EU Considering Ban on Using Great Apes for Medical Testing
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In an attempt to strengthen protection of animals, the EU has called for an end to using Great Apes such as gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans for medical testing
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Obama to Say No To Prosecuting Torture?
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Advisers close to the Obama administration say it is "unlikely" that the new government will prosecute anyone in the Bush Administration for war crimes or for violating US anti-torture laws
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Welcome to the Environmental Paper Network website—a resource for purchasers, environmental organizations, industry, a
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Environmental Issues – Term Paper Topics
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Listed below are some ideas for your term paper in this class. You can either choose one of these or come up with your own topic (as long as I approve it). Writing this paper will require a considerable amount of library research to gather background information.
Read more »Environmental Research, Papers and Presentations by ENSR Experts
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Choose a topic to see ENSR's most recent research in that technical area.
Read more »Rubber Recycling - What You Need to Know
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The Nature gives us everything. It helps you take birth and live. Many destructive habits of human beings have had their effects on the nature. Wasteful use of rubber is one such habit. However, the high mounds of used rubber tires dotting the landscapes of many industrialized nations has forced policy makers to have a rethink and find ways to recycle used rubber.
Read more »SO2 and Trade, Technique and Composition Effects
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A new research paper looking at the role of trade, technique and composition effects on the fall in world-wide SO2 emissions between 1990 and 2000.
Read more »Make It A Dollar And We'll Have a Deal
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Mayor Bloomberg of New York City is suggesting a six cent fee for every plastic bag issued by stores for purchases to spur a reduction in their use and the litter in the streets
Read more »Hang Plants in Your Space, Bat-Style
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An award-winning, specially designed potting system from Patrick Norris allows you to hang plants upside down, reducing water waste and saving space
Read more »Japanese Whalers Head Out To Sea
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While polls suggest that more Japanese support whaling than oppose it, traditional ceremonies that mark the whale fleet's departure were canceled to avoid publicity of the start of the annual hunt
Read more »Melting Ice Speeds Glacier Movement
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Flooding underice waterways and lakes are speeding the movement of glaciers towards the ocean, research shows, giving hints of consequences of global warming
Read more »Anti-GHG Countries Fail To Meet Targets
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New figures released show that the 38 countries that pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions are failing to do so, and have increased levels by 2.3 percent instead
Read more »Solar: storage breakthrough--ENS-MiT 8o2o8/ Science 731o8
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MIT researchers Kagan+Nocera developed a new process using solar energy to split water into hydrogen+oxygen. Stored as gases, fuel cells recombine them for carbon-free electricity to power buildings and vehicles day or night. The key is a new cobalt & phosphate catalyst that is easily set up to produce oxygen at room temperature in neutral pH water.
Read more »NY Times Readers Respond to Idea of Nuclear Image Makeover
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NY Times asked its readership how the Nuclear Industry could reform its image. A sampling of the best suggestions. 1. Construct power plants in the richest neighborhoods in the country.
2. Keep nuclear waste inside the homes of those same neighborhoods.
Whole Foods Losing Money, A Brit's Take on Losing an Icon
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Whole Foods stores have posted a significant drop in revenue in the last quarter, and Tim Hayward of the Guardian UK reflects on what the store has meant to him
Read more »Worldwatch Institute on a Green New Deal
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The Worldwatch Institute throws in its take on the new economy, and gives some suggestions on how to fund the grand schemes that will make up the rebirth of the world economy
Read more »Website Helps Businesses and Organizations to Track Emissions
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OpenEco.org, operated by Sun Microsystems, is providing tracking tools that will help businesses get a handle on their Green House Gas emissions, allowing them to come up with plans for reducing their impact
Read more »Nigeria War on Bloggers Begins
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Jonathan Elendu, a U.S.-based Nigerian blogger was arrested in Nigeria for money laundering and later sedition for blogging critically and publicly about the Government
Read more »Google CEO for Energy Czar?
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An interesting piece on why Google's current Chief Executive Officer should not be head of technology in the Obama Administration, but should clean up our energy problem's as Energy Czar
Read more »Researchers Find Ocotopuses Share Common "Living Ancestor"
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A decades long research program designed to learn more about ocean life looked into the evolution of origin of Deep Sea Octopuses and traced their ancestry back to a shallow water octopus whose relative still lives today
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