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Foster's, Scientists Team Up To Generate Clean Energy from Beer-Making (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-02-2007 at 12:01:00
| Scientists and Australian beer maker Foster's are teaming up to generate clean energy from brewery waste water -- by using sugar-consuming bacteria.
The experimental technology was unveiled Wednesday by scientists at Australia's University of Queensland, which was given a $115,000 state government grant to install a microbial fuel cell at a Foster's Group brewery near Brisbane, the capital of Queensland state.
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Afghan Miners Dream of Fortune in Emerald Mountains (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-02-2007 at 12:01:00
| Miners in the peaks above the Panjshir Valley are blowing their way into the rocks, hunting for emeralds that could make them a fortune in one of the world's poorest countries. |
Scientists Protest New Reading of ESA (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-02-2007 at 12:01:00
| More than three dozen scientists have signed a letter to protest a new Bush administration interpretation of the Endangered Species Act, saying it jeopardizes animals such as wolves and grizzly bears. |
Australian Farmers Wrestle Dingo Threat (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-02-2007 at 12:01:00
| Between grey granite mountains and drought-ravaged farms is a strip called the "militarised zone", the frontline of a battle between farmers and environmentalists over the survival of Australia's dingo. |
Scientists Display Modified Sorghum Crop (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-02-2007 at 12:01:00
| Texas AandM University scientists showed off to state and federal officials Tuesday a genetically engineered crop of sorghum they believe will be a more efficient and economical option to corn in drier parts of the country as the nation pushes for alternative energy sources. |
Asia Struggles To Stop Relentless 'Pollution Calendar' (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-02-2007 at 12:01:00
| Take one last look at the government pollution website to check the air toxicity outside, then grab your keys and go.
This is the "haze routine" Singaporeans may dust off this summer if Indonesia's annual forest fires again smother the island in noxious yellow smoke. |
Poor Nations Brake Greenhouse Gas Rise (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-02-2007 at 12:01:00
| Developing nations that are fast industrialising, such as China and India, have braked their rising greenhouse gas emissions by more than the total cuts demanded of rich nations by the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol. |
Rio Grande Valley Border Fence Real, Not Virtual (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-02-2007 at 12:01:00
| A new map showing President George W. Bush's planned border fence has riled Rio Grande Valley officials, who say the proposed barrier reneges on assurances that the river would remain accessible to farmers, wildlife and recreation. |
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