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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will create a giant new national park covering some 1.9 million acres along one of the country's most spectacular northern rivers, Environment Minister John Baird said on Monday.
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An enzyme from a microbe that lives inside a cow's stomach is the key to turning corn plants into fuel, according to Michigan State University scientists. The enzyme that allows a cow to digest grasses and other plant fibers can be used to turn other plant fibers into simple sugars. These simple sugars can be used to produce ethanol to power cars and trucks.
The world's largest tidal turbine, weighing 1000 tonnes, has been installed in Northern Ireland's Strangford Lough. The tidal turbine is rated at 1.2 megawatts, which is enough to power a thousand local homes. It was built by Marine Current Turbines, and it will be the first commercial tidal turbine to produce energy, when it begins operation later this year. The turbine has twin rotors measuring 16 meters in diameter. The rotors will operate for up to 18-20 hours per day to produce enough clean, green electricity.
NEW ORLEANS, April 7, 2008 — Despite oil prices that hover around $100 a barrel, it may take at least 10 or more years of intensive research and development to reduce the cost of solar energy to levels competitive with petroleum, according to an authority on the topic. "Solar can potentially provide all the electricity and fuel we need to power the planet," Harry Gray, Ph.D., scheduled to speak here today at the 235th national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS). His presentation, "Powering the Planet with Solar Energy," is part of a special symposium arranged by Bruce Bursten, Ph.D., president of the ACS, the world's largest scientific society celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Beckman Scholars Program.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Record gasoline prices and a contracting U.S. economy will reduce summer gasoline demand for the first time in 17 years, the government's top energy forecasting agency said Tuesday. U.S. gasoline prices will hit a monthly peak of just over $3.60 per gallon in June, helping to reduce motor fuel demand by 0.4 percent this busy driving season compared to last summer, said the federal Energy Information Administration.
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (Reuters) - Smog from forest fires, which costs Southeast Asian economies billions in lost tourist dollars, could worsen as changing weather patterns cause an unusually dry spell, the region's environment ministers warned on Tuesday.
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TAM DAO, Vietnam (Reuters) - A furry black bear cub playfully clasps a rubber pet toy between its paws and eats fruit in its new home -- Vietnam's first refuge for bears rescued from abusive traffickers of bile used in traditional medicines. The bear is one of four 50 kg (110 lb) endangered Asiatic black cubs and two adults that were smuggled either from neighboring Laos or from southern Vietnam in the past seven months, and confiscated by the authorities.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Robots could fill the jobs of 3.5 million people in grayingJapan by 2025, a thinktank says, helping to avert worker shortages as the country's population shrinks. Japan faces a 16 percent slide in the size of its workforce by 2030 while the number of elderly will mushroom, the government estimates, raising worries about who will do the work in a country unused to, and unwilling to contemplate, large-scale immigration.
MADRID (Reuters) - Radioactivity from a leak detected at Spain's Asco I nuclear power plant during refueling last November was below legal limits, Spain's nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday. The Nuclear Safety Commission sent inspectors to the plant after being told on Friday that a routine inspection had detected radioactive particles on the outside of buildings at Asco I, in the northeast Catalonia region.
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Take the time to connect with nature and enjoy wildlife in your community this spring by participating in the National Wildlife Federation's (NWF) Wildlife Watch, part of the National Wildlife Week celebration from April 19-27. By: Redefining Progress
Oakland, Calif. April 8, 2008 – Today, Oakland-based Redefining Progress will launch a much anticipated new version of what Time magazine dubbed as one of the 50 best websites of 2007—the Ecological Footprint Quiz found at myfootprint.org. By: Center for Biological Diversity
A federal judge Friday issued a restraining order against VANE Minerals and the Kaibab National Forest pending further proceedings, halting uranium exploration on public lands within a few miles of Grand Canyon National Park. By: Institute for Energy & the Environment / WERC
The highly competitive event features 33 teams from 23 universities including 190 participants from around the United States, Bogazici University in Turkey, the Universities of Manitoba, and Waterloo in Canada, and a team from Universidad de las Américas in Puebla, Mexico. Also featured will be a final showcase of National Science Foundation projects undertaken in partnership with three universities in Mexico and two in New Mexico. By: The Trust for Public Land
Banana Republic is pleased to announce its participation in Earth Week. From April 22nd thru April 27th, one percent of all in-store and online sales, up to $100,000, will be donated to The Trust for Public Land nonprofit organization to support their efforts in preserving urban spaces. By: West Coast Green
San Jose, CA - West Coast Green, the world's largest residential green building conference, is moving to San Jose. West Coast Green 2008, which will take place at the San Jose Convention Center from September 25-27, offers over 100 presenters, 380 exhibitors, and is expected to attract more than 13,000 attendees. By: Earth Policy Institute
"With concerns about climate change mounting, the era of coal-fired electricity generation in the United States may be coming to a close," says Lester R. Brown, President, and Jonathan G. Dorn, Staff Researcher, of Earth Policy Institute, in a recent release, "The Beginning of the End for Coal: A Long Year in the Life of the U.S. Coal Industry" By: Great Ape Trust of Iowa
A group of some 15 chimpanzees facing extinction in an isolated pocket of Rwandan rain forest will have a greater range – and, thus, greater chances for survival – thanks to one of Africa's most ambitious forest restoration and ecological research efforts ever. Organizers of the project, named the Rwandan National Conservation Park, said today that a 30-mile (50km) tree corridor will be planted to connect the Gishwati Forest Reserve, the chimpanzees' home range, to Nyungwe National Park.
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A personal quest to promote the use of wind energy and hydrogen technology in the Great Lakes area of the United States. The Great Lakes area is in a unique position to become an energy exporting region through these and other renewable energy technologies. *Update 2014: Just do it everywhere - Dan*
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