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Researchers boost yields of rice-waste biofuel (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-03-2008 at 09:00:57
| Chinese scientists have developed a new method that dramatically increases the yield of a clean biogas fuel from rice straw.
China is the world's largest rice producer and the industry results in 230 million tonnes a year of surplus rice 'straw' — the stem and leaves left behind after harvesting. Farmers often burn the straw, increasing pollution and carbon dioxide emissions (see Stalk burning fuels China pollution woes).
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Desert is claiming southeast Spain (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-03-2008 at 09:00:57
| Lush fields of lettuce and hothouses of tomatoes line the roads. Verdant new developments of plush pastel vacation homes beckon buyers from Britain and Germany. Golf courses - 54 of them, all built in the past decade and most in the past three years - give way to the beach. At last, this hardscrabble corner of southeast Spain is thriving. |
Fears Grow with Polycarbonate Chemical Bisphenol-A (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-03-2008 at 09:00:57
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Bisphenol-A (BPA), a chemical used to make polycarbonate and epoxy plastics, has come under fire recently for its status as an endocrine disruptor. The chemical is commonly used as an ingredient in consumer products, particularly reusable water bottles, baby bottles, plastic dishware, tooth fillings, and canned-food liners. |
Brazil minister says Amazon trend worrying (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-03-2008 at 09:00:57
| Brazil's newly appointed environment minister drew a bleak picture of the Amazon rain forest's future on Monday, saying the latest figures for deforestation in April were worrying and that this year would likely be worse than last.
"The worst is to come. Now is the test," Carlos Minc told reporters, noting the period with the highest deforestation was historically from June to September when farmers prepared for planting by burning ground cover.
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Newsweek Warns Oil Prices Could Hit $200 a Barrel in the Next Few Months (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-03-2008 at 09:00:57
| This spring, America hit a historic point. With average gas prices per
gallon edging toward $4, America's notoriously profligate ways started
to change fast. |
Rich countries 'failed to heed' food crisis warnings (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-03-2008 at 09:00:57
| The UN Food and Agriculture Organization asked the world's countries today for $30 billion a year to "re-launch world agriculture" and deal with food shortages that have caused soaring food prices, hunger and unrest worldwide.
The call came at the start of a three-day intergovernmental meeting at FAO headquarters in Rome to deal with the doubling of average world food prices since 2000, which has accelerated sharply in the past six months. In an indication of the seriousness of the situation, 44 heads of government are attending.
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Climate change could impact vital functions of microbes (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-03-2008 at 09:00:57
| Global climate change will not only impact plants and animals but will also affect bacteria, fungi and other microbial populations that perform a myriad of functions important to life on earth. It is not entirely certain what those effects will be, but they could be significant and will probably not be good, say researchers today at a scientific meeting in Boston. |
Most Environmentally Conscious Consumers Are Also Tech-Savvy (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-03-2008 at 09:00:57
| Mediamark Research and Intelligence, which interviews approximately 26,000 U.S. adults in their each year, has released a statement saying that the most environmentally conscious of its six consumer segment.
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Masdar plunges $2 billion into solar PV market (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-03-2008 at 09:00:57
| Masdar today announced it will commit $2 billion to start a global production line of thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, with the aim of reaching 1GW a year by 2014.
Masdar is a company set up by the Abu Dhabi government in January, to invest the oil-rich country's capital in “future energy” projects, such as renewables.
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Bush would veto U.S. climate change bill (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-03-2008 at 09:00:57
| Even before debate began on Monday on the first comprehensive climate change bill to reach the Senate floor, the White House said President George W. Bush would veto it in its current form.
Bush himself slammed the bill, saying it would cost the U.S. economy $6 trillion. His estimate drew quick denials from those who support the legislation, including Sen. Barbara Boxer, a California Democrat and longtime environmentalist. |
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