New paint generates electricity, Climate danger in middle east, Pollution named as "new sin" and much more,

ENN News wrote:

Home | Member Press Releases | Submit News | Contact ENN |
					Monday, March 10, 2008
	News of Note Gebrselassie misses marathon due to pollution ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie said on Monday he would not compete in the Olympic marathon because of fears that Beijing's air pollution would damage his health. Top Stories Colourful idea sparks renewable electricity from paint Dr Dave Worsley (pictured), a Reader in the Materials Research Centre at the University's School of Engineering, is investigating ways of painting solar cells onto the flexible steel surfaces commonly used for cladding buildings. "We have been collaborating with the steel industry for decades," explains Dr Worsely, "but have tended to focus our attention on improving the long-term durability and corrosion-resistance of the steel. We haven't really paid much attention to how we can make the outside of the steel capable of doing something other than looking good. UN: Climate danger for Middle East, North Africa Climate change is likely to cause agricultural losses in the Middle East and North Africa, threatening the food security of many countries, the UN has warned. A report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), released at a conference in Cairo, Egypt, last week (1–5 March), reviewed studies and models of predicted climate-change impacts over the period 1980–99 and for 2080–99 — including reports from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Lufthansa ups fuel surcharges on European flights Germany's Deutsche Lufthansa is raising surcharges on domestic and European tickets as the price of oil continues to soar. Travelers will pay an extra 17 euros each way from Thursday, up from 14 euros previously.		ENN Spotlight Vatican lists "new sins," including pollution VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Thou shall not pollute the Earth. Thou shall beware genetic manipulation. Modern times bring with them modern sins. So the Vatican has told the faithful that they should be aware of "new" sins such as causing environmental blight. More Top Stories Croatia could suspend fisheries zone to save EU bid ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader said on Monday his ruling HDZ party was in favor of suspending full enforcement of a fisheries zone in the Adriatic, which threatens to sink its European Union membership talks. Sanader has called a meeting of all parliamentary parties for Tuesday to discuss if Croatia should give up applying its ecological and fisheries zone to EU countries, a key requirement to advance its stalled EU bid. Madagascar slows destruction of forests PORT LOUIS (Reuters) - The Indian Ocean island of Madagascar has reduced the destruction of its protected forests eight-fold as it tries to preserve its unique wildlife and earn more from tourists, conservation officials say. Home to hundreds of species from chameleons and lemurs to magnificent baobab trees, the world's fourth largest island aims to keep 6 million hectares (15 million acres), or about 10 percent of its surface area, as nature reserves. Canada says seals to be killed more humanely OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's government, heavily criticized for allowing hunters to shoot and club to death hundreds of thousands of seals each year, says it is imposing new rules to ensure the animals are killed more humanely. Pictures of burly men smashing the skulls of young seals on ice floes off Canada's Atlantic coast are a huge black eye for Ottawa and a boon for animal rights campaigners, who say the seals often suffer a prolonged, painful death.
	Explore ENN.COM   Topics covered by ENN Animals | Agriculture | Ecosystems | Energy | Business | Climate | Pollution | Green Building | Sci/Tech | Lifestyle | Health
	Member Press Releases Highly Endangered North Pacific Right Whale Receives New Legal Protection By: Center for Biological Diversity In response to petitions and litigation from the Center for Biological Diversity, on March 6 the federal government declared the North Pacific right whale "endangered" under the federal Endangered Species Act. The whale, once ranging from California to Alaska and across the North Pacific to Russia and Japan, is now the most endangered large whale in the world. Perhaps fewer than 50 individuals remain in a population that visits the Bering Sea each summer to feed. FIELDS OF GREEN TEAM OPENS UP ITS RADIO MEDIA CAMPAIGN By: The Fields of Green Team The Fields of Green Team, leader and former major league baseball player Darrell Evans booked the first radio interviews to promote environmental awareness via his fields of green team website. The first interview aired on March 5, 2008 on the radio station WDUN 550. IFAW's Katie Touhey Receives Red Cross Animal Adult Hero Award By: International Fund for Animal Welfare (Yarmouth Port, Mass. – March 6, 2008) – Katie Touhey, IFAW's (International Fund for Animal Welfare) Emergency Relief Manager for Marine Mammals will receive the Animal Adult Hero Award at the American Red Cross Sixth Annual Heroes Breakfast at the Resort and Conference Center at Hyannis on March 7, 2008 from 7:00 to 9:00 am. Natural Gas Pipeline in Colorado Challenged; By: Center for Biological Diversity In a suit that could serve as a national test case to interpret the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a coalition of conservation groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging approval of a natural gas pipeline that will require construction of more than eight miles of new roads in protected roadless areas. GLOBAL WIND POWER CAPACITY REACHES 100,000 MEGAWATTS By: Earth Policy Institute "At its current growth rate, global installed wind power capacity will top 100,000 megawatts in March 2008", writes Jonathan G. Dorn in a recent Earth Policy Institute release, "Global Wind Power Capacity Reaches 100,000 Megawatts." Taking Green Mainstream By: Pineapple Hospitality As the sustainability movement continues to escalate, Pineapple Hospitality's EcoRooms & EcoSuites adds green leader Q Hotel & Spa as a new member and recruits two top talents to serve as Advisors — Bernadette V. Upton and Ray Hobbs. ELI guidebook examines best practices in protection of wetland buffers by local governments By: Environmental Law Institute Guidebook identifies both the state-of-the-art and the range of current practice in protection of wetland buffers by local governments Suit Filed Against Federal Agency to Assess True Coal Costs for Kentucky Power Plants By: Center for Biological Diversity Three environmental organizations filed suit Monday against the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service program to force the agency to link its analyses of the impact of East Kentucky Power Cooperative's proposed power plant and power transmission lines. Editor's Note : 'Network News' features press releases submitted directly by organizations in ENN's member network. This content is not specifically endorsed or supported by ENN and is not subject to ENN's editorial process.
Home | Member Press Releases | Submit News | Contact ENN | You are receiving this e-mail as an opt-in subscriber to the Environmental News Network newsletter. Please read our Privacy Policy for current and complete information. ENN adheres to a strict no-spam policy in accordance with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003.
©Copyright. Environmental News Network