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Use traditional methods to fight global warming: UN group
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 12th, 2010
Agence France-Presse: Centuries-old techniques to prevent desertification, energy wastage and other problems should be enlisted in the fight against global warming, a new UN-backed group said Wednesday. Traditional water management methods from the Sahara and Ethiopia and Iraq's Babylon area could be used alongside newer technologies such as solar power, the group said at its launch in Florence, central Italy. "Traditional knowledge and its innovative use is the basis for sustainable technology, and ...
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Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 12th, 2010
Associated Press: The White House asked Congress Wednesday to raise limits on BP's liability for the Gulf oil spill, approve new spending on everything from food stamps to seafood inspections and increase taxes on oil companies for an emergency cleanup fund. Administration officials said they couldn't forecast total costs from the cleanup of the massive spill and a multitude of economic damages to the Gulf region, but the changes they're seeking in the legislative package unveiled Wednesday suggest a ...
Gulf oil spill: first underwater video footage of leak
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 12th, 2010
Guardian: BP's video footage of Gulf oil spill from Deepwater Horizon drilling rig After considerable pressure form the media and government agencies, BP tonight finally released a brief video showing for the first time the gushing stream of oil and gas leaking from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig into the Gulf of Mexico. The video released by BP shows oil spewing from a broken pipe 5,000 feet (1,500m) below the surface. The stream of crude oil is interspersed with lighter-coloured natural ...
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Posted by Water Conservation Blog on May 11th, 2010
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Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 11th, 2010
National Geographic: In the past 20 years we've traded pagers for smart phones and library cards for Kindles. But the joint federal-industry task force charged with responding to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is still using cleanup methods that haven't changed much since the days of the Exxon Valdez. Nearly four million gallons of oil have already spewed into the Gulf since the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon rig sank last month. Amid efforts to cap the seafloor leak, cleanup workers have been using ...
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Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 11th, 2010
Nature: Born into a farming family in south Yunnan province, China, Zhu Youyong's life has always been tied to the soil. At the age of 54, however, Zhu -- now president of Yunnan Agricultural University in Kunming -- says he "has never seen such severe drought in Yunnan". Since last September, the province has had 60% less rainfall than normal. According to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, 8.1 million people -- 18% of Yunnan's population -- are short of drinking water, and US$2.5-billion worth ...
Scientists Worry Over Effects of Climate Change On Lagos
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 11th, 2010
Vanguard: SCIENTISTS have warned that the global climate change will have a strong impact on Nigeria particularly in the areas of agriculture, land use, energy, biodiversity, health amongst others. This was revealed during the 2nd Lagos State summit on climate change with the theme "Trans-Boundary Effect of Climate Change: Sharing Best Practices in Mitigation and Adaptation Measures." Giving an overview, Prof. Felix Dayo a scientist and speaker at the Summit said inundation and warmer ...
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Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 11th, 2010
BBC: An incredibly rare blind fish that lives underground in Brazil has been rediscovered by scientists. A number of individual fish have been found almost 50 years after the only known specimen was collected and then described by American experts. Biologists cannot be sure, but they suspect the fish may be a living relict that has survived deep under the ground while its relatives above went extinct. Details of the discovery are published in the Journal of Fish ...
Canada’s tar sands: a dangerous solution to offshore oil
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 11th, 2010
Guardian: As the clean-up of the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico continues, the US may finally begin to rethink its position on off-shoring drilling. As usual, change is frustratingly slow, and almost imperceptible: environmental groups like the Centre for Biological Diversity have criticised the Mineral Management Service, the US agency that oversees oil extraction, for its "business as usual" approach during the disaster, and expressed concerns that the Obama administration has waived ...
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Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 11th, 2010
Economic Times: Warning that the impending process of climate change could lead to food insecurity in less developed and vulnerable countries, an official of the UN food and agriculture wing today asked countries to invest well in research to stave off a possible disaster. Alexander Sarris, Director, Trade and Markets Division of the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) said "uncertainty" among sceptics about the magnitude and timing of the phenomenon of climate change should not become an excuse ...
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