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L.A. residents ferret out toxic sites for researchers |
| Marcela Herrera wiped sweat from her nose as the screeching sound of a saw cutting lumber mixed with mariachi music blaring from a house across the street. Clipboard in hand, Herrera jotted down addresses in this Pacoima neighborhood where lumber, steel, ironworks and heavy equipment rental shops operate near homes. |
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Solar Powered System Helps Reduce Ship's Emissions - Innovation on the High Seas |
| Japan’s largest shipping line, Nippon Yusen KK, has teamed with Nippon Oil Corporation in developing a system of solar panels capable of generating 40 kilowatts of electricity for use on a 60,000 ton cargo ship for Toyota Motor Corporation.
Unlike the solar panels soon to be offered on the tops of the Toyota Priusthat I wrote about last week, these panels are designed to assist with the ship’s motive power. |
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Failing grades for carbon emitters down under |
| Some major Australian power generators are doing next to nothing to prepare for a low-carbon future, according to a new report from WWF-Australia.
The 2008 WWF-Australia Power Generators Carbon Future Score Card assessed 19 of Australia’s power firms on the work they are doing to reduce their carbon emissions and around half were awarded two stars or less out of a possible five. |
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Trucking firms line up for ports' clean-air programs |
| Following weeks of worry about whether they could meet their own deadlines, Los Angeles and Long Beach port officials said Friday that they were closing in on having enough trucking companies lined up to get their clean-air programs off the ground in October. |
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E.P.A. Issues New Engine Rules |
| Announcing what it called new “surf and turf” standards, the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday set stricter antipollution rules for engines that run pleasure boats, lawn mowers and weed trimmers. |
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| Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:49:48 GMT
China sets dates for space launch |
| China will launch its third manned space mission in late September, state-run news agency Xinhua reports. |
| Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:18:06 GMT
'Climate crisis' needs brain gain |
| The former UK chief scientist says the climate challenge is so great, it demands the most brilliant minds tackle it. |
| Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:42:21 GMT
Mammoth skull raised from ground |
| Palaeontologists lift a "rare" mammoth skull out of its resting place in France and move it to a museum. |
| Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:10:24 GMT
Shun meat, says UN climate chief |
| People should consider eating less meat as a way to tackle global warming, says the UN's top climate scientist. |
| Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:20:38 GMT
Beatles' tunes aid memory recall |
| Scientists investigate how our memories of Beatles songs help us tap into the long forgotten events in our lives. |
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| Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:01:01 +0100
Car makers must go green, says public in new EU poll |
| The results of an opinion poll out today (28 August 2008) show an overwhelming 87 per cent of people in the UK think measures to force car manufacturers to make smarter cars that use 25 per cent less fuel should be introduced urgently. |
| Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:01:01 +0100
Green taxes are key to tackling climate change |
| Responding to the Taxpayer's Alliance's 'The Burden of Green Taxes', Friends of the Earth said "Green taxes are one of the key policies needed to prevent dangerous climate change that would cost the UK cost billions of pounds and ruin lives." |
| Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:01:01 +0100
Major car makers not cutting emissions fast enough to meet climate targets |
| Top car manufacturers selling vehicles in the UK and elsewhere in Europe are not cutting carbon dioxide emissions from their vehicles fast enough to meet proposed EU targets, Friends of the Earth said today. |
| Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:01:01 +0100
Energy price hikes - efficiency is the solution |
| Responding to the news that energy company E.On has announced huge rises in gas and electricity prices, Friends of the Earth called for every home in the UK to be super-insulated and have access to green energy systems. |
| Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:01:01 +0100
Prince Charles hits GM nail on head |
| Commenting on Prince Charles' concerns over the impacts of GM crops on the environment and farmers, expressed today, Friends of the Earth Campaign Director Mike Childs said the Prince had hit the nail on the head. |
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Feature: Rapid Retreat: Ice Shelf Loss along Canada's Ellesmere Coast |
| Beginning in late July 2008, the remaining ice shelves along the northern coast of Canada's Ellesmere Island underwent rapid retreat, losing a total of 214 square kilometers (83 square miles). |
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News: Changing the World, One Student at a Time |
| For 10 years, the DEVELOP program has pushed the envelope of the traditional summer internship, encouraging students into research projects with big implications for society. |
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News: Portrait of a Warming Ocean and Rising Sea Levels |
| Global sea level is on the rise, but the rise isn't uniform across the ocean. In this image, white and red show where sea level has risen the most; purple and blue where it has dropped. |
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Natural Hazards: Dust Storm over Afghanistan |
| On September 5, 2008, a dust storm formed over Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan. |
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Natural Hazards: Tropical Storm Josephine |
| Tropical Storm Josephine formed in the eastern Atlantic near the Cape Verde Islands on September 2, 2008. |
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| Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:06:53 EDT
Letter: Animal lovers boycott rodeos |
| The public is unaware of the insidious electric shocking, baby calf neck snapping, spurring, flank strapping, tail raking, wire poking, and a multitude of other clandestine sadistic practices that these animals must suffer. |
| Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:06:53 EDT
HARD decision expected in rodeo prodding case |
| "It's not fair, because it is not against the rules," he said, citing the cowboys association's acceptance of electric prods. |
| Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:06:53 EDT
PETA protesters go apeshit at Donna Karan show |
| "Donna Karan is a cold and soulless woman who turns her back on animals to turn a buck," Newkirk said. |
| Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:06:53 EDT
Horse owners increasingly abandoning their animals |
| Unwanted horses are being left at auction barns, let go in the wild or tied to trees and fences in hopes someone will take them in. |
| Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:06:53 EDT
Manatees saved through manhole |
| Staff from emergency and animal rescue agencies had to go into a manhole to access a culvert where three manatees had gotten stuck -- apparently as they sought suitable areas for mating. |
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| Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:06:53 EDT
EPA not spilling the beans on bees. |
| The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is refusing to disclose records about a new class of pesticides that could be playing a role in the disappearance of millions of honeybees in the United States, a lawsuit filed Monday charges. |
| Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:06:53 EDT
If Congress lifts the offshore oil drilling moratorium, what happens next? |
| If Congress bows to pressure from Republicans and decides to lift its restrictions on offshore oil drilling, it is unclear exactly what would happen next. Such a move would take the country into uncharted waters. |
| Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:06:53 EDT
Ivory Coast's forgotten acrid waste. |
| The UN says the dumping of 500m tonnes of chemical waste in Abidjan led to at least 16 deaths and more than 100,000 other victims needing medical treatment. Two years on it is still here. |
| Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:06:53 EDT
Stuart Orr of the World Wildlife Fund on Britain's water consumption |
| Stuart Orr of the World Wildlife Fund explains a new report that shows each Briton uses 4,645 litres a day when hidden factors are included |
| Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:06:53 EDT
Study: Possible diabetes link to arsenic in water |
| A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with type 2 diabetes, researchers say. |
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