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Well it was just a matter of time before some commie scientists named an extinct animal after the 44th president of the United States. Obamadon gracilis is the name, and the foot-long creature — which was discovered in a
fossil bed in Montana — has been extinct for about 65 million years. And
ironically, its extinction may indicate that paleolithic changes in
climate affected animals differently than previously believed.
Paleontologist Nicholas Longrich explains that scientists are now
rethinking the idea that the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs
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Friday,14 December, 2012 | Hits: 652
LG Electronics (LG) today unveiled its first wastewater treatment solution, the Green Membrane Bioreactor (G-MBR) process, just two months after the company announced plans to enter the water treatment business. Designed with the latest in efficient and advanced technologies, G-MBR signals LG’s long-term plan to be a major player in the water treatment industry. By employing LG’s slimmer flat-type microfiltration membrane modules and optimizing the space in between, LG’s membrane bioreactor -- the main component of the G-MBR process -- requires 34 percent less space than conventional MBRs, making it more efficient and easier to install.
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Saturday,11 December, 2010 | Hits: 165
Buenos Aires-based bottling and plastic container manufacturer CABELMA will be the first company in South America to benefit from a world-class sensor-based PET waste sorting system when it is installed at its new $23.5m recycling plant currently being constructed on the outskirts of its home city.
Manufactured by TITECH Germany, the PET waste sorting system will enable Cabelma to recover transparent PET fractions quicker and more efficiently than ever before. Able to sort a throughput of 5.2 tonnes waste per hour, the system uses infrared sensors to grade the purity of the fractions in an instant ensuring the high quality recovered fractions.
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Saturday,11 December, 2010 | Hits: 136
BOULDER, Colo.--In the Asia Pacific region, there are various national-level initiatives and programs to promote the awareness of electric vehicles (EVs).These programs include the establishment of aggressive goals, subsidies for EV purchasers, research and development support and demonstration projects, tax incentives, regulation and standardization, and public education programs.According to a new report from Pike Research, these initiatives will help fuel a burgeoning market for plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) within the region, and cumulative sales of plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles will surpass 1.4 million units in Asia Pacific during the period from 2010 to 2015.
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Thursday,25 November, 2010 | Hits: 150
The global market opportunity for access solutions for deeper water offshore wind environments is estimated to be worth over £2bn by 2020 and according to Carbon Trust research, the UK market alone could account for up to fifty per cent of that. Companies from the oil and gas, ship building, marine engineering and aerospace industries have registered alongside a number of universities. But with only two weeks to go until the application deadline, the Carbon Trust is calling for more entries with a specific focus on organisations from South East Asia.
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Thursday,25 November, 2010 | Hits: 123
Global use of coal fell by just under 0.5 percent in 2009 to 3,278 million tons of oil equivalent (mtoe) from the all-time high of 3,286 mtoe in 2008, interrupting the trend of rapid growth—an average of 4.3 percent annually—that has defined global coal markets over the last decade.1 (See Figure 1.) The global commodity boom that drove coal consumption and prices up in 2008 ended, sending prices plummeting over 40 percent in some markets. (See Figure 2.)
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Saturday,13 November, 2010 | Hits: 142
The Colorado potato beetle can devastate crops.Peggy Greb/USDA
A study suggesting that organic agriculture gives better pest control and larger plants than conventional farming is sure to reignite longstanding debates about the merits of organic versus conventional agriculture. It also highlights an often-neglected aspect of biodiversity.
"Organic agriculture promotes more balanced communities of predators," says David Crowder, author of the new study published today in Nature.
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Thursday,11 November, 2010 | Hits: 188
The injury and illness rate for solid waste collection workers 'declined significantly' last year, according to the National Solid Wastes Management Association.
The trade group -- pointing to statistics released by the U.S. Department of Labor -- said there was more than a 21% drop in the injury and illness rate in 2009 compared to 2008 for that set of workers. The rate dropped from 7.7 to 6.1 per 100 full-time employees.
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Thursday,11 November, 2010 | Hits: 131
The new Pesticides Management Bill 2008 is all set to repeal our grand old Insecticides Act 1968 that still governs the import, manufacture, sale, transport, distribution and use of insecticides in India. From October 2008 till date numerous bureaucratic consultations have taken place, including references from the Standing Committee on Agriculture 2008-2009. As the new regime is coming after a long four-decade gap, the obvious question that comes up is, ‘has something changed’? Not substantially, if one carefully compares it with the erstwhile Insecticides Act 1968 and considers a plethora of changes in conditions between then and now. In a sense, the proposed bill portrays a few temporal changes seemingly made under the foreseeable push from the environment groups. These include introduction of contemporary terms like safety, tolerance limit, quality, and environment and health etc. It would, therefore, not be an exaggeration to say that the proposed bill is a sequential extrapolation of 1968 Act and not a leapfrog draft, aiming at satisfying Civil Society Organizations with certain reshuffles in governing powers across regulatory machinery. Even the definition of pesticide needs a re-look, as it does raise question on certain inclusions and exclusions of poisonous substances. However, certain provisions like enhanced role of mass media in awareness creation, setting up of special courts and safer disposal of pesticides are all welcome steps.
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Thursday,11 November, 2010 | Hits: 159
For three decades, water has been indispensable in sustaining the rollicking economic expansion that has made China a world power. However, China’s style of economic growth is pushing the country towards a water crisis. Water pollution is rampant nationwide and water scarcity has worsened severely in north China.
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Tuesday,02 November, 2010 | Hits: 424
