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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:04:26 +0100 -

Obama to push climate change in White House meeting

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday will gather key Republican and Democratic senators whose support is critical to passing a climate change law, seeking to jump-start stalled efforts to overhaul U.S. energy policy.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:23:07 +0100 -

Chanel muses on global cooling with iceberg show

PARIS (Reuters Life!) - An event based around hundreds of fashionistas flying in from all over the world was never going to be a convincing platform for environmental campaigning, but designers in Paris haven't let that stop them.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:30:49 +0100 -

China and India endorse Copenhagen climate deal

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - China and India joined almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters Tuesday in signing up to the climate accord struck in Copenhagen, boosting a deal strongly favored by the United States.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:20:01 +0100 -

EU climate chief wants Europe to "lead by example"

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's new climate chief sought to reinvigorate international climate talks on Tuesday, laying out a strategy for the EU to lead the world by example.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:17:28 +0100 -

Nanotech 'fuse' for novel battery

A never-before-seen reaction in nanotubes could make for batteries that pack a mighty punch, say researchers.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:41:53 +0100 -

Egypt's Mediterranean coast protected in reserve

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt wants visitors to discover its Mediterranean coast at a marine reserve being established near the border with Libya, the government said Tuesday.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:46:03 +0100 -

Third of EU emissions 'imported'

Research shows some EU countries "import" about a third of their carbon emissions from developing countries.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:20:35 +0100 -

Tongue-lashing: Chameleon's weapon unmatched in the cold

Chameleon have a hidden advantage as hunters, a ballistic tongue that works well in the cold.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:17:48 +0100 -

German fishing boat flies giant kite to save fuel

IJMUIDEN, Netherlands (Reuters) - Germany's largest fishing vessel will leave the Netherlands this week, towed by a giant kite harnessing trade winds for South America that will help cut its fuel consumption by up to a third.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:17:11 +0100 -

Skynet satellite system extended

Skynet 5, the UK's single biggest space project, is to get a fourth satellite to up the bandwidth available to British forces.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:54:08 +0100 -

EU faces court challenge over biofuel reports

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Four environmental groups have sued the European Union's executive for withholding documents they say will add to a growing dossier of evidence that biofuels harm the environment and push up food prices.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:20:30 +0100 -

Alien vs predator

The UK's foray into bio-control breaks important ground

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:57:10 +0100 -

Blooming rare

One of the loneliest flowers on Earth in all its glory

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:53:15 +0100 -

Lough eel numbers 'on the brink'

There are growing concerns about the future of the Lough Neagh eel fishery and the hundreds of jobs it supports.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:42:11 +0100 -

Greens hail Supreme Court action on flaring loophole

HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. environmental groups said a loophole that gave refineries and chemical plants leeway to exceed pollution limits indiscriminately for 16 years was permanenently closed by the Supreme Court's decision Monday to not hear an appeal from a lower court.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:29:11 +0100 -

Lords in science investment call

Former Labour and Conservative science ministers challenge the next UK government to maintain investment in science.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:25:22 +0100 -

Superweed predator to be released

A plant-eating predator that preys on aggressive superweed Japanese knotweed is to be given a trial release in England.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 -

Environmental Message Testing Service Enters Private Beta

Water Words That Work, LLC is accepting requests from nature protection and pollution control organizations to participate in the beta testing round of the Due Diligence Test Panel, our new environmental message testing service. Water Words That Work, LLC is developing the service to help our clients develop more compelling marketing materials to support their fund-raising...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 -

Superior Lamp Now Offers Low Mercury Fluorescent Lighting

Superior Lamp Inc. now offers low mercury environmentally friendly lighting solutions.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 -

First Annual Green It Economic Summit to Set New Directions for Green IT in Private and Public Sectors

Green IT Economic Summit 2010 will be a landmark event with the convergence of the latest breakthroughs in Green hardware and software technology, and the power of the internet.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 -

Since Three Mile Island (1979) Nuclear Power's Become Safer, Cleaner and Virtually Terrorist-Proof

Are the facts that you know about nuclear power more than a quarter century out of date? We were surprised to find out ours were. Ecology Site EcoHearth.com offers the background you need to be up-to-date on the facts

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:47:05 +0100 -

Tory review urges science boost

A Tory-backed report urges incentives for schools and tax breaks for researchers to raise the profile of science.

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:36:48 +0100 -

Women hit by climate change head to Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women hit hard by the effects of climate change -- drought, floods, sea level rise and crop failure -- gathered on Monday to plan a Capitol Hill push for U.S. legislation to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:05:00 +0100 -

Impact of Ancient Indonesian Volcanic Eruption

The Toba super eruption occurred between 69,000 and 77,000 years ago at Lake Toba (present day Indonesia), and it is recognized as one of Earth's largest known eruptions. The related catastrophe theory holds that this super volcanic event plunged the planet into a 6 to 10 year volcanic winter, which resulted in the world's human population being reduced to 10,000 or even a mere 1,000 breeding pairs, creating a bottleneck in human evolution. Some researchers argue that the Toba eruption produced not only a catastrophic volcanic winter but also an additional 1,000 year cooling episode. Newly discovered archaeological sites in southern and northern India have revealed how people lived before and after the colossal Toba volcanic eruption 74,000 years ago.

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:13:18 +0100 -

Spaceman

Rummaging in BBC archive for Apollo reports 40 years on

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:54:15 +0100 -

Japan mayor protests dolphin hunt documentary Oscar

TOKYO (Reuters) - The mayor of a Japanese town which conducts an annual dolphin hunt protested on Monday against the Academy Award given to "The Cove," a documentary film about the grisly slaughter.

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:52:47 +0100 -

Jovian vision

Secrets the coming missions to Jupiter could reveal

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:12:00 +0100 -

Neglected tropical diseases NEED to be studied

The 'innovation gap' for neglected tropical diseases is rapidly growing, say Sandeep P. Kishore and colleagues, but research universities in the United States could help close the gap. Total research funding for diabetes is more than 15 times greater than that for malaria, and more than 100 times that of other diseases such as schistosomiasis. The authors suggest three key steps to making a meaningful impact on neglected disease research.

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:46:00 +0100 -

West Africa mangroves impacted by salt extraction

Salt is precious in poverty-stricken coastal West Africa, but conservation experts say efforts to extract it are laying waste to mangrove swamps, causing erosion and ravaging fish stocks. In Sierra Leone, one of Africa's poorest nations still recovering from a 1991-2002 civil war, lawmakers are preparing a bill to join a seven-nation charter to protect the region's mangrove forests. Conservation group Wetlands International says the initiative is essential for West Africa to save the 800,000 hectares (2 million acres) of mangrove swamps it has left, less than a third of the 3 million hectares it started with.

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:58:19 +0100 -

Bonobos opt to share their food

One of our closest primate relatives, the bonobo, prefers to share its food rather than dine alone, scientists report.

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:22:51 +0100 -

Two Indian tiger cubs found dead

Two tiger cubs are found dead, apparently after being poisoned, at a national park in the Indian state of Rajasthan.

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:56:41 +0100 -

China herdsmen kill snow leopard

Two herdsmen are jailed for up to 10 years for killing a rare snow leopard in Xinjiang, China.

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:22:36 +0100 -

Legal beagles: Swiss reject plan to give animals their own lawyers

The Swiss vote by a large majority against a proposal to give animals the constitutional right to be represented in court.

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:06:00 +0100 -

China to develop new energy source - combustible ice

China's western Qinghai Province, containing major deposits of the country's "combustible ice," will see increased explorations for this emerging clean energy, Provincial Governor Luo Huining said on Saturday. The plateau province plans to allow large energy companies along with researchers to tap this new source of energy while minimizing environmental threats, Luo said on the sidelines of the annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature. "Combustible ice," or natural gas hydrate, is mainly found in deep seas and atop plateaus. Approximately one cubic meter of "combustible ice" equals 164 cubic meters of regular natural gas.

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:46:00 +0100 -

The nuclear waste issue must be solved

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said on Friday that the United States needs to come up with a better system for storing or disposing of radioactive nuclear waste than a planned repository near Las Vegas. "The president has made it very clear that we are going to go beyond Yucca mountain. You should go beyond Yucca mountain," Chu said. "But instead of wringing my hands, let's go forward and do something better." The Obama administration, in January, announced it was stopping the license application for a long-planned multi-billion dollar nuclear waste storage site at Yucca Mountain near Las Vegas, which is opposed by environmental groups.

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 -

Amigo Energy and Shop Texas Electricity Announce Partnership

One of the fastest growing retail electricity providers, Amigo Energy, announced its partnership with Shop Texas Electricity, one of Texas leading online electricity comparison sites.

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:28:20 +0100 -

Probe may have found cosmic dust

Scientists may have identified the first specks of interstellar dust in material collected by the Nasa Stardust spacecraft.

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:03:00 +0100 -

Garlic is Good for You

Garlic is known in legend as great against vampires and it is quite nice in many delicious recipes. Researchers have now designed a urine test that can simultaneously measure the extent of a potential carcinogenic process and a marker of garlic consumption in humans. In a small pilot study, the test suggested that the more garlic people consumed, the lower the levels of the potential carcinogenic process were.

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:33:33 +0100 -

Sun spotters

Your help is needed to watch the surface of the Sun

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:51:00 +0100 -

All Fish Tested from U.S. Streams Found Contaminated with Mercury

In a new study conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), every single fish tested from 291 freshwater streams across the United States was found to be contaminated with mercury. "This study shows just how widespread mercury pollution has become in our air, watersheds and many of our fish in freshwater streams," said Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:04:53 +0100 -

Met Office ends season forecasts

The Met Office stops publishing seasonal forecasts after it came in for criticism for failing to predict extreme weather.

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:19:04 +0100 -

'Case stronger' on climate change

The UK Met Office says evidence that human activity is causing climate change is stronger now than in a 2007 assessment.

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 -

Amadeus Consulting Officially Launches BLAST Program

Amadeus Consulting is excited to announce the official launch of its BLAST! Program. The BLAST! Program, or Business Leaders in Action for Sustainability Today, is a training program for businesses to take real action and designate their companies as stewards of the environment.

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:49:53 +0100 -

Panel confirms dino crater link

An international panel of experts has endorsed the idea that an asteroid impact killed off the dinosaurs.

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:16:42 +0100 -

'Extinct' frog found in Australia

A frog species thought to have been extinct for more than three decades has been sighted in farmland in Australia.

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:51:13 +0100 -

Promise on UK physics woes

The government is promising to put in place measures to protect the future funding of physics and astronomy in the UK.

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:40:20 +0100 -

Deep sea fish 'eat their greens'

Deep sea fish changes our understanding of ocean food webs.

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 -

World leaders, top academics selected for Ban's climate change advisory group

Philanthropist George Soros and prominent British academic Nicholas Stern are among the 19 members of the high-level advisory group set up by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon seeking to mobilize financing to help developing countries combat climate change, it was announced today.

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 -

ChemiGreen to introduce its latest invention, The Dock- Plug, at the Globe 2010 Exhibition in Vancouver

ChemiGreen, will introduce its latest invention, The Dock Plug, at the Globe 2010 exhibition. The Dock Plug is permanently installed in drains near loading docks. The Dock-Plug automatically activates once a truck moves into the loading dock. Once activated the Dock-Plug seals the drain completely thus prevents any potential chemical from entering the drain system should a spill occur.

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:06:38 +0100 -

Gut microbes 'second genome'

There are more genes in the microbial flora in our gut than in the rest of our bodies, scientists report.