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Don't Blame Cities For Climate Change, See Them As Solutions London, UK (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 
Cities are being unfairly blamed for most of humanity's greenhouse gas emissions and this threatens efforts to tackle climate change, warns a study in the October 2008 issue of the journal Environment and Urbanization. The paper says cities are often blamed for 75 to 80 percent of emissions, but that the true value is closer to 40 percent. It adds that the potential for cities to help ... read moreNine dead in Vietnam floods: report 
Hanoi (AFP) Sept 30, 2008Typhoon Mekkhala battered central Vietnam early Tuesday, triggering floods and leaving at least nine people dead in its wake, media reported. Another 11 people were declared missing in the storm, which later weakened into a depression, said public television VTV. The victims were either swept away in floods resulting from the storm or disappeared at sea, VTV reported. Eleven boats ... more |
Search called off after Indonesia landfill collapse kills seven
February fifth warmest on record, extreme rain in Europe: EU monitor Venezuelan lawmakers advance mining reforms sought by US UN warns of environmental hazards from Middle East war Antarctic sea ice improves after four years of extreme lows: US scientists Water emerges as a dangerous new war target Indonesia landfill collapse kills five Indonesia landfill collapse kills four Swiss vote down proposal for massive 'climate fund' Philippines' 'Cockroach Lord' goes to bat for misunderstood bugs 
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US navy keeps up blocade of pirate ship
Mogadishu (AFP) Sept 30, 2008US Navy helicopters on Tuesday buzzed a hijacked Ukrainian freighter carrying battle tanks and arms while talks were held with the pirates, who some reports said had fought among themselves. The pirates have taken the MV Faina to their lair off Somalia's Indian Ocean coast and are demanding a 20-million-dollar (14-million-euro) ransom. Several US Navy ships are now around the boat and a ... more Turkey hopes to finish Cyprus water pipeline by 2009: report 
Ankara (AFP) Sept 30, 2008Turkey hopes to complete construction of an undersea water pipeline to northern Cyprus by June 2009 to help it battle droughts, Anatolia news agency reported Tuesday. The project, which was launched in 2000 following a severe water shortage on the parched island, aims to pump 75 million cubic metres (2.65 billion cubic feet) into the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus every ... more Ping An insurance deal may not go through: Fortis 
The Hague (AFP) Sept 30, 2008Embattled Belgian-Dutch bank and insurance group Fortis said Tuesday the planned 2.15 billion euro (3.0 billion dollars) sale of half its asset management arm to China's Ping An Insurance is unlikely to go through. "Fortis announces that it expects not to be able to complete the asset management partnership with Ping An. Fortis Investments will remain, as at present, 100 percent owned by ... more  |
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No Oxygen In Eastern Mediterranean Bottom-Water
Utrecht, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 01, 2008Research from Utrecht University shows that there is an organic-rich bed of sediment in the floor of the Eastern Mediterranean. This bed formed over a period of about 4000 years under oxygen-free bottom-water conditions. A wet climatic period was responsible for the phenomenon. According to climate scenarios, the climate may become wetter in this area, potentially giving rise again to a ... more Heinz stops buying Chinese milk products 
Washington (AFP) Sept 30, 2008US food group Heinz said Tuesday that it had decided to stop buying Chinese milk for use in its products there in the wake of a giant tainted milk scandal that has left 53,000 children ill. "In order to reassure consumers about the safety of Heinz products, Heinz has made the strategic decision to switch our milk supply in China and Hong Kong to non-Chinese sources and we are testing all ... more Guinea-Bissau's cholera epidemic claims more lives 
Bissau (AFP) Sept 30, 2008A cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau that erupted in May has claimed more lives, as the death toll surpassed 140 people while nearly 7,800 people have now been infected, hospital officials said Tuesday. "Today (Tuesday) we have registered a total of 141 deaths and 7,777 cases of the disease reported," doctor Agistinho Pedro Semedo, who heads the Simao Mendes hospital in the capital Bissau, to ... more Experiment Demonstrates 110 Years Of Sustainable Agriculture 
Madison WI (SPX) Oct 01, 2008A plot of land on the campus of Auburn University shows that 110 years of sustainable farming practices can produce similar cotton crops to those using other methods. In 1896, Professor J.F. Duggar at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama (now Auburn University) started an experiment to test his theories that sustainable cotton production was possible on Alabama soils if ... more |
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