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Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Environmental Monitoring
IAEA officials and staff were treated to a demonstration of the capabilities of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone in connection with a consultancy meeting on using UAVS for rapid environmental monitoring that took place at IAEA headquarters from 14 to 17 May 2013. (Photo: D. ...
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Chinas Environment Ministry Approves Huge Hydro Dam
BEIJING -- China's environment ministry has given the go-ahead for the construction of what will become the country's tallest hydroelectric dam despite acknowledging it will have an impact on plants and rare fish. The dam, with a height of 314 meters (1,030 feet), will serve the Shuangjiangkou hydropower project on the Dadu River in southwestern Sichuan province. To be built over ...
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Worlds tallest dam approved by Chinese environmental officials
approved construction plans for what could become the world's tallest dam, while acknowledging that the project would affect endangered plants and rare fish species.The 314 metre-high dam (1,030ft) will serve the ...
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Where to park your bike The question often missing from the cycling debate
In the recent flurry of local authority initiatives to promote cycling, the focus has been on junctions, cycle lanes, lorries and training. One question seems be almost totally neglected: "Where could I keep a bike?" For many people, a lack of secure storage rules out cycling completely. What if you live at the top of a block of flats and aren't strong enough to carry a bike up ...
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Chinese blogger scared after appealing to Obama to help save Chinas environment
Washington, May 17 : A Chinese blogger aged nearly 20 has attracted the regime attention for appealing to President Barack Obama to help save China's ...
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Environmental journalism campaign launched
/enpproperty--> A major environmental journalism campaign was launched in Beijing on Friday. Combating air pollution was one of the main aims of the campaign, Chen Changzhi, vice-chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, announced. Protecting water sources and promoting renewable energy will also be highlighted. Lu Hao, chairman of the Environment Protection and ...
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Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for May 14th to May 16th 2013
A panel of seismic experts from Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has determined that a fault running directly beneath Japan Atomic Power Company's (JAPC) Tsuruga power plant in Fukui Prefecture is active, which means that the reactor will almost certainly never go online again. It is the first time since the March 2011 nuclear disaster that a reactor has been declared unsafe ...
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Greenpeace activists take solar power to Delhi Power Minister Haroon Yusuf
Delhi's Power Minister Haroon Yusuf was in for a shock on the morning of May 15 when Greenpeace activists decided to deliver a powerful message to him. To make their point that clean energy can solve Delhi's energy deficit, they wheeled in a set of solar panels in front of the Minister's residence and then chained themselves to ...
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Population growth and climate change explained by Hans Rosling – video
Let me show you the world, says Swedish academic Han Rosling as he demonstrates the dynamics of population growth, child mortality and carbon dioxide emissions. The challenge for the world is to get everyone out of extreme poverty and get the richest people to use less fossil fuels so that everyone can share their energy levels, he ...
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Wildfire in Californias Los Padres National Forest chars 3800 acres of dry thick trees
FRAZIER PARK, Calif. - Cooler temperatures and lighter winds gave hundreds of firefighters a breather from a wildfire that has blackened hills near Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles. The fire that broke out Wednesday in the Los Padres National Forest charred 3,800 acres of dry, thick trees in torrid conditions. But despite a 20-degree dip in heat and a heavy aerial effort to beat back flames ...
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Systemic pesticides are penetrating deep into plants tissues destroying beetles trees bees and human hormones
(NaturalNews) Over the last 30 years, the use of pesticides has spiked around the world. People now pour 2.5 million tons of these chemicals into the environment annually, contributing to a $35 billion industry run by global corporations. To make matters worse, the more people use pesticides, the more ineffective they ...
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New construction in tourism industry – signs of recovery or misplaced optimism?
The whole of Central America has been affected by the global downturn. One of the industries effected most has been tourism, and while many construction and expansion projects were planned during the heady days of 2007 and early 2008, the region may now be facing a huge oversupply problem in terms of hotel accommodation, although there are signs of light on the horizon.
In 2006, the Tourism Ministers of various countries in the region came together at San Ramon for a conference and told Central American news providers that the tourism industry for the region as whole had grown by an average of 11%, which account for, on average, 5% of the region’s GDP for that year, in addition, there was astounding growth in the number of European tourists travelling to Central America, a 147% increase in fact. Read more
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