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New Zealand Condemns Iceland Whaling Decision
Wellington (AFP) Oct 17, 2006New Zealand deplores Iceland's decision to resume commercial whaling, Conservation Minister Chris Carter said Wednesday. New Zealand and Australia have been at the forefront of a campaign to stop the resumption of commercial whaling and Carter described Iceland's decision as "extremely disappointing". "New Zealand will be making it very clear to the Icelandic government that we utterly reject their country's right to resume commercial whaling, and remain part of the International Whaling Commission (IWC)." Growing Concern Over Estrogen-Like Compounds In US Rivers 
Washington (UPI) Oct 18, 2006An upsurge in the number of male fish growing female reproductive parts is sounding an alarm bell for the dangers of pollutants and estrogen-like compounds in U.S. rivers, where millions of Americans get their drinking water, environmental experts say. A recent survey of bass in the Potomac River, a major tributary in the nation's capital, found almost 100 percent of the smallmouth bass species were feminized, or had eggs in their testes. HK Leader Under Fire For Doing "Too Little, Too Late" On Pollution 
Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 17, 2006As Hong Kong's storied harbour-front skyline disappears beneath a cloud of thickening pollution, city leaders are being accused of ignoring a problem activists say it could soon be too late to fix. While environmental, tourism and business lobbies urge the government to take action to restore Hong Kong's formerly clear skies, chief executive Donald Tsang told local radio that the pall of pollution hanging over the city is a crisis of visibility rather than of public health. |
Maritime Risks Increase For Cruise Ships/Ferries
Washington (UPI) Oct 18, 2006A just published Rand report entitled "Maritime and Terrorism: Risk and Liability" states that maritime terrorism risk includes cruise ships and ferries. The Insurance Journal quoted Rand report co-author Peter Chalk on Oct. 16 as saying: "Attacks on cruise ships and ferry boats would meet the interrelated requirements of visibility, destruction and disruption that drive transnational terrorism in the contemporary era. Long-Term Ocean Data Confirm Fishing Puts Species In Double Jeopardy 
La Jolla CA (SPX) Oct 19, 2006For the first time, research has shown that fishing can promote boom and bust swings in supplies of targeted fish stocks. The results, published in the October 19 issue of the journal Nature, are based on data obtained by the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI), a program through which scientists have investigated the ecological conditions of the California Current for more than half a century. Earliest Fungi May Have Found Multiple Solutions To Propagation On Land 
Durham NC (SPX) Oct 19, 2006In the latest installment of a major international effort to probe the origins of species, a team of scientists has reconstructed the early evolution of fungi, the biological kingdom now believed to be animals' closest relatives. In a report published Oct. 19 in the journal Nature, the researchers outlined evidence that the ancestors of mushrooms, lichens and various other fungi may have lost their original wiggling taillike "flagellae" on several different occasions as they evolved from water to land environments while branching off from animals in the process. |
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Russian Envionment Agency To Inspect Gazprom Neft Activities
Moscow (AFP) Oct 18, 2006Russian environmental authorities are to review the exploitation licenses held by Gazprom Neft, the oil subsidiary of gas producer Gazprom, the Natural Resources Ministry said Wednesday. Gazprom Neft currently has more than 50 oil development licenses, the ministry said in a statement, without specifying how many of them would be inspected. Haze Hits Unhealthy Level In Malaysian Capital 
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Oct 18, 2006Air quality in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur and the southern state of Johor hit unhealthy levels Wednesday due to smog from Indonesian forest fires that is also blanketing Singapore. Kuala Lumpur was shrouded in a white haze as the air pollutant index jumped to 108, according to environment department data. A reading of 100-plus is considered unhealthy. Munching Microbes Help Battle Against Global Warming 
Paris (AFP) Oct 18, 2006Scientists have uncovered breeds of microscopic helpers which help attenuate a key greenhouse gas that drives climate change. The unsung assistants are methane-gobbling microbes that live in the deep ocean at the vents of so-called mud volcanoes, they report in Thursday's issue of Nature, the weekly British science journal. |
Intelligent Sensors Gear Up For Real-Time Flood Monitoring
Lancaster UK (SPX) Oct 19, 2006An intelligent flood monitoring system that could give advance warning of the type of rapid flood that engulfed the UK Cornish village of Boscastle in 2004, is under test in the Yorkshire Dales. Danny Hughes, Phil Greenwood and colleagues from Lancaster University won an award for their paper describing the system at the UK e-Science All Hands Meeting in Nottingham last month. Indonesia Defends H5N1 Fight 
London (UPI) Oct 18, 2006In a week that has seen three deaths from avian influenza in three days, all in Indonesia, the country defended its efforts in the battle against bird flu. "We are doing the best we can," said Nyoman Kandun, a senior Health Ministry official. German G8: Dialogue With New Economic Players And Rewards For Africa 
Berlin (AFP) Oct 18, 2006Germany will use its turn at the helm of the G8 next year to try to promote increased dialogue with the world's newer economic players and reward African nations for good governance, officials said on Wednesday. Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa will be invited to the Group of Eight summit in the Baltic Sea resort of Heiligendamm June 6-8 to discuss issues such as the counterfeiting of products, rules governing working conditions, and the fight against global warming. |
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