - WASHINGTON — Calling climate change an urgent challenge, president-elect Barack Obama promised Tuesday that Washington would take a leading role in combatting it in the United States and througho...
- Built environment bill is transferred to the back burner - Edition 1 Donwald Pressly Cape Town The Built Environment Management Bill has been temporarily withdrawn from the parliamentary programme by recently appointed public works minister Geoff Doidg...
- Long-lost primate rediscovered in forests of Indonesia+ - WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (AP) - (Kyodo)—A tiny, gremlin-like primate not seen alive since the 1920s has been rediscovered in the forests of Indonesia's Sulawesi Island, an American university announce...
- Start building new atomic stations now, urges British Energy chief - The country should press ahead with building a new generation of atomic power stations to suck in investment and create jobs, British Energy said yesterday.The company, which runs most of Britain's fl...
- Obama renews promise to break with Bush-era environmental policies - No laughing matter ... Barack Obama at a rally in at North Carolina. Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images Barack Obama today renewed his promise to make a decisive break with George Bush on the envi...
- PQ wants businesses to go green, more environmental inspectors - PQ Leader Pauline Marois talks with elementary school students during a campaign stop in Terrebonne, Que. Marois said the PQ is Quebec's greenest party.
- Cocaine users are destroying the rainforest - at 4m squared a gram - Four square metres of rainforest are destroyed for every gram of cocaine snorted in the UK, a conference of senior police officers as told yesterday.Francisco Santos Calderón, the vice-presiden...
- ENPAR Technologies Inc. - Arbitration decision - TORONTO, Nov. 18 /CNW/ - The arbitration award was released today in the case of ENPAR Technologies Inc. vs. Biosource Inc. The arbitrator made the following declaration: "It is declared that Bioso...
- Yellowstone reverts to more snowmobiles - BILLINGS, Mont. - Yellowstone National Park will let in 720 snowmobiles a day — the same as the past three winters — while officials try to form a long-term access plan amid challenges from recrea...
- The envision Group Environmental Contracting Division Contributes $4.5 Million in Contracts - OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 18, 2008) - The envision Group, is pleased to announce that its environmental contracting division, through it's subsidiary IONA Contractors Ltd., has been awarded ...
- Obama promises leadership on climate change - WASHINGTON (AP) - Calling climate change an urgent challenge, President-elect Barack Obama promised Tuesday that Washington would take a leading role in combating it in the United States and throughou...
- Green Gadgets at Environmental Expo - Environmentally conscience business leaders filled the World's Largest Environmental Expo in San Francisco with a variety of green gift ideas just in time for the holiday season. (Nov. 18)
- 3 pesticides jeopardize salmon - GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Federal biologists say three pesticides common on farms and orchards in the West jeopardize the survival of Pacific salmon. The chemicals interfere with salmon's sense of smel...
- Curb Offshore Oil Drilling - Barack Obama came out in favor of expanding offshore oil drilling in a limited, environmentally sound capacity, effectively neutralizing what had been a politically resonant issue for Republican lawma...
- Consumer Education Services, Inc. Releases Top Four Ways to Protect Money in Current Economic Environment - RALEIGH, NC--(Marketwire - November 18, 2008) - As the economy continues to decline and more consumers find themselves affected by the credit crunch, many are wondering how they can protect themselv...
- Why Should You Care About Diabetes Kansas Department Of Health And Environment - 0 posts November is American Diabetes Month. To increase awareness of diabetes and its complications, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA)...
- Barack Obama renews promise to break with George Bush on environment in video shown at Arnold Schwarzenegger summit - Barack Obama today renewed his promise to make a decisive break with George Bush on the environment, using a summit convened by Arnold Schwarzenegger to promise a "new chapter in America's leadership ...
- Obama lays out environmental proposals in a video address to green governor - This morning Barack Obama delivered a video-taped address to the Bi-Partisan Governors Global Climate Summit in Los Angeles. The message reiterates the environmental policy ideas he outlined during th...
- Financial crisis gives green builders a welcome boost - UK Green Building Council (UK GBC) indicate that sustainable building is a growth sector. Asked whether the financial crisis has impacted on their organisation in tackling sustainability, 56% of its m...
- Pollution levels off, report says - Emissions from industrialized countries plateaued in 2006 after six years of growth, the United Nations said Monday. But the countries have not yet reported emissions from the past two years, and the ...
- Comfort Systems increases share repurchase program - has approved an increase in the company’s share repurchase program. The amendment to the stock repurchase program will allow the Houston heating, ventilation and air conditioning services compa...
- Rates increase put on the table - By Lindsay Dentlinger The city of Cape Town has warned of poorer service delivery, cut-backs of staff and neglect to its water and electricity infrastructure if it does not introduce rates and tari...
- Further consultation wanted for Moutse - The minister of local government intends having another round of consultations with Moutse residents on the unpopular transfer of the area to Limpopo, the Constitutional Court heard on Tuesday. Dur...
- Innovative Napkin Helper Saves Napkins and Trees - Finally, a napkin helper that really works! BURBANK, CA--(Marketwire - November 18, 2008) - The Nap-Stik Napkin Helper, a value-added device that empowers everyone to keep the earth cleaner, today...
- Terminal 2010 on track - By Clayton Barnes The construction of Terminal 2010, Cape Town International Airport's new multimillion-rand passenger terminal, is on track and expected to be complete by the end of 2009, the airp...
- Texas should act now or risk losing out - If Texas is going to win a significant share of the emerging clean energy industry, it’s going to have to increase its competitiveness—starting with the upcoming 2009 legislative session, ...
- Too little to late - By Nomangesi Mbiza About 400 residents of Site B in Khayelitsha marched to the Lansdowne Fire Department on Monday to protest about its alleged slow response to a weekend fire in which one person d...
- Shaw Festival finishes on up note - Shaw Festival finished its 2008 season with increases in attendance and box-office revenues. The popular festival, which serves as one of the primary tourism anchors in Niagara-on-the-Lake, reported ...
- KZN storm damages to run to millions - About R15-million is needed to rebuild homes that were destroyed in a freak storm in Durban's Molweni area, the Mercury newspaper reported on Tuesday. The Welfare Department said eight people were ...
- New Online Gift Card Offers Environmental Alternative for 2008 Holiday Season - CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Nov. 18, 2008) - An innovative website offers consumers a new way of giving that helps eradicate extreme poverty in developing countries and reduces the environmental i...
- Tiger cub dies after rare blood transfusion - NAGPUR, India (AP) - A 7-month-old wild tiger died Tuesday in a central Indian zoo, two days after veterinarians tried to save the cub with a rare blood transfusion, officials said. The cub, which doc...
- Spacewalkers prepare for in-orbit cleaning job - HOUSTON (AP) - Two astronauts face a tedious cleaning and lube job Tuesday, the first of a series of spacewalks to resurrect a massive joint that turns one of the international space station's power-g...
- Homes sought for retired dogs amid track closings - CINCINNATI (AP) - Pet adoption agencies are pushing to find homes for a growing number of retired greyhounds amid a struggling dog racing industry and a weak U.S. economy that's left some prospective ...
- Global climate summit to open in Los Angeles - LOS ANGELES (AP) - A day before he was to welcome hundreds of high-ranking officials for a summit on greenhouse gas emissions, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger raised the environmental stakes in California....
- Residents return to devastated LA mobile home park - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Stacks of charred bricks, blackened shells of cars and burned tree trunks were all that remained Monday in much of the community some residents once called the "Beverly Hills of mob...
- Company Pledges to Help Northeast Poor Pay Winter Heating Bills by Giving Cash from Environmental Projects - A sunny Southern California producer of custom awnings that keep homes cool in summer today pledged to donate a potentially sizable amount of cash to help low-income families in the frigid Northeast h...
- Britain talks down geoengineering as a solution to climate change - UK climate minister Joan Ruddock wary of reliance on radical technology that could be used by some as an excuse to avoid meeting targets to reduce carbon emissions
- Indo-German cooperation in environment - New Delhi, Nov 18 : The Indo-Germen Environment Forum, which has been meeting here for two days, has work on a program for cooperation in the field of environment.
- Obama must slow the rush - Vast areas of offshore Alaska have been opened to oil drilling. The Obama administration must reverse the Bush-era policies to prevent irreparable harm to Arctic wildlife and its biologically producti...
- Diplomats implicated in rhino horn trade - An SABC news programme has implicated Vietnamese diplomats in the illegal export of rhinoceros horns from South Africa. Monday's news show 50/50 broadcast footage taken with hidden cameras of trans...
- New hope for KZN flood victims - By Heinz de Boer While political rivalry has largely been pushed aside to render assistance to the victims of last week's destructive thunderstorm, some remain unconvinced that KwaZulu-Natal Premie...
- California utilities ordered to use 33% renewable energy for power generation by 2020 - California utilities, already struggling to meet a law requiring more renewable energy, saw the bar raised even higher yesterday.Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an executive order calling on uti...
- Locust swarms plague Australia - Australian farmers are told there is no need to panic as vast swarms of locusts were spotted in Condobolin, Wagga, Gundagai and Narrandera in the state of New South Wales
- Cape running out of cash for 2010 - By Lindsay Dentlinger Ongoing re-jigging of the City of Cape Town's budgetary needs to host the 2010 World Cup means there will be a shortfall of R210-million for operational expenses in 2009. F...
- Greenpeace Sounds Alarm On Whale Hunt - In this photo released by the environmental group Greenpeace Japan, Greenpeace members hold up a banner reading; "1.2 billion yen (US$12.4 million) of tax money for whaling?" in Kamijima as Japanese w...
- RSA joins the One Million Tree Campaign to plant trees at Mohammed Bin Rashid School for boys- Dubai - Nov 18, 2008 - 03:34 - WAM Dubai, Nov. 18th, 2008 (WAM)--RSA, the leading international insurance group, joined the One Million Tree Campaign of Emirates Environmental Group (EEG) by planting 15 trees...
- HP Provides Strong Preliminary Earnings Despite Weak Economic Environment - HPQ ) announced preliminary results for the fourth quarter on Tuesday, releasing an earnings figure that beat the expectation of market analysts, despite the tough economic environment.The company s...
- World emissions on target to meet Kyoto cuts, says UN - The world is on track to meet its greenhouse gas targets under the Kyoto protocol, according to UN figures released today. Emissions by the 40 industrialised nations that agreed binding cuts in pollut...
- Government to defy critics with secret GM crop trials - Ministers are drawing up plans for genetically-modified crops to be grown in secret and more secure locations to prevent trials being wrecked by saboteurs.They may ask the police to target opponents o...
- Crown Estate plans tidal power future in Scotland - Pentland Firth in north Scotland. This first round of development is intended to generate 700MW of clean electricity from wave and tidal sources by 2020."In this country we are widely recognised as ha...
- Greens urge Govt action on whaling monitoring - The Greens say they are deeply concerned about the Federal Government's lack of action on monitoring the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean. Japan's fleet left yesterday. The Federal Gover...
- Bioenergy projects win big environment, energy and development awards - Poor people in developing countries have very few options for gaining access to modern energy services, most notably electricity. Renewables like solar, wind and hydropower are way too expensive, inte...
- Great Hills Consulting Group of Austin, TX Announces Major Environmental Initiative - Great Hills Consulting Group, an Austin-based business bookkeeping service, today announced a major leadership initiative in the effort to repower America with clean energy alternatives. Called Go Gre...
- Bark beetles kill millions of acres of trees in the American West - HELENA, Montana : On the side of a mountain on the outskirts of Montana's capital city, loggers are racing against a beetle grub the size of a grain of rice. From New Mexico to British Columbia,...
- Natural gas rush stirs environmental concerns - Advanced drilling techniques that blast millions of gallons (liters) of water into 400-million-year-old shale formations a mile (1.6 kilometers) underground are opening up "unconventional" gas fields ...
- Improvement plan brings down trees along Deaderick St. - Men with chain saws were cutting down tree after tree along Deaderick Street in downtown Nashville on Monday morning.Startled passers-by stopped to stare at the tree trunks lying across the sidewalk.
- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa unveils modernization plan for LAX - A rendering shows proposed improvements at Los Angeles International Airport, which hasn't been updated since the 1980s. The estimated $6-billion plan presented by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa includes ...
- Is climate change to blame for string of Southland fires - Is climate change to blame for the string of destructive fires that have hit Southern California in recent years?Research has shown an increase in large wildfires in some western forest regions in rec...
- Scientists can save SA from global woes - By Barry Bateman Science, engineering and technology (Set) could mitigate the pressure on South Africa during the global economic downturn, while preserving and stimulating job growth, according to...
- Experts unite to save Kruger Park crocodiles - Johannesburg - South Africa's leading researchers, scientists, conservationists and wildlife pathologists have united to save crocodiles after a massive die-off in the Kruger National Park's Olifants ...
- Global warming on back burner in Congress - WASHINGTON -- Congress will not act until 2010 on a bill to limit the heat-trapping gases blamed for global warming despite President-elect Barack Obama's declaration that he will move quickly to addr...
- Expected onslaught of television sales raises environmental questions, hopes for progress - 11/17/2008 The nation is headed for a TV-buying triple whammy. First are the holiday season and the Super Bowl, traditional times when sales rise because consumers want bigger, better viewing opti...
- Forests may play overlooked role in regulating climate - In a study to be published next week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists led by a team at the University of New Hampshire show that forests may influence the Earth's cli...
- Union highlights plight of timber workers - President Robert Reid says just a few hours before the new cabinet line-up was announced yesterday, 80 workers at the Fletcher Building-owned Plyco Select plant in the South Auckland suburb of Penrose...
- Peers win concession on offset limits in climate bill - The government last night moved to tighten its commitment to the 80% reduction of carbon emissions by the year 2050, introducing a safeguard that a limit be placed on reductions achieved by buying int...
- time runs out for Japan - Sunrise is at least an hour away when Atsushi Sasaki steers his fishing boat out of Oma and into the notorious straits separating Japan's mainland from its northernmost island, Hokkaido.By the time he...
- The president-elect does not plan to attend next month - is not heading to Poland next month for UN talks on a pending global climate change pact.Obama's no-show status at the talks is hardly a death knell for the emissions reduction treaty that
- McGuinty breaks faith on protecting the Boreal Forest - < Ontario approves plan to log pristine Boreal Forest despite Premier's recent commitments >> TORONTO, Nov. 17 /CNW/ - The Ontario government has approved a controversial logging plan that will destro...
- Jellyfish could be new foot soldier in climate change battle - Australian scientists say a jellyfish-like creature which has the ability to double its numbers in one day could play an important role in battling climate change. If you swim or surf on the east coa...
- Water at risk in a warming world - Both the beauty and the fragility of the planet were on spectacular display Monday as TODAY reported on climate change and the power of water from the Ends of the Earth.
- Japanese whalers leave for annual hunt - TOKYO - The mother ship in Japan's whaling fleet left Monday for the country's annual hunt in the Antarctic, the environmental group Greenpeace said, as anti-whaling activists vowed to disrupt the exp...
- State average is $2.02 per gallon of gas - Gasoline prices in Colorado continue to drop, with a gallon of regular unleaded now below $2 in many parts of the state, according to data released Monday by the AAA auto club. The average statewide ...
- Got photos of polar bears in the wild - The Polar Bear Photo-identification Library offers these profiles as examples of usable photos. It also notes that photos taken from more than 150 feet away, even with a zoom lens, probably won't be c...
- UK airport expansion should be halted to meet emissions target, say climate scientists - A cross of vapour trails left by planes in flight in a blue sky. Photograph: David Levene/David Levene There should be a moratorium on the expansion of all UK airports if the government's ambitious ...
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