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Sunday, August 24, 2008
Uprooted civilians beg Pakistan, militants to talk - Yahoo! News
Pakistan's latest military offensive against Taliban-led insurgents in its northwest had reached 60-year-old Haya Bibi and her extended family. They soon abandoned their mud homes in the Bajur tribal region and joined an exodus of tens of thousands of civilians walking and driving across rugged terrain to escape a 17-day operation some now call a war.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
BBC NEWS | Business | Brazil's farms see quiet revolution
"Without any arrogance or self-importance, we Brazilians need to confront what for others is a crisis, as an extraordinary opportunity to truly transform ourselves into the granary of the world, as many people have long predicted."
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iran launches satellite carrier
Iran says it has successfully launched a rocket capable of carrying its first domestically built satellite.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
After the five-day Russia-Georgia war, a chronicle of the cyber battle unfolds
After the five-day Russia-Georgia war, a chronicle of the cyber battle unfolds
Thursday, August 7, 2008
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Musharraf faces impeachment bid
Pakistan's ruling coalition parties say they will begin impeachment proceedings against President Pervez Musharraf.
Monday, August 4, 2008
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | China's 'rapid renewables surge'
China's rapid investment in low carbon technologies has catapulted the nation up the global renewable energy rankings, a report shows.
The Climate Group study said China invested $12bn (£6bn) in renewables during 2007, second only to Germany.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iraq 'should fund reconstruction'
A senior US government auditor has called for American funding of Iraqi reconstruction projects to end.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
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The U.S. Geological Survey just published its official results of a groundbreaking study.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
First U.S. garbage-to-ethanol plant gets the OK | Yahoo! Green
Turn garbage into fuel, sounds like back to the future to me maybe some companies are really trying to help deal with the energy crisis
Friday, July 25, 2008
BlueFire Ethanol Awarded Final Permits to Construct the Nation's First Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol Production Plant
a leader in cellulosic ethanol production technology, was granted a conditional-use permit ("CUP") from the County of Los Angeles, Department of Regional Planning, to permit the construction of the nation's first commercial facility to convert biowaste into ethanol.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Rumor Debunked: No Flip-Flop on Global Warming
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On their homepage, the APS has now placed a statement that reaffirms its 2007 position statement on global warming, which also states, "The evidence is incontrovertible: Global warming is occurring." It adds that mitigation efforts must be taken immediately.
Monday, July 21, 2008
WHO says Asia should act against TB
TOKYO - The World Health Organization urged Asian countries on Monday to take action against the growing threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis, warning that even more virulent forms of the disease could spread if they fail to do so.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Park tests hybrid buses in McKinley's shadow
The 230-horsepower hybrid bus white and sporting pictures of Denali on its sides. The plan is to test it this summer to determine its potential for replacing the park's 110 diesel buses.
This is the type of program the government should be jumping in to finance Think of all the school buses polluting the air every morning. not only would it be govs and schools green but if big US auto was in that would be some real jobs to
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Government favors pollution over clean water
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The US government continues to neglect its people by allowing the pollution of our water to go unpunished.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
NASA warming scientist: 'This is the last chance
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Exactly 20 years after warning America about global warming, a top NASA scientist said the situation has gotten so bad that the world's only hope is drastic action.
