President Bush is prioritizing expansion of nuclear energy. To deal with radioactive waste from commercial power plants, he on Saturday renewed his push for the expansion, and sought support for plans to revive nuclear fuel reprocessing.
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Drought is searing high in parts of South Africa. Mercilessly killing dozens of hippopotamuses and other wild animals in Kenya and neighboring Tanzania, it does not seem to soften its cruelties. The phenomenon has disrupted the annual migration of…
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Suburbias are creeping on the northern fringe of metropolitan Detroit. Keith Carabell has been fighting for two-decade to build condominiums on the property. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments on it. John Rapanos, a Michigan…
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While some scientists are busy studying Alaska’s Augustine Volcano, as it erupts and sends a plume of ash more than 40,000 feet into the air, others are busy recording rumblings at the volcano’s surface with the instruments on the ground.
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It was last month; eight dead whales were found washed ashore along the Sea of Cortez. But, what is the mystery behind this death? Mexican authorities are investigating this mystery. The death was an unusually large number, suggesting someone or…
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It can lead to the curtailment of national governments’ power. It is under a draft treaty between the EU and US that Britain could lose its ability to impose environmental taxes, restrictions and safeguards on airlines.
The text of the draft “open…
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In the effort to extract alternative energy, termite guts and canvas-eating jungle bugs seem no less in their contribution. They could be the key to kicking the oil habit and achieving energy independence. Scientists working on creating ethanol from…
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It is by 2015, we would witness an unnerverving global phenomenon. Yes, the world will have 100 million extra hungry people in less than 10 years to go! Scientists say. It was at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Scie
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Call it an after-effect of indiscriminate deforestation? After the side of a mountain collapsed and buried their village mercilessly, hundreds of Filipinos are feared to have died. Though nineteen people are known to have been killed and 83 found…
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The U.S. government has approved a biotech alfalfa that — according to critics — will spell havoc for farmers and the environment. A coalition of farmers, consumers and environmental activists Thursday sued the government for the approval.
The…
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