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Dutch Try To Grow Environment-Friendly Meat in Lab (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 09:04:11
| utch researchers are trying to grow pork meat in a laboratory with the goal of feeding millions without the need to raise and slaughter animals.
"We're trying to make meat without having to kill animals," Bernard Roelen, a veterinary science professor at Utrecht University, said in an interview. |
Japan Showcases Eco-Friendly Cars Ahead of G-8 Summit (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 09:04:11
| Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took Japan's latest eco-friendly cars out for a spin Friday to show off his environmental awareness ahead of next week's G-8 summit meeting.
Abe and Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akira Amari took turns trying out six car models that emit zero or low-level carbon dioxide by using electric batteries, clean diesel, fuel cells, hydrogen gas or biofuels for power. |
Japan Threatens To Leave Whaling Forum (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 09:04:11
| Japan threatened to quit the International Whaling Commission Thursday after fierce opposition from anti-whaling nations forced it to scrap a proposal to allow four coastal villages to hunt the animals. |
EU Calls Bush Climate Plan 'The Classic U.S. Line' (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 09:04:11
| President George W. Bush's plan to tackle climate change merely restates U.S. policy which has been ineffective in the past in cutting emissions blamed for global warming, the EU's environment chief said on Friday. |
Obama Would Restore Environmental Regulations Bush Rolled Back (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 09:04:11
| Sen. Barack Obama vowed Thursday to restore environmental protections the Bush administration has rolled back through executive orders, especially at the Environmental Protection Agency. |
Thousands Protest Against South China Chemical Plant (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 09:04:11
| Thousands of protesters wearing gas masks and holding banners marched through a city in southeast China on Friday, demanding the government scrap, not just put off, plans to build a chemical plant, witnesses said. |
Ethiopian Elephants, Lions at Risk as Forest Cut (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 09:04:11
| A thousand rare black-mane lions -- an Ethiopian national symbol -- and some 300 elephants are in danger after a swathe of forest in their sanctuary was cut down, a wildlife expert said on Thursday. |
Report Says Climate Making Forest Fires Bigger (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 09:04:11
| Climate change is making forest fires around the world bigger and more intense, increasing the threat to people and the environment and costing countries millions in damage and firefighting expenses, the United Nations said Thursday. |
Nuclear Fuel Dump in Russian Arctic in Danger of Exploding, Norwegian Group Says (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 09:04:11
| A nuclear waste dump in the Russia Arctic may be in danger of exploding because of corrosion caused by salt water in enormous storage tanks, the Norwegian environmental group Bellona warned Friday. |
ENN Weekly: May 28th - June 1st (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 12:05:34
| ENN rounds up the most important and compelling environmental news stories of the week. In the news May 28th - June 1st: Carbon offsets, a temporary reprieve for bison, lab-grown meat, manual mowers, and much more. |
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