Health
Cargo ship risk to Barrier Reef
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| WN.com - Environment News
Emergency tugs have been sent to rescue a cargo ship that has broken down on the Great Barrier Reef after its engine lost power yesterday. The 26,000 tonne vessel, ID Integrity, was en route from Shanghai to Townsville when it …
Gambia: FAO Trains Journalists, Others on 'Communication for Development'
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| UNFCCC
Source: The Daily Observer (Banjul) - Food and Agricultural Organisation of the UN-Gambia office has begun a four-day intensive training for local journalists and communication specialists to enhance their knowledge on 'Communication for Development' abilities and skills at the Ocean …
The fight against dangerous products celebrates achievements
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| EnviWeb.cz
The Member States of the Union still more effectively use a common system of warnings of dangerous goods on the market. In the European Union last year was disabled, removed or withdrawn from circulation in 1803 of dangerous products. It's …
Dole Highlights Challenges, Opportunities for More Sustainable Agricultural Practices
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| Environmental Expert
Last week, Dole Food Company, Inc. (NYSE:DOLE) participated in the second annual Forum on Sustainability and Happiness in Costa Rica. This year, former U.S. President Bill Clinton provided the closing keynote, delivering a message on environmental sustainability. ...
Why city gardens are wildlife havens
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| guardian.co.uk
Whether you have a lawn, flowers or a pond, your urban garden is a thriving ecosystem When I studied horticulture in the 1960s, most wildlife in gardens was dismissed as a pest, a weed or a disease. In …
Nanoparticles – salvation, or death threat?
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| National Geographic
The German Government is allowed to examine the health effects of nanoparticles. Fears that could bring more complications than improvement.
Letters: G8 leaders can help fight malnutrition
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| guardian.co.uk
David Cameron does indeed have a chance to act on global malnutrition thisweek at the G8 summit ( Wood shavings for dinner: G8 urged to tackle scourge of malnutrition , 17 May). However, millions will continue …
My big fat New Urbanism conference rundown, Part 2
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| MNN.com
At the 20th Congress for the New Urbanism, there were many big ideas on display. The best: How to transform China into a New Urbanist showpiece, plus how to use tactical urbanism and sprawl repair to rebuild American cities.
Weekend leisure: Watch the birdie
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| WN.com - Environment News
Danielle Wright goes on a birdwatching tour through Cornwall Park and spots 17 species of feathery friends. Our guide, Michael Taylor, puts his fingers to his mouth and makes a fantail call. My 6-year-old son Henry is particularly wide-eyed at …
Chefs disregard for environment leaves a bad taste
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| Grist Magazine
By Twilight Greenaway When Thomas Keller, the iconic chef at The French Laundry, made a point to privilege flavor over sustainability in the New York Times recently, he did us all a disservice.
Otero Mesa; Search for Rare Earth Threatens a Desert Bio-Gem
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| SierraActivist
Rocky Kistner, Communications Associate, Washington, DC: An essential mineral ingredient used in a variety of electronics from cell phones to smart bombs could be a death knell for a pristine part of a wild New Mexico desert grassland coveted by …
Otero Mesa; Fight Over Rare Earths Threatens a Desert BioGem
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| SierraActivist
Rocky Kistner, Communications Associate, Washington, DC: An essential mineral ingredient used in a variety of electronics from cell phones to smart bombs could be a death knell for a pristine part of a wild New Mexico desert grassland coveted by …
Low Levels of Vitamin B Result in Recall of Purina Cat Food
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| Environmental Expert
Nestlé Purina Petcare has issued a voluntary recall of one lot of its Purina Veterinary Diets OM Overweight Management canned cat food in response to a customer complaint received by the FDA. This specific brand of cat food is only …
Africa: Food Security Takes Centre Stage At G8 Summit
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| AllAfrica.com
[IFAD] ROME, Italy, 9 May 2012 - When this year's G8 summit opens in the United States on 18 May, food security will take centre stage. It will be a historic moment for rural poor people, with the leaders of …
Green Blog: Swapping Out Charcoal With Ethanol
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| NYTimes.com
A company opens a biofuel plant to supply ethanol to households in the Mozambican capital that currently rely on charcoal for cooking fuel.
Solar Eclipse 2012: How To See The May 20 Annular Eclipse (MAP) Solar Eclipse 2012: ...
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| WN.com - Environment News
The first annular solar eclipse visible in the United States in nearly 18 years will occur on Sunday, May 20. But before you buy tinted safety glasses or start making your pinhole projector (never look at the sun with the …
Peloponnisos: one million. euro to combat mosquitoes
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| econews.gr
Ecology Energy Environment: ' Taking the necessary preventive measures in public health, consistent with the policy direction of Mr Peter Victims Peloponnese Tatoyli, implementation of the programme to combat mosquitoes ' said the Antiperifereiarchis competent in health matters, Mr Andreas …
Why the IAM red light survey annoyed me more as a cyclist than as a pollster
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| guardian.co.uk
Unscientific opinion polls can be forgiven. Misrepresenting the facts to potentially put cyclists in danger cannot Earlier this week the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) issued a press release headlined , "More than half of cyclists …
KlesajĂ egg prices, but prices are rajÄŤat
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| Agris.cz
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Scottish trawlerman has £1m seized for role in fisheries scandal
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| guardian.co.uk
Ian Buchan, of Peterhead, pleaded guilty to illegally landing and selling £4.5m worth of mackerel in 'black landing' scam A Scottish trawler skipper has had £1m seized by the courts after pleading guilty to a major role in …
