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 May 29, 2007 |
| DISASTER MANAGEMENT + Steel Dam Plan To Plug Indonesian Mud Volcano  Jakarta (AFP) May 28, 2007 - A massive concrete dam 15 storeys high would be built around Indonesia's disastrous "mud volcano" under the latest proposal to stop toxic sludge spewing from its core, a report said Monday. Indonesian and Japanese engineers have pitched the ambitious plan to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as the nation marks one year on Tuesday since the mudspill started, forcing thousands to flee their home ... moreWHALES AHOY + Whales Face The Harpoon As Norway Labels Opponents Hypocrites  Anchorage (AFP) Alaska, May 28, 2007 - The fate of the great whales hung in the balance Monday as officials from 75 nations gathered for talks amid pressure, notably from Japan, to reverse a 20-year ban on commercial hunting of the mammals. As the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) prepares to open in Alaska's capital, environmental groups warned of the possibility of the United States striking a compromise ... moreICE WORLD + Northern Sea Route Of Russia Nothing But A Dotted Line On A Map  Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 28, 2007 - Debates over the Northern Sea Route, a shipping lane from the Atlantic to the Pacific along the coast of northern Russia, have been going on for many years. Local residents are sounding the alarm, scientists and journalists are crossing swords, and even MPs are worried about this problem, unable to take a nap in their comfy chairs. Russia's State Council, an advisory body consisting of the ... moreWATER WORLD + Indian Monsoon Arrives On Southwest Coast  Thiruvananthapuram (AFP) India, May 28, 2007 - The first rain from India's annual monsoon, which is crucial to its farm-dependent economy, hit the southwest coast on Monday, a weather official said. "The onset of the annual southwest monsoon has begun over Kerala today," said K. Santosh, director of the Indian meteorological department's office in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala state. A monsoon season, which lasts from June ... moreINTERN DAILY + Chimp Ban May Impact Research  Washington (UPI) May 25, 2007 - Animal rights groups are celebrating the National Institutes of Health's recent decision to permanently end breeding of government-owned chimpanzees, but researchers say the move could be detrimental to biomedical and pharmaceutical research. The NIH's National Center for Research Resources, which has had a moratorium on breeding of federally supported chimpanzees since 1995, said this ... more | SUPERPOWERS:  ABOUT US:  FLORA AND FAUNA:  EARLY EARTH:  |
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| TECH SPACE + Canon And Toshiba Delay Launch Of New SED Televisions  Tokyo (AFP) May 25, 2007 - Japanese high-tech giants Canon and Toshiba said Friday they had decided to postpone indefinitely the launch of a new type of flat television panel which is mired in legal wrangling. SED television sets were due to be introduced in Japan in the fourth quarter of 2007. No new launch date was given. "Reasons for the postponement include prolonged litigation currently underway in the United S ... moreENERGY TECH + Follow The Green Brick Road  Washington DC (SPX) May 29, 2007 - Researchers have found that bricks made from fly ash--fine ash particles captured as waste by coal-fired power plants--may be even safer than predicted. Instead of leaching minute amounts of mercury as some researchers had predicted, the bricks apparently do the reverse, pulling minute amounts of the toxic metal out of ambient air. Each year, roughly 25 million tons of fly ash from coal-fi ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + Greenpeace Protest At Finnish Nuclear Plant  Helsinki (AFP) May 28, 2007 - Finnish, French and British Greenpeace activists protested on Monday against "security breaches" at the building site of Finland's fifth nuclear reactor, the ecological pressure group said. Police removed a group of activists who were blocking the road to the site where the world's first third-generation European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) is being built. According to Greenpeace spokesman M ... moreCAR TECH + Hydrogen Breakthrough Could Open The Road To Carbon-Free Cars  Birmingham UK (SPX) May 29, 2007 - A new breakthrough in hydrogen storage technology could remove a key barrier to widespread uptake of non-polluting cars that produce no carbon dioxide emissions. UK scientists have developed a compound of the element lithium which may make it practical to store enough hydrogen on-board fuel-cell-powered cars to enable them to drive over 300 miles before refuelling. Achieving this driving r ... moreCLIMATE SCIENCE + India Rejects Greenhouse Gas Limits  New Delhi (AFP) May 28, 2007 - India said Monday it would reject proposals to limit greenhouse gas emissions at a summit meeting of the world's leading economies next month because stricter limits would slow its booming economy. "Legally mandated measures for reducing greenhouse gas emissions are likely to have significant adverse impacts on GDP growth of developing countries, including India," environment ministry secretary ... more | ENERGY TECH:  CAR TECH:  CLIMATE SCIENCE:  TIME AND SPACE:  |
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